alan moore absolute batman the killing joke 30th anniversary edition

Now Batman must race to stop his archnemesis before his reign of terror claims two of the Dark Knight's closest friends. And he's going to use Gotham City's top cop, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and his brilliant and beautiful daughter Barbara to do it.

Freed once again from the confines of Arkham Asylum, he's out to prove his deranged point. Batman: The Killing Joke is Alan Moore's unforgettable meditation on the razor-thin line between sanity and insanity, heroism and villainy, comedy and tragedy.Īccording to the grinning engine of madness and mayhem known as The Joker, that's all that separates the sane from the psychotic. In Batman: The Killing Joke, he takes on the origin of comics' greatest super-villain, The Joker-and changes Batman's world forever. One of the best-selling graphic novels of all time finally gets the Absolute treatment, as BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE is presented in a 30th Anniversary hardcover slipcase edition!Ĭritically acclaimed writer Alan Moore redefined the superhero with Watchmen and V for Vendetta.

Alan moore absolute batman the killing joke 30th anniversary edition