The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years

by Various

Hardcover, 2014

Status

Available

Call number

PN6728.J65 J58

Publication

DC Comics (2014), Edition: First Edition, 400 pages

Description

"Celebrating Batman and Joker's seventy-five years as cultural icons, this hardcover Joker Anthology collects stories from the characters seven decades as the greatest villain in comics"--

User reviews

LibraryThing member wethewatched
This is an excellent all-around collection of Joker stories. As a big Batman fan I've read a lot of the old stories, so I had worried going in that there wouldn't be much new here. To my pleasant surprise, DC Comics has selected many great comics that I've not seen in previous greatest hits
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collections.

With a few selections from each decade, it's really interesting to see how the Joker has changed over time -- from a psychopathic killer to a clown thief and back again, based largely on society's tolerance for violence at that particular time in history.

I'm also happy to say that the book ends with two really strong stories from Paul Dini and Scott Snyder, showing that this character has not only held up for 75 years, but he's actually getting better and better.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

400 p.; 10.47 inches

ISBN

9781401247591

UPC

884289511279
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