On the streets of London, the Clown Prince of Crime finds himself having been drugged and with his signature smile surgically planted onto the back of his neck. Taking a page out of his arch-adversary, The Batman's, book, the Joker decides to get to the bottom of this mutilation. Of course, with Joker's fractured psyche, his version of a Dark Knight Detective is pretty warped, resulting in chaos, tragedy and death in his wake.
I had to read this book twice to understand it. It's very confusing and I think that's because writer Devin Grayson (Nightwing) tried to write most of this book from the Joker's point of view.
Part of the blame also falls on the cover writer. I really thought that the description of this book made it sound like the Joker was trying to be like Batman. But he's not trying to be the Batman. The Joker is only switching roles in playing detective instead of criminal. The Joker is just being a really bad detective because he's nuts and he's a murdering psycho!
The art was quite good. It's painted. And it reflects that fractured psyche of the Joker. Angles are invented. Shadows are exaggerated. Plus, artist John Bolton (Batman: Manbat) has a sensual style, especially with a trio of beauties that the Joker kidnaps.
Speaking of those beauties. One of the girls intrigued the heck out of me. She stands up to the Joker and the villain refers to her as his 'Robin'. I'd love to see more of her in comics. But it's been 9 years since this graphic novel was published and if she's yet to have shows up in further Batman comics, I doubt the character is gonna show up now!
Enjoyable Read. But man was it confusing and very demented.
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 7 out of 10 stars.
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