([October] 2016)
DC,
2016 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 24.99 USD; 29.99 CAD
- Pages
- 120
- On-sale Date
- 2016-08-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [peel]
- ISBN
-
978-1-4012-6364-5
- Barcode
- 9781401263645 52499
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor - original series); Mark Chiarello (credited) (editor - original series); Michael Siglain (credited) (editor - original series); Liz Marsham (credited as Elizabeth Gehrlein) (editor - original series); Janelle Asselin (credited) (associate editor - original series); Katie Kubert (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Jeb Woodard (credited) (group editor - collected editions)
- Color
- Black and white
- Dimensions
- 7.75 in. x 11.75 in.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publishing Format
- Collected edition
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Smile
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker
- Reprints
- from Batman: The Killing Joke (DC, 1988 series) [First Printing] ([July] 1988) [in black & white]
-
The Killing Joke
Batman / comic story / 46 pages
- Script
- Alan Moore (credited)
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Letters
- Richard Starkings (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There were these two guys in a lunatic asylum...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Harvey Bullock; Barbara Gordon; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (cameo); Jeannie; Mrs. Burkiss
- Synopsis
- Batman visits the Joker in Arkham Asylum only to discover he has been replaced by a double. As Batman attempts to track the villain down, the Joker shows up at the house of Commissioner Gordon where he promptly shoots Barbara and captures her father. The Joker takes Jim to a modified carnival where he tries to drive him mad (partially by showing him pictures of his naked and bleeding daughter). Batman arrives and starts beating on the Joker who attempts to reason with him in his own insane fashion. As things wrap up and the police arrive, the Joker finally tells Batman a joke that he gets.
- Reprints
- from Batman: The Killing Joke (DC, 1988 series) ([July] 1988) [in black & white]
-
- Keywords
- Ace Chemical; Arkham Asylum; Bonus Brothers Carnival and Amusement Park
Indexer Notes
The "joke" is a gag that can be traced back in the comics of DC at least as far as Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #6 (Fall, 1942) in which Mutt suggests that Jeff climb up a spotlight beam. Jeff refuses, worried that the spotlight will be turned off and he'll fall. Possibly not the first or only time the joke's been told.
The Origin of the Joker
The Joker / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Letters
- Jared K. Fletcher (credited)
- Editing
- Michael Siglain (credited); Liz Marsham (credited as Elisabeth V. Gehrlein)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker
- Synopsis
- The origin of the Joker.
- Reprints
- from Countdown (DC, 2007 series) #31 (November 2007) [in black & white]
-
An Innocent Guy
Batman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Letters
- Ellie de Ville (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (cameo); Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (cameo); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (cameo); The Terrible Trio [The Fox; The Shark; The Vulture] (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Batman Black and White (DC, 1996 series) #4 (September 1996) [in black & white]
-
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Gotham City
Joker: The Last Laugh #1
The Joker / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker
- Reprints
- from Joker: Last Laugh (DC, 2001 series) #1 [Direct Sales] (December 2001) [in black & white]
-
Joker: The Last Laugh #6
The Joker / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker
- Reprints
- from Joker: Last Laugh (DC, 2001 series) #6 (January 2002) [in black & white]
-
Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland
The Joker / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Joker
- Reprints
- from Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland (DC, 2011 series) ([December] 2011) [in black & white]
-
Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1 Variant Cover
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker
- Reprints
- from Dark Knight III: The Master Race (DC, 2016 series) #1 [Third Eye Comics Brian Bolland Cover] (January 2016) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #2
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #2 [Direct Sales] (April 2000) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #3
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #3 [Direct Sales] (May 2000) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #4
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Samuel Yates
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #4 [Direct Sales] (June 2000) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #5
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Key
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #5 [Direct Sales] (July 2000) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #6
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Oracle [Barbara Gordon]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #6 [Direct Sales] (August 2000) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #7
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #7 [Direct Sales] (September 2000) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #8
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #8 [Direct Sales] (October 2000) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #9
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doctor Hugo Strange
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #9 [Direct Sales] (November 2000) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #10
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #10 [Direct Sales] (December 2000) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #11
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Doctor Hugo Strange; Bruce Wayne
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #11 [Direct Sales] (January 2001) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #14
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Double Dare
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #14 [Direct Sales] (April 2001) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #15
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Robin [Tim Drake]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #15 [Direct Sales] (May 2001) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #16
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Matatoa
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #16 [Direct Sales] (June 2001) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #17
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Matatoa
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #17 [Direct Sales] (July 2001) [in black & white]
-
- Keywords
- rain
Batman: Gotham Nights #18
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #18 [Direct Sales] (August 2001) [in black & white]
-
- Keywords
- giant penny
Batman: Gotham Nights #19
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] (in shadows)
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #19 [Direct Sales] (September 2001) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #20
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #20 [Direct Sales] (October 2001) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #21
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson; Yoska Graesinka
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #21 [Direct Sales] (November 2001) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #23
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Sasha Bordeaux
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #23 [Direct Sales] (January 2002) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #24
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #24 [Direct Sales] (February 2002) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #25
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #25 [Direct Sales] (March 2002) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #26
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #26 [Direct Sales] (April 2002) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #27
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #27 [Direct Sales] (May 2002) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #28
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Mortician
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #28 [Direct Sales] (June 2002) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #29
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #29 [Direct Sales] (July 2002) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #30
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Azrael [Jean-Paul Valley]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #30 [Direct Sales] (August 2002) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #32
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #32 [Direct Sales] (October 2002) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #33
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bane; Alfred Pennyworth
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #33 [Direct Sales] (November 2002) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #34
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bane; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #34 [Direct Sales] (December 2002) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #35
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #35 [Direct Sales] (January 2003) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #36
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Pix
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #36 [Direct Sales] (February 2003) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #37
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Spoiler [Stephanie Brown]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #37 [Direct Sales] (March 2003) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #38
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #38 [Direct Sales] (April 2003) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #39
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #39 [Direct Sales] (May 2003) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #40
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Huntress [Helena Bertinelli]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #40 [Direct Sales] (June 2003) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #42
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #42 [44-Pages] [Direct Sales] (August 2003) [in black & white]
-
- Keywords
- bats
Batman: Gotham Nights #43
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #43 [Direct Sales] (September 2003) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #44
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd] (as a skeleton)
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #44 [Direct Sales] (October 2003) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #45
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aaron Langstrom (Man-Bat's son)
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #45 [Direct Sales] (November 2003) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #46
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] (nightmare creature); Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom] (nightmare creature); Nightwing [Dick Grayson] (nightmare creature); Oracle [Barbara Gordon] (nightmare creature); Robin [Tim Drake] (nightmare creature); Val Kaliban [The Spook]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #46 [Direct Sales] (December 2003) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights #47
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bane; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Robin [Tim Drake]
- Reprints
- from Batman: Gotham Knights (DC, 2000 series) #47 [Direct Sales] (January 2004) [in black & white]
-
Batman: Gotham Nights Unused Cover
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mister Zsasz
Batman & Robin #25
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]
- Reprints
- from Batman and Robin (DC, 2011 series) #25 [Brian Bolland Cover] (January 2014) [in black & white]
-
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
[Title Page and Credits]
-
2.
["Smile"]
Batman -
3.
The Killing Joke
Batman -
4.
The Origin of the Joker
The Joker -
5.
An Innocent Guy
Batman -
6.
Joker: The Last Laugh #1
The Joker -
7.
Joker: The Last Laugh #6
The Joker -
8.
Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland
The Joker -
9.
Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1 Variant Cover
Batman -
10.
Batman: Gotham Nights #2
Batman -
11.
Batman: Gotham Nights #3
Batman -
12.
Batman: Gotham Nights #4
Batman -
13.
Batman: Gotham Nights #5
Batman -
14.
Batman: Gotham Nights #6
Batman -
15.
Batman: Gotham Nights #7
Batman -
16.
Batman: Gotham Nights #8
Batman -
17.
Batman: Gotham Nights #9
Batman -
18.
Batman: Gotham Nights #10
Batman -
19.
Batman: Gotham Nights #11
Batman -
20.
Batman: Gotham Nights #14
Batman -
21.
Batman: Gotham Nights #15
Batman -
22.
Batman: Gotham Nights #16
Batman -
23.
Batman: Gotham Nights #17
Batman -
24.
Batman: Gotham Nights #18
Batman -
25.
Batman: Gotham Nights #19
Batman -
26.
Batman: Gotham Nights #20
Batman -
27.
Batman: Gotham Nights #21
Batman -
28.
Batman: Gotham Nights #23
Batman -
29.
Batman: Gotham Nights #24
Batman -
30.
Batman: Gotham Nights #25
Batman -
31.
Batman: Gotham Nights #26
Batman -
32.
Batman: Gotham Nights #27
Batman -
33.
Batman: Gotham Nights #28
Batman -
34.
Batman: Gotham Nights #29
Batman -
35.
Batman: Gotham Nights #30
Batman -
36.
Batman: Gotham Nights #32
Batman -
37.
Batman: Gotham Nights #33
Batman -
38.
Batman: Gotham Nights #34
Batman -
39.
Batman: Gotham Nights #35
Batman -
40.
Batman: Gotham Nights #36
Batman -
41.
Batman: Gotham Nights #37
Batman -
42.
Batman: Gotham Nights #38
Batman -
43.
Batman: Gotham Nights #39
Batman -
44.
Batman: Gotham Nights #40
Batman -
45.
Batman: Gotham Nights #42
Batman -
46.
Batman: Gotham Nights #43
Batman -
47.
Batman: Gotham Nights #44
Batman -
48.
Batman: Gotham Nights #45
Batman -
49.
Batman: Gotham Nights #46
Batman -
50.
Batman: Gotham Nights #47
Batman -
51.
Batman: Gotham Nights Unused Cover
Batman -
52.
Batman & Robin #25
Batman
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