Gary Phillips

Batman: The Killing Joke

DC Comics Novels

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Faced with overwhelming poverty and a pregnant wife, a tragic, struggling comedian is forced to turn to crime. In his first heist, he is immersed in toxic chemicals that disfigure him bizarrely, driving him mad and thus giving birth to The Joker.For years, the Clown Prince of Crime has been caught in a dance of violence with his greatest nemesis, the Batman. Escaping Arkham Asylum, he plots his most lethal caper. This will be the ultimate punch line his KILLING JOKE.In their mission to protect Gotham City, Batman and Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) pursue ruthless criminals such as the grandiose Maxie Zeus and Antonio 'Python' Palmares. Simultaneously, Commissioner James Gordon and Detective Harvey Bullock take on a cartel distributing the latest designer drug-'giggle sniff,' derived from a venom created by The Joker.This rapid-fire sequence of events spirals together to threaten Batmans closest friends and allies, and locks the two eternal foes in their ultimate death match.

Produktdetails

• DC Comics novels
• Verlag: Titan Books
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 73512605
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9781785658129
• ISBN-10: 1785658123
• Artikelnr.: 52642426

Autorenporträt

Christa Faust grew up in the Bronx and Hell's Kitchen, spending most of her teen years on endless subway rides, cutting school, and writing. She sold her first short story when she moved to Los Angeles in the early '90s, and still considers herself an expat rather than a native. She's an avid reader of vintage paperbacks, a film noir enthusiast and a tattooed lady who writes hardboiled crime fiction.