The many faces of war...
The Joker is waging a war on Batman, and he's going to use every ghost
from the Dark Knight's past to win! As the Bat- Family reels from the
recent loss of Alfred Pennyworth, no one has taken this death harder
than Bruce Wayne. Alfred wasn't just a friend and partner to Gotham's
favorite son; he was a father figure and a mentor to Bruce...and the
loss has left the dark detective wounded.
The Joker knows that now is the time to strike--and strike hard.
The Clown Prince of Crime has unleashed a wave of friends, foes, and
failures to attack Gotham's protector from the inside out. First up is
Harvey Dent, a.k.a. Two-Face, whose violent impulses have been amplified
to deadly new heights by the Joker--unleashing a cadre of zealots known
as the Church of the Two on Gotham City! But that's not all--Lincoln
March, Lucius Fox, Killer Croc, and countless more have been moved
around the Joker's diabolical chessboard to bury the Bat once and for
all. Will the Dark Knight rise? Or be drowned in laughter?
This intensely personal volume of the Joker War collects Detective
Comics #1020-1026, Detective Comics Annual #3, Batman: Pennyworth
R.I.P., and a special Joker War tale from Detective Comics #1027.
Seminal Batman scribe PETER J. TOMASI (Batman and Robin, Super Sons)
is joined by Eisner Award winning writer MARIKO TAMAKI (Wonder Woman,
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass) and the Joker War architect JAMES TYNION
IV (Batman, Detective Comics) as well as artists BRAD WALKER
(Aquaman), KENNETH ROCAFORT (Red Hood and the Outlaws), EDDY BARROWS
(Detective Comics), EDUARDO RISSO (100 Bullets), and more!
