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Synopsis

Batman visits the Joker in Arkham Asylum only to discover he has been replaced by a double. As Batman attempts to track the villain down, the Joker shows up at the house of Commissioner Gordon where he promptly shoots Barbara and captures her father. The Joker takes Jim to a modified carnival where he tries to drive him mad (partially by showing him pictures of his naked and bleeding daughter). Batman arrives and starts beating on the Joker who attempts to reason with him in his own insane fashion. As things wrap up and the police arrive, the Joker finally tells Batman a joke that he gets.

Notes

Reprinted in

• Batman #2/1989
• DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore #[nn]
• Batman: De Killing Joke #1
• Inferno album #10
• Batman: The Killing Joke: The Deluxe Edition #[nn]— recolored
• Batman: Det glade vanvidd #[nn]
• Batman #[3]
• Batman - La broma asesina #[nn]
• Alan Moore Et univers uten grenser [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn]
• Graphic Novel #5
• Klassiker der Comic-Literatur #7
• Grandes Heróis Marvel #34
• USA magazine #34/35
• USA magazine #36
• USA magazine #37
• USA magazine #38
• Batman - The Killing Joke #[nn]
• Great American Comic Books #[nn]
• Batman Noir: The Killing Joke #[nn]— in black & white
• Batman: Den der ler sidst... #[nn]
• Clássicos Batman #4
• DC Comics - A Lenda do Batman #5
• Batman: The Killing Joke The Deluxe Edition #[nn]
• Batman - Souriez ! #[nn]
• The Joker: 80 Years of the Clown Prince of Crime: The Deluxe Edition #[nn]— 9 page excerpt
• The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1
• DC Heroes & Villains Collection #62— Artwork only
• Батман: Убийствена шега #[nn]
• Batman Anthologie #[nn]
• Batman y Superman: Colección Novelas Gráficas #4

Credits

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Brian Bolland

Inks

Brian Bolland

Colours

Brian Bolland, John Higgins

Letters

Richard Starkings

Editor

Denny O'Neil

Assistant editor

Dan Raspler

Executive editor

Dick Giordano

Characters

• Joker
• Two-Face
• Kathy Webb Kane
• Harvey Dent
• Harvey Bullock
• Bruce Wayne
• Bat-Mite
• The Red Hood
• Robin
• Commissioner James Gordon
• Dick Grayson
• Bat-Girl
• Batwoman
• Bette Kane
• Penguin
• Batman
• Alfred Pennyworth
• Ace the Bat-Hound
• Barbara Gordon
• Oswald Cobblepot

Other printings & variants

• First Printing
• Ninth Printing
• Seventh Printing
• Tenth Printing - Mass Market Edition
• Fourteenth Printing
• Eleventh Printing - Direct Sales
• Fourth Printing - Book of the Month Club Edition
• Sixth Printing - Direct Sales
• Third Printing
• Eighth Printing
• Second Printing
• Fourth Printing
• Fifth Printing
• Twelfth Printing
• Sixth Printing - Newsstand
• Thirteenth Printing - Mass Market Edition
• Eleventh Printing - Mass Market Edition
• Fourth Printing - No Price, UPC or Age Guideline
• Tenth Printing - Direct Sales
• Facsimile Edition
• Facsimile Edition (Blank Cover)
• Facsimile Edition (Foil Cover)