Review of Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) by Henry P — 17 Jan 2017

Y'know, this was the first comic book I read when I decided to try and get into comics/graphic novels. The hype around this book was insane. "It's one of the darkest and best Joker stories ever written!" I read it, and was kind of let down.

I heard there was a movie, and it didn't get very good reviews. As someone who wasn't blown away from the source material, and isn't appalled by Batgirl and Batman having a thing, this was actually not a bad flick.

Mark Hamill as the Joker is really the only true highlight though, and even if I don't like the Joker's backstory (because it's stupid. After watching this and seeing it actually executed well, I can say it's still stupid.

), it worked for the film and overall theme.