Batman: Lovers & Madmen #1
Batman: Lovers & Madmen » Batman: Lovers & Madmen #1 - Lovers & Madmen released by DC Comics on April 1, 2008.
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5 (1) 4 (0) 3 (1) 2 (1) 1 (0) 3.3 starsAverage score of 3 user reviews
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A Must Read Joker Story 0
The Story: The Joker's origins are reinvented in a new way as he begins to terrorize Gotham city sparking the attention of Batman who the Joker finds ridiculous. As he transforms into the Joker persona, he stabs Lorna Shore, the woman who Bruce Wayne recently began seeing. Batman begins to lose himself as he can't come up with any logical reason why the Joker is doing this which eventually leads to a final showdown between the two. My Thoughts: This is the second volume of the Batman Confiden...
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Batman: Lovers and Madmen Review 0
I've only got the one bookshelf for my comics, and I've kind of made the decision to more or less limit my collection of physical comics to that one bookshelf for the time being. As a result, the bookshelf is for the most part pretty carefully curated. Only books that I consider the best, or at least really interesting occupy shelf space. As such, Lovers and Madmen was a book I had remembered quite liking, even if it had been a while since I read it.I've been acutely aware of the fact that my ta...
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A Poor Man’s Joker 0
I understand how DC likes the Joker to have his past shrouded in myth as opposed to a solid origin story. The Clown Prince of Crime is a mysterious creature who has seemingly materialized out of pure natural evil and there are different accounts of his beginnings depending on what you read (or watch). I’ve largely enjoyed this blurry lore and appreciate the approach, so my criticisms of this story are not born out of inconsistency with his history as described in The Killing Joke and The Man Who...
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