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Batman The Joker War Zone #1 one shot
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September 2020 DC Comics One Shot
(W) JAMES TYNION IV, JOHN RIDLEY, JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, and others
(A) GUILLEM MARCH, DAVID LAFUENTE, JAMES STOKOE, and others
(CA) BEN OLIVER
Gotham City is a battleground as The Joker takes over the Wayne fortune and wages a street war against the Dark Knight and his allies! Enter the “war zone” with short stories featuring characters like Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, and Luke Fox and see how they’re fighting back in a city under siege! Also, the brutal full debut of the mysterious new anti-hero known as Clownhunter!
Date Available: 09/29/2020
Reviews
This issue is a TOTAL mixed bag, with two stand-out groaners, one welcome return of Olivier Coipel to interiors, and two SPECTACULAR bookends.
Leading off is a Joker/Bane story by James Tynion IV and Guillem March. THIS Joker is an interesting Joker, unlike the two Jokers we saw in Three Jokers, and March's art sells the crazy in the facial expressions alone (a necessity since they're both basically immobile in the story). Closing is the James Stokoe love letter to Akira you never knew you wanted. The story isn't so hot, but the pages are the prettiest thing in comics this week for sure, this month probably, and even possibly this year. These two stories are worth the price of the book if you have flexible monies, and would have been a fine 3.99 pairing if left alone.
Kevin Healy 5 out of 10 GRAHAMS
