DC Comics Universe & Batman #97 Spoilers & Review: Joker War Part 3 Sees Batman Defeated, Clownhunter’s Emergence, Punchline Vs. Harley Quinn Round 2 Teased & More!

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DC Comics Universe and Batman #97 Spoilers and Review follows.

Joker War Part 3 Sees Batman Defeated

…Clownhunter’s Emergence…

…Punchline Vs. Harley Quinn Round 2 Teased and More!

Punchline revels in the spoilers of Joker stealing Bruce Wayne’s wealth, because he knows that’s who Batman is, but…

…her minions fear the Clownhunter.

She is displeased asking them who they should fear more: the Clownhunter or the Joker?

Elsewhere, the Joker taunts a still drugged Batman in the movie theater is parents and he were last at together before they were killed…

…fighting Joker toxin’d people who he defeats, but…

…he collapses and Harley Quinn comes to his aid again.

Elsewhere, Punchline meets up with a pimp-player portrayal of Joker…

…who isn’t upset by the emergence of the Clownhunter; he is pleased at the chaos he has wrought and that he’s not playing by Batman’s rules.

Finally, Harley Quinn gives Batman something to counteract Punchline’s toxin which…

…causes him to commune with his dead father-figure Alfred Pennyworth!

The Pulse:

A wild issue with the new characters in play and plot deepening. Cool art. 8 out of 10.

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