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Summary: Definitely Not Kid Stuff!
Review: This graphic novel is so intelligent, sophisticated, and inter-woven that I teach it in my high school English classes. Through a brilliant combination of imagry and flashbacks, Moore successfully examines the oddly parallel lives of the Joker and Batman. A successful investigation into the origins of maddness, The Killing Joke is, simply put, a masterpiece.
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Summary: Moore just nails the Joker.
Review: I've found that sometimes writers have a hard time getting a grip on writing the Joker as a character. Alan Moore has no problem with that! His portrayal of Batman and Commissioner Gordon are also right on. This is the story that led to Barbara Gordon (the daughter, not the mother) becoming Oracle. Bravo to Mr. Moore for such a captivating and absorbing story!
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Summary: THE BEST COMIC STORY EVERY WRITTEN
Review: While previous reviewers may only state that this be included as one of the best comics ever written. I will go further and state it *IS* THE BEST COMIC story ever written.
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Summary: The quintessential Batman story
Review: If you want a single story that defines "Batman," it is "The Killing Joke."There are other "must read" Batman stories ("Arkham Asylum," "Year One," "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Long Halloween") but "The Killing Joke" is the most elegant and most illuminating. Brought to life by Moore and Bolland, this blend of speculation and depression, the mix of sane and insane, the willingness of Moore to break several of the established guidelines of comics... You MUST read "The Killing Joke."
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Summary: This book is killing ! No joke ! ;-)
Review: The perfect combination of good art (Brian Bolland is too rare...) and a great story (thanks Mister Moore). Very nice story-telling with a great attention for the transitions between present-scenes and flashbacks. The "tour de force" of the book is to show the Joker as an horrible criminal as well as a victim of life and of its sad circumstances. What would happen to you if you had a bad day, I mean a real one ? It would probably change you...for the worst or the better? This book tells you how worst it could be. But it does it the better way !
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Summary: One of the best comics that I ever had read
Review: Everything in this book is great, the history, the pictures, everything, and the final joke of The Joker is one of my moments of comic history. A great book in everything
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Summary: Breathtaking
Review: What can I say? This book is simply breathtaking. In addition to an intence, captivating story and beautiful graphics, we get to see see a POSSIBLE origin for the Joker; whether it's the truth or not is left open. It also contains an occurance that severely altered the plotline of the Batman comics (if you want to find out what it is, read some of the reveiws below.) I've always simply loved the relationship between the Joker and Batman, their hatred, their infatuation, and their bond, which is portrayed beautifully in this book. If you want to see the Joker at his most insane, tragic, inhumane, and human, this is definatley for you. (WARNING: This book contains mature issues. If you're looking for a Batman comic that's very good but not quite as frightening, I would highly recommend Mad Love. Also, if you are a fan of the Animated Series, be forwarned that the Joker's comic origin is not the same as his "Jack Napier" one.)
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Summary: Awesome Batman story
Review: The best thing about modern retellings of characters' origins is that more psychologically interesting details can be added. Case in point: in the golden age, Harvey Dent simply decides to become Two-Face after getting half his face scarred with acid. No one goes through such a personality change after simply getting a disfigurement. In the Long Halloween and the animated series, it is shown that he was already pretty much Two Face before his disfigurement, which only served to complete the transformation. The Killing Joke adds such depth to the Joker's origin. In other versions he was already a criminal before he became the Joker. In this version he was simply a confused, failed family man trying to make ends meet. The best part is, the Joker is still kept a mystery as his true name is never revealed and even the origin depicted here is only a possible one, as if the Joker is imagining himself having flashbacks to an old life he may or may not have lived. Of course he would imagine his arch foe's actions being what fully metamorphosized him into the Joker. I only wish this were a regular issue of Batman and not a one-shot. It would still have stood out like any solid comic story. It would also be nice if this story were modified and adapted for the animated series(just like Mad Love) because the Joker's origin in that show is the weaker version.
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Summary: Actually better than the stuff I've read by Frank Miller.
Review: This is fantastic. Great action, and a realistic plot-line (Both "Year one" and "The Dark Knight Returns" seemed to jump from place to place, not letting the reader get comfortable with what was being presented). It also has an underlying theme of one guy trying to prove, despite all outward appearances, he's just a normal guy. The art is also fantastic, not relying on portraying both Batman or the Joker as larger than life creatures (They are still "normal" mortals), such as was done in both "Year one" and "The Dark Knight Returns." The only actual problem I had was that it wasn't longer. I completely recommend the book to all Batman fans out there.
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Summary: This is the best graphic novel ever done
Review: This is the best graphic novel ever done, and Brian Bolands art is magnificent. If there were one comic book I would ever reccomend to anyone it is this one. Go get it and Amazon is just about giving it away.
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