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Issue: Absolute Batman: The Killing Joke The 30th Anniversary Edition #[nn]
Publication Date: November 2018
 
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Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 09/12/2018
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Pages: 296
ISBN: 9781401284121
UPC/EAN: 978140128412154999
Price: $65.99 CAD
$49.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Suggested for Mature Readers
Content Items: 30 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Includes the recolored version of the story and the foreword and afterword from the 2008 Deluxe Edition, a full facsimile reprinting of the original edition, the original script, Bolland's "An Innocent Guy" from Batman Black and White #4, and other material.
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Color: color
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Binding: hardcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Absolute Batman: The Killing Joke The 30th Anniversary Edition

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Introduction

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The Killing Joke

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Batman; Commissioner Gordon; Barbara Gordon [Batgirl]; Harvey Bullock; Alfred Pennyworth; Joker (also as the Red Hood in flashback); Two-Face (cameo); Penguin (cameo)
Batman visits the Joker in Arkham Asylum only to discover he has been replaced by a double.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.
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Afterword

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The Killing Joke: The Cover Story

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A Killing Joke Retrospective

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Higgins discusses how he came to color The Killing Joke.
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Batman: The Killing Joke

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The Killing Joke

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Gotham City Police Department [Harvey Bullock]; Ace the Bat-Hound (photograph); Bat-Girl [Betty Kane] (photograph); Bat-Mite (photograph); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batwoman (photograph); Barbara Gordon; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain) (origin in flashback); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; Red Hood (flashback); Robin [Dick Grayson] (photograph); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (cameo); Jeannie (flashback); Mrs. Burkiss (flashback)
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.
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The Killing Joke: The Script

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Includes a few examples of Brian Bolland's original sketches and finished pages.
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The Joker

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The Origin of the Joker

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An Innocent Guy

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Art Gallery

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The cover of the original edition on one side; the reveal of the Red Hood as the Joker from the story on the other.

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