DC Comics & The Joker #13 Spoilers & Review: Penultimate Issue With A Big Return & A Larger Verdict?!

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DC Comics and The Joker #13 Spoilers and Review follows.

Penultimate Issue With A Big Return and A Larger Verdict?!

The issue has a few variant covers to supplement the main cover above.

The promise of the book can be discerned from its solicit.

THE JOKER #13
(W) James Tynion IV, Sam Johns (A/CA) Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, Belen Ortega

Vengeance has spent her short existence waiting for the moment she could kill The Joker, but she knows that if she fulfills her programming, she’ll be dragged back into the servitude of the terrifying Knightfallen of Santa Prisca. Jim Gordon may be her only way out, but a revelation close to his heart has the potential to send him down a darker path. One he may never turn back from. Backup: The trial of the century in Gotham City begins to draw to a close, and no one will be left happy with the results…except for one Alexis Kaye, a.k a. Punchline!

In Shops: 3/8/2022
SRP: $5.99

The Samson Clan, a family of cannibals, can’t wait for the clown meat main course, but…

…chef is playing with their food as Vengeance interrupts dinner.

She makes short work of everyone…

…before she and her prey, Joker, are…

…face-to-face.

However, the reason she is literally vengeance is negated as her gather Bane is alive and seemingly not killed by the Joker?!

The back-up tale focusing on Punchline and Blue Bird…

…sees Punchline on the stand with the result being…

…a not guilty verdict.

The Pulse:

An action-packed and macabre thrill ride for the main story with more intellectual intrigue for the back-up tale. Solid art teams on both. 8 out of 10.

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