An original hardcover graphic novel that tells the story of one very dark night in Gotham City--from the creative team behind the graphic novel
Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. The Joker has been mysteriously released from Arkham Asylum, and he's none to happy about what's happened to his Gotham City rackets while he's been "away." What follows is a harrowing night of revenge, murder and manic crime as only The Joker can deliver it, as he brutally takes back his stolen assets from The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face, Killer Croc and others.
Brian Azzarello brings to
The Joker all the visceral intensity and criminal insight that has made his Vertigo graphic novel series
100 Bullets one of the most critically-acclaimed and award-winning series in all of comics.
Author: Brian Azzarello
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: DC Comics
Published: 11/04/2008
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 10.20h x 6.80w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781401215811
Review Citation(s): Entertainment Weekly 11/07/2008 pg. 97
Publishers Weekly 11/17/2008 pg. 37
Booklist 12/01/2008 pg. 39
Entertainment Weekly 01/16/2009 pg. 71
About the AuthorBrian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of
Jonny Double, Batman: Broken City, and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning
100 Bullets, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. Azzarello's other work for DC includes
Hellblazer and
Loveless with Marcelo Frusin;
Dark Knight III: The Master Race with Frank Miller, Andy Kubert, and Klaus Janson;
Superman: For Tomorrow with Jim Lee;
Joker and
Luthor with Lee Bermejo;
Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and A Hard Place with Joe Kubert;
Filthy Rich with Victor Santos; and most recently the all-new ongoing series
Wonder Woman with Cliff Chiang.
Lee Bermejo began drawing comics in 1997 for WildStorm Studios in San Diego at age 19. He collaborated with acclaimed writer Brian Azzarello on the graphic novels
Joker and
Luthor, and worked with writer John Arcudi on the Superman feature in
Wednesday Comics. He has also worked on
Hellblazer with Mike Carey and
Global Frequency with Warren Ellis. Bermejo has illustrated the covers to the line of Vertigo Crime graphic novels, beginning with
Filthy Rich, written by Brian Azzarello, and
Dark Entries, written by Ian Rankin. Bermejo has lived in Italy since 2003.