S'il est une histoire de Batman qu'il faut absolument avoir lue, c'est incontestablement The Killing Joke, le chef-d'oeuvre d'Alan Moore et de Brian Bolland. Jamais la relation entre le Chevalier Noir et son ennemi juré le Joker n'a été abordée avec autant d'intensité que dans cette cultissime aventure. Le Joker se livre à une véritable guère psychologique pour déstabiliser ses adversaires afin de démontrer que n'importe qui peut sombrer dans la folie. On ne présente plus Alan Moore, le créateur de Watchmen et de V pour vendetta. On connaît peut-être moins Brian Bolland, qui est pourtant un grand artiste qui a notamment collaboré avec Grant Morrison sur Animal Man et Les Invisibles.
Quand le C omédien, justicier au service du gouvernement, se fait défenestrer, son ancien allié, Rorschach, mène l'enquête. I l reprend rapidement contact avec d'autres héros à la retraite dont le D r Manhattan, surhomme qui a modifié le cours de l'histoire. Alors qu'une guerre nucléaire couve entre les USA et l'URSS, tous s'interrogent : qui nous gardera de nos Gardiens ?
Quelques mois après sa première victoire contre l'empire du crime qui phagocyte. La cité de Gotham, le vigilant Batman enquête sur une série de meurtres perpétrés uniquement lors des fêtes. Travaillant en parallèle avec le jeune procureur Harvey Dent et le Lieutenant James Gordons, le Chevalier Noir engage une course contre ce calendrier morbide qui égrène chaque mois une victime supplémentaire. Une quête dont la conclusion pourrait bien sonner la chute du plus grand espoir de Gotham, et la naissance de l'un de ses pires monstres de foire...
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