Title: Batman
Subtitle: the killing joke
First published: 1988
Description: A NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller!

Presented for the first time with stark, stunning new coloring by Brian Bolland, 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.

According to the grinning engine of madness and mayhem known as the Joker, that's all that separates the sane from the psychotic. Freed once again from the confines of Arkham Asylum, he's out to prove his deranged point. And he's going to use Gotham City's top cop, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and the Commissioner's brilliant and beautiful daughter Barbara to do it.
Subjects: Comic books, strips, Batman (Fictitious character), Fiction, Violent offenders, Mentally ill offenders, Joker (Fictitious character), New York Times bestseller, nyt:hardcover_graphic_books=2009-03-29, nyt:hardcover_graphic_books=2009-11-21, Comics & graphic novels, superheroes, Batman (fictitious character), fiction, Comics & graphic novels, general, Superhero comic books, strips, Good and evil, Batman (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction, Joker (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction, Comic books, strips, Comics & graphic novels, superheroes, general, Superhero comic books, Literature
Places: United States, Gotham City
People: Batman (Fictitious character), Joker (Fictitious character)
LC classification: PN6728.B36 M66 1988