DC Comics and Joker #12 Spoilers and Review follows.
It’s All Been Building To THIS!
The book has a few variant covers in addition to the main cover above.
The promise of the book is revealed in its solicitation.
THE JOKER #12
Written by JAMES TYNION IV
Art and cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and CAM SMITH
Punchline backup written by JAMES TYNION IV and SAM JOHNS
Punchline backup art by BELÉN ORTEGA
Variant covers by GERARDO ZAFFINO and JONBOY MEYERS
1:25 variant cover by JAMES STOKOE
$5.99 US | 40 pages
ON SALE 2/8/22There are dark, sinister secrets in the world, and then there are the secrets held by the infamous Sampson family on their compound down in Texas! Jim Gordon is about to enter a hell he never imagined to save…The Joker?
Punchline Backup: The Trial of Punchline grows volatile as the Royal Flush Gang makes their biggest and most wicked move in Gotham Ever. Punchline’s endgame is here!
Vengeance jumps out of a plane on her march to the Texas compound where the Joker is a captive.
Cressa of the Court of Owls knows that Barbara Gordon is Oracle and despite the latter’s plan she becomes a captive of the Court.
Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock are also Texas bound and readers get a recap of pivotal moments from the series thus far as…
…a Batgirl comes out the shadows to join the fight in the light.
Jim Gordon knows that Cressa has his daughter and spy Julia Pennyworth and wants to meet; the juicy tidbit to get the meeting is that he knows who caused A-Day and it wasn’t the Joker.
They meet and agree for the hostages to go, but a Court of Owls’ Talon will accompany them.
The captives fly off with Batgirl subduing the Talon and…
….Jim Gordon exposing that Bane is the conductor of the symphony and still alive!
All roads lead to the captive Joker and the butchers that have him.
The back-up continues to feature Punchline whose trial will finally begin with…
…Bluebird’ brother in the gallery as a wildcard.
The Pulse:
Another action packed issue whose many story had one panel of the Joker, in a title that bears his name, plus a pretty frenetic back-up with Bluebird and Punchline. Captivating stories make up the book with decent art. 7.5 out of 10.
