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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Batman visits the Joker in Arkham Asylum only to discover he has been replaced by a double.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
• Batman: The Killing Joke: The Deluxe Edition #[nn]— recolored
• Batman: Det glade vanvidd #[nn]
• Batman #[3]
• Batman #1/1991
• Graphic Novel #5
• Klassiker der Comic-Literatur #7
• Detective Comics #1
• Grandes Clássicos DC #9
• USA magazine #34/35
• USA magazine #36
• USA magazine #37
• USA magazine #38
• Batman Noir: The Killing Joke #[nn]— in black & white
• Batman: Den der ler sidst... #[nn]
• Absolute Batman: The Killing Joke The 30th Anniversary Edition #[nn]
• Clássicos Batman #4
• Batman - Souriez ! #[nn]
• The Joker: 80 Years of the Clown Prince of Crime: The Deluxe Edition #[nn]— 9 page excerpt
• Батман: Убийствена шега #[nn]
• Batman y Superman: Colección Novelas Gráficas #4
• Batman - Rire et mourir #[nn]
• Batman : souriez ! #[nn]
• Killing Joke (Edition 75 ans) #[nn]— Noir et blanc [Black and white]
• Killing Joke édition limitée #[nn]
• Les Chroniques de Batman #1
• DC Comics - The Legend of Batman #34
• DC Finest: Batman: The Killing Joke and Other Stories #[nn]

Credits

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Brian Bolland

Inks

Brian Bolland

Colours

John Higgins, Brian Bolland

Letters

Richard Starkings

Editor

Denny O'Neil

Characters

• Two-Face
• Kathy Webb Kane
• Harvey Dent
• Joker
• 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 - Direct Sales
• 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 (Foil Cover)