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War
on Crime |
| by Paul Dini & Alex Ross |
Treasury-Sized: 64 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563895765 |
$9.95
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| The war on crime
is a bitter struggle, claiming many innocents. For any one man to end crime
is a near-impossible task. For Batman, it is his life's work...an all-consuming
obsession. When the Dark Knight encounters a young boy whose parents have
been murdered (echoing the tragedy that created Batman himself), it raises
fundamental questions about his own life in BATMAN: WAR ON CRIME. |
| Written by Emmy
Award-winning producer Dini (THE BATMAN ADVENTURES: MAD LOVE, BATMAN: HARLEY
QUINN), with staggering painted art by Ross (KINGDOM COME, MARVELS, UNCLE
SAM), BATMAN: WAR ON CRIME finds the Dark Knight questioning the true nature
of the evil he has dedicated himself to eradicating - crime itself - taking
him from Gotham City's grimmest alleys to its shining corporate towers.
Combining traditional comic-book storytelling and the illustrated-text
format of storybooks, Dini and Ross have created a worthy successor to
SUPERMAN: PEACE ON EARTH, one that stands on its own as an indisputable
classic. |
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THE
KILLING JOKE |
| by Alan Moore & Brian Bolland |
Paperback
DC Comics
ISBN: 0930289455 |
$4.95
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| A Murderous
Killing Spree Which Redefined the Batman's Universe!
One of many possible origins
for the Joker is revealed in this tale that explores the parallels between
the Batman and his arch-enemy... arriving at the conclusion that, quite
possibly, one could not continue to exist without the other. |
| This is a no-holds-barred
take on a truly insane criminal mind, masterfully written by British comics
writer Alan Moore. The art by Brian Bolland is so appealing that his depiction
of the Joker became a standard and was imitated by many artists to follow.
THE KILLING JOKE stirred a bit of controversy because the story involves
the Joker brutally, pointlessly shooting Commissioner Gordon's daughter--up
to that point known as the heroinne Batgirl-- in the spine, making her
a wheelchair-bound cripple. |
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ARKHAM
ASYLUM
A
SERIOUS HOUSE ON SERIOUS EARTH |
| by Grant Morrison & Dave McKean |
Paperback: 128 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 0930289560 |
$14.95
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| ARKHAM ASYLUM
is possibly the most Freudian interpretation of Batman ever published.
It is a deeply sick, highly introspective look into the world of Batman's
"crazy" villains and the asylum in which they are confined. But on April
Fool's Day, the Joker manages to let the inmates loose, take the staff
hostage, and demand that Batman enter the asylum in exchange. |
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| Slick packaging
and lavish painted artwork make this book an instant treat for the eyes.
Grant Morrison's script was alternately praised and maligned; though ultimately
it stands up as a unique take on this popular character. |
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