Even so, when faced with a dying Joker, there are few he can turn to for help. This leads him to approach his oldest ally, in the opening scene of Batman #159, the second part of Hush 2.

DC Comics Batman: The Killing Joke debuted in 1988. It was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland. This graphic novel provides an origin story for the Joker, depicting him as a ...

as Batman and allies learned that the Joker-backed Black Mask has been funding “Arks”: global black site prisons, including an “Ark A” in Santa Prisca (in the mainstream continuity ...

The star’s next leading role came in Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever (1995), which Kilmer originally hoped would be a “radical” take on the iconic superhero. That effort ultimately failed ...

Rocksteady Studios' next game, rumored to be all about Batman, is aiming to be a cross-generation console release. After Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League came out with a whimper, the storied ...

(It’s a nod to the main continuity, where Matches Malone was an arsonist whose identity was adopted by Batman as a guise for undercover detective work.) Bruce reveals that, one week earlier ...

If there’s a sequel, it looks like this scene was a set-up for Joker vs. Batman. Barry grew up in Summerhill, Dublin, Ireland. He spent years in foster homes along with his brother. His mother ...