Batman: The Man Who Laughs SC

Good book quality, a must-buy for Batman and Joker fans!!!

Very fantastic book with great creativity good quality page and colouring but it need to be handled with care because binding is very weak pages are coming out Must read to all 13+age RECOMMENDED

It's short. About a quarter of the book is taken up by a second unrelated story by the same writer. That doesn't in anyway reduce the impact of the story or the characters. The joker is far more menacing in this than many later appearances and you just have to love that.

i liked the book very much

Not a grasping plot Just a collection piece

Excellent art and storyline. Was very pleased and would recommend to anyone whose a fan of batman comics.

Batman The Man Who Laughs contains 2 stories, first The Man Who Laughs and another called Made of Wood. While I'm no expert on comics and most of my experience is from Marvel I really have grown more partial to Batman and am still new with only Batman Year One, The Long Halloween, Dark Victory, Hush, The Dark Knight Returns, A Death In The Family, and now The Man Who Laughs, so take my opinions as you will. The Man Who Laughs is a one shot written by Ed Brubaker, artwork from Doug Mahnke and colours by David Baron. Released in 2005 this story introduces the Joker following Frank Miller's Batman Year One. It's an interesting story because at this point Batman has never encountered anything like the Joker and the impact a single criminal can have on Gotham. The artwork was great and at times can be disturbing complementing the laughing gas to make you visually as well as mentally uncomfortable with the thought of something so terrible. Overall it was a great story, I feel it was an appropriate introduction into the Joker and left me wanting more and luckily, there a lot of Joker to be read. Next up is Made of Wood is a 3 issue story (Detective Comics #784-786) from 2003 written by Ed Brubaker, art from Patrick Zircher, and colours from Aaron Sowd (parts 1-3) and Steve Bird (part 3). This is a decent detective issue, I think I preferred the artwork in this issue. In these 3 parts the re-emergence of a killer is made after several decades of absence. The case was never solved and now Batman and Green Lantern team up to attempt to solve this case that Lantern couldn't solve and haunts him. I will say I do think the 3rd part is kind of short compared to the previous 2 but still good. Overall a nice one to have, and an easy recommendation to anyone who has already read Year One. The introduction of the Joker in the first story and a Batman Green Lantern team up being detectives in the second. Both have appealing artwork with decent stories and well worth picking up, maybe not as iconic or as essential in my opinion as A Death In The Family but worth a read. Hopefully you found this review helpful and happy reading.

Finished everything on my train, great story, recommendation

Llevo unas páginas y que buen cómic, ningún detalle con la entrega.

Muy buenas y realistas las caracterizaciones de los personajes, sin añadiduras innecesarias, conservando las esencias y dejando un cómic adulto, diría yo. Un Batman haciendo de detective y usando el cerebro. Un Joker provocando el caos y actuando como un desquiciado. Perfectos. Una historia redonda y muy buena, muy recomendable para los que, como yo, prefieran leer un cómic más serio y sin tanta fantasía. Lo único ..que podría hacerlo mejor cómic, hubiese sido que continuase la introducción sugeridad en Year One, aunque la forma en la que aparece Joker aquí es genial.