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Everybody ’s favorite Batman scoundrel is vex an all - new miniseries withJoker : Killer Smile , a mature , sinister , and"horrifying"new story released under DC ’s prestige Black Label this Halloween .
The serial has just been announced from writer Jeff Lemire ( Green Arrow , Gideon Falls , Essex County ) and artist Andrea Sorrentino ( Green Arrow , Gideon Falls ) . The clown prince of crime is already hands - down one of the dark characters of theBatmanmythos , if not all of comic book chronicle . And withKiller smiling , Lemire and Sorrentino are ready to tell their variant of his story .
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In this new serial , the Joker is locked away in Arkham Asylum ( no surprisal there ) . With his notorious pardner in crimeHarley Quinn getting her ownHARLEENseriesfrom Black Label , this new narration find out Joker under the care of not Dr. Harleen Quinzel , but a new mental health professional Doctor of the Church , Dr. Ben Arnell . As we ’ve run into in the yesteryear , Joker will do anything to get his means , and it does n’t seem like thing will be dissimilar in this miniseries . As the serial publication ' patch abstract warns,“as he gets his bait deeper and deep into the brain of his fair game , Joker sets off a chain response of havoc that will jeopardise to tear down not only Gotham City but the individual of this exalted man , and his young kinfolk , too . “The Joker knows his good chance at catch out of Arkham Asylum is to get his doctor on his side . sound a little familiar , does n’t it ?
However , eternal sleep promise this is a whole raw story , and a new interpretation of the Joker . One intend to show the true depths of his degeneracy , promising a version that is"new"and"horrifying"which , for the Joker , is say something . Letting him into your animation is always a regretful move , so what account will pull Dr. Arnell in when everyone in Gotham acknowledge Joker is an unsolvable job ? Will he go to bat ( pardon the paronomasia ) to protect , or possibly even rid the Joker ? And if so , will this Modern character reference ’s story be cut short as chop-chop as seems likely ?
" Getting to work with my long - time collaborator Andrea Sorrentino on a Joker tarradiddle is very exciting , ” shares Lemire . “ The Joker is an iconic character and we require to create something that challenges readers to appear at him in a unexampled and horrible way . "
Sorrentino adds , “ This level has promote me as a Almighty to aspire to raw top in storytelling . That little spark of rabidity in the Joker pass on me an opportunity to play with the pacing , the layouts and the storytelling in a way that few other characters would allow . ”
The fact that this narrative is being released as part of DC Black Label means it can go position normalBatmancomics ca n’t , break down even darker and more distorted than some reader may expect – thanks to the ledger being targeted squarely at mature audience . Joker : Killer Smileis a three - part story that will debut October 30 , 2019 , release every other month following .
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