The Batman Who Laughs: The Grim Knight #1 [Jock Cover]

(May 2019)

A Grim Knight in Gotham (Table of Contents: 1)

The Grim Knight / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Snyder (credited); James Tynion IV (credited)

Pencils

Eduardo Risso (credited)

Inks

Eduardo Risso (credited)

Colors

Dave Stewart (credited)

Letters

Sal Cipriano (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Commissioner James Gordon; The Grim Knight [Bruce Wayne] (from an alternate Earth); Thomas Wayne (from an alternate Earth, flashback, death); Martha Wayne (from an alternate Earth, flashback, death); Joe Chill (from an alternate Earth, flashback, death); Lieutenant James Gordon (from an alternate Earth); Detective Flass (from an alternate Earth); Rupert Thorne (from an alternate Earth); Harvey Dent [Two-Face] (from an alternate Earth); Alfred Pennyworth (from an alternate Earth); The Batman Who Laughs [Bruce Wayne] (from an alternate Earth); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (from an alternate Earth, photo); Black Mask [Roman Sionis] (from an alternate Earth, photo); Killer Croc [Waylon Jones] (from an alternate Earth, photo); Red Hood (from an alternate Earth, photo)

Synopsis

As the Grim Knight holds Commissioner Gordon prisoner, he recounts his origin on an alternate Earth, where as a boy he saw Joe Chill murder his parents, but when Chill drops the murder weapon, young Bruce picks it up and shoots him in cold blood, leading to this Bruce's violent no-nonsense approach to dealing with crime.

Reprints

• in The Batman Who Laughs (DC, 2019 series) ([October] 2019)
• in The Batman Who Laughs (DC, 2021 series) ([June] 2021)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from The Batman Who Laughs (DC, 2019 series) #3. Story continued in The Batman Who Laughs #4.