![]() They have a conversation about Joker’s actions and what he did to the family. It would ruin his fun.” – Batmanĭays later, Bruce is taking care of a recovered Alfred. Knew that he was incapable of ever broaching the subject of Bruce Wayne. It was then that I knew that he didn’t care who I was beneath the mask, and never would. “He looked right at the card, Alfred, and right at me. Before Batman can whisper his real name, Joker breaks free and falls into the darkness. Batman counters by saying he’s not like Joker anymore, that he chooses his family and he knows who the Joker really is. The Dark Knight catches him and Joker laughs that he’ll never let him go because Batman loves their game too much. While Batman sets off to confront Joker, the family are poisoned with Joker venom, forcing them to fight each other.īatman and Joker engage in a final battle near a subterranean waterfall, which ends with Joker hanging from the edge. Before Joker can set the family on fire, Batman uses an explosive to destroy the ceiling and river water douses the flames.īruce checks on the family and it’s revealed their faces were never cut off. Each dish is opened to show a severed face. ![]() Their faces are covered in bandages and Joker orders a toxin-infected Alfred to serve dinner. When he wakes up, Bruce is sitting at a table with Dick, Jason, Tim, Damian and Barbara. Batman sits down and he’s electrocuted until he passes out ![]() Joker tells Batman he’s captured all the family and if he wants to save them, he’ll have to sit on his ‘throne,’ which turns out to be an electric chair. Joker lures Batman to Arkham Asylum, which has been turned into a castle to honour ‘The Bat King.’ Bruce is forced to fight his way through the Asylum until he reaches the ‘throne room’ where Joker is waiting for him with Penguin, Riddler and Two-Face. Bruce tells them he wants to protect them and says he’ll fight Joker alone. All of them want answers and are angry with him for not telling them that Alfred had been kidnapped. Laugh at it even and become strong.” – The Jokerīruce is infected with Joker toxin and he wakes up in the Bat Cave, surrounded by Nightwing, Robin, Red Robin, Red Hood and Batgirl. Bring you the worst news of your own heart so you might survive it. And that’s all I’ve ever tried to do for you, Batsss. The army’s turned pacifist! The children’s hands have rotted off and they can’t clap for the fairies. And that’s to deliver bad news to the king. Because, yes, it’s the jester’s job to entertain, but he often has another job too. Not here, not to me, your faithful court jester. Joker reveals he knows the identity of everyone in The Dark Knight’s inner circle and that in three days all of them will be dead. Meanwhile, Joker ambushes Alfred at Wayne Manor and abducts him.Īfter escaping from Ace Chemicals, Bruce confronts Joker at Gotham Reservoir and demands to know where Alfred is. Batman deduces it’s Harley Quinn in disguise, but is locked inside a chemical vat. Dressed in his old Red Hood clothes, Joker claims he’s come back to make Batman stronger. But instead of killing the Mayor, Joker poisons everyone else in the building with a toxin that makes them frown.īatman is drawn back Aces Chemicals, where he and Joker met for the first time. ![]() Batman works out Joker is restaging his old crimes and sets out to protect the Mayor. The local news shows a hostage held by Joker and he informs Gotham that Mayor Hady is going to die at midnight. When Batman discovers Joker is back he quickly alerts the rest of the family. Then, the lights go out and Joker arrives, killing all of Gordon’s men and retrieving his face. ![]() The graphic novel begins with Commissioner Gordon coordinating an investigation at the GCPD. The relationship between Batman and Joker is given new depth, and the Clown Prince of Crime is at his most deranged and unpredictable. Previously, Joker had cut off his face and disappeared, claiming he would be reborn. It involves the return of The Joker, who’s been away for a year and has set his sights on destroying the people closest to The Dark Knight. He’s just a man like you, made of bone and flesh and blood.” – Batmanīatman: Death Of The Family, written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Greg Capullo, is one of the most visceral Batman stories of all time. He’s just a man who fell into a vat of chemical waste. Eyes that say he’s more than a man, eyes that say he knows you. ![]()
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