DC Comics Universe and The Batman Who Laughs #1 Spoilers and Review follows.
Crisis Of Multiple Batmen and Jokers? A Lot More Than Expected Beyond The Grim Knight?!
As part of an investigation…
…Batman finds a corpse of Bruce Wayne…
…with the same DNA and even scars up to a certain point and then things deviate including a tattoo with “May” on it.
At the same time, the gun-toting Grim Knight Batman invades Arkham Asylum…
…seemingly maims Mister Freeze…
…allowing the Batman Who Laughs to enter and kill the Joker?!
Later the real Batman explains to Commissioner Jim Gordan that the Batman Who Laughs is back as is a new Grim Knight too.
Interestingly, Batman orchestrated Joker’s escape (so who died at the hands of the Batman Who Laughs?)…
…who meets him in the Batcave…
…the Joker seemingly sacrifices himself so…
…the Batman can become more like Joker to take on the Batman Who Laughs?!
The Pulse:
A high octane adventure with loads of mystery heaped on plus appropriately gritty art. Lots of questions for readers to be answered throughout this mini-series. 8 out of 10.