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Batman, Volume 3: Death of the Family

Batman, Volume 3: Death of the Family

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A #1 New York Times bestseller！

One year ago， the Joker limped off the streets of Gotham， mutilated and scarred when someone had taken the pale white skin right off of his face。

But now， the Dark Knight’s greatest foe has returned but for once， Batman doesn’t seem to be his target。 Instead， the Joker turns his vile hatred towards Commissioner Gordon， Alfred， Robin， Nightwing， Batgirl， Red Hood and Red Robin … the only family Bruce Wayne has left。 The Clown Prince of Crime will unleash his most unpredictable， vicious and psychotic assault ever on everyone Batman holds dear。

Can Batman stop his arch-rival’s most deranged assault ever？ Or will the cost of a deadly secret be a family member’s life？

#1 New York Times best-selling creators Scott Snyder （AMERICAN VAMPIRE） and Greg Capullo （Spawn） present the long-awaited return of the Joker， as he unleashes his most terrifying， personal assault ever on the Dark Knight。 BATMAN: DEATH OF THE FAMILY collects BATMAN #13-17 along with backup stories illustrated by award-winning artist Jock （BATMAN: THE BLACK MIRROR）。

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Reviews

_ ，

Great characterization of the Joker。 Not a fan of this entire Bat family but that's on me。 Great artwork and a sinister dark atmosphere。 Great characterization of the Joker。 Not a fan of this entire Bat family but that's on me。 Great artwork and a sinister dark atmosphere。 。。。more

Jefferson ，

Meus amigos！！ Isso é bom pra caralho！！！ Está fácil entre uma das melhores histórias do Batman que eu já li （e foram muitas）。É excelente se você ler apenas a história principal。 Os Tie-Ins， na minha opinião， estragam o andamento da história。 Os Tie-Ins tem momentos muito bons com o Coringa， mas como todos os Crossovers， acaba fazendo com que a narrativa fique atropelada ao ponto de parecer que o Coringa está em vários lugares ao mesmo tempo。 Se você se interessa mais na história do que na cronolo Meus amigos！！ Isso é bom pra caralho！！！ Está fácil entre uma das melhores histórias do Batman que eu já li （e foram muitas）。É excelente se você ler apenas a história principal。 Os Tie-Ins， na minha opinião， estragam o andamento da história。 Os Tie-Ins tem momentos muito bons com o Coringa， mas como todos os Crossovers， acaba fazendo com que a narrativa fique atropelada ao ponto de parecer que o Coringa está em vários lugares ao mesmo tempo。 Se você se interessa mais na história do que na cronologia ou em ser completista， recomendo fortemente ler Batman: Death of the Family e Joker: Death of the Family separados。 。。。more

fer ，

the joker is so sick n twisted。。。。best villain

توفيق عبد الرحيم ，

4。5 star

Deepu Singh ，

Drak and so tensed， true Gotham tale

Jonas Carlsson ，

I have been looking forward to this storyline， as it was pretty much the main reason I decided to pick up the New 52 Batman comics。 For years， I knew that Joker had his face surgically removed， strapped it back on， and went back to haunt Batman， so I had to know what the fuzz was all about。 In Death of the Family， the Joker returns to Gotham City after a year's absence， breaking into the police department to recover his face and committing crimes that harken back to his very first confrontations I have been looking forward to this storyline， as it was pretty much the main reason I decided to pick up the New 52 Batman comics。 For years， I knew that Joker had his face surgically removed， strapped it back on， and went back to haunt Batman， so I had to know what the fuzz was all about。 In Death of the Family， the Joker returns to Gotham City after a year's absence， breaking into the police department to recover his face and committing crimes that harken back to his very first confrontations with Batman。 When Joker claims to know the secret identities of every member of the Bat-Family， tensions arise between Batman and his allies as Batman tries to stop the Joker alone。 My biggest surprise was how well Scott Snyder writes the Joker。 I thought that this version of the character would be really edgy， seeing how the idea of having him willingly have his face removed is a very macabre and far out idea。 While this version of Joker sure is one of those that depict him as a sociopathic killer， Snyder gives him both an intimidating presence and a twisted sense of humor - there's one especially great moment involving a wounded horse and an unfortunate Arkham guard。 He is unpredictable， but has a plan and is definetely not stupid - one just have to know him very well to have an idea of what his plan is。 Even the cut-off face， over the top as it is， serves a purpose that is very much in line with who the Joker is。 Capullo's （and Jock's） art is once again amazing， and he gets a lot of interesting material to work with。 The story has a really cool， mysterious， grotesque， and sometimes even Gothic atmosphere - Joker's design is very macabre， a lion kitty is born with two heads as a terrible omen of what's to come， and a central idea is that Batman is a medieval king of Gotham， with Joker being his jester and Batman's other villains being his court。 The latter lends for some epic， medieval images， and Capullo pulls those off really well。 Of course， the Joker doesn't target just Batman， but the entire Bat-Family， and this volume really only collects the stories focusing on Batman。 To get a richer experience， one could read the tie-in comics， and I'm interested enough in the storyline to do so eventually， but this volume is still a really good self-contained story by itself。 The reason for this is that Batman actually has something to do while Joker targets the other members of the Bat-Family - unlike on the Night of Owls where the Bat-Family mostly fought all the Talons in Gotham City and Batman （after one major fight with Talons at Wayne Manor） didn't do that much himself but track down the Court。 This story really captivated me， and if I had had the chance to finish it in one sitting， I would've done that。 Snyder really gets the complicated relationship between Batman and Joker and comes up with one interesting answer to an age-old question: why hasn't Batman just killed the Joker yet？ And no - the answer isn't because then the Joker would win - it's a much more unorthodox answer and one that Batman - and the reader - definetely has to take in。。。 。。。more

Can A Dino Read ，

Alfred is a fucking icon

Manggala Bagaskoro ，

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT。This books is a haunted house ride。 I don't get scared easily reading comic books but the some of the images in this book actually gave me the chills。 This book also explores the 'relationship' between The Joker and Batman which for me as a new reader， actually quite surprising。 ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT。This books is a haunted house ride。 I don't get scared easily reading comic books but the some of the images in this book actually gave me the chills。 This book also explores the 'relationship' between The Joker and Batman which for me as a new reader， actually quite surprising。 。。。more

Styx ，

What。 The fuck。

Usamah Moolla ，

Perfection

Jim Smith ，

A definitive Joker story。 Snyder lifted the best elements from Moore， Miller and Morrison's Jokers and took them further， adding one final punchline that is all his own。 A definitive Joker story。 Snyder lifted the best elements from Moore， Miller and Morrison's Jokers and took them further， adding one final punchline that is all his own。 。。。more

Zulaima ，

Batjokes did it again， folks。 The freaking homoeroticism。 Can't believe we got both Batjokes AND Riddlebird in this， I can die happy now。 Also， I guess I finally know where the inspiration for this came from （sorry if it makes you gag）: Batjokes did it again， folks。 The freaking homoeroticism。 Can't believe we got both Batjokes AND Riddlebird in this， I can die happy now。 Also， I guess I finally know where the inspiration for this came from （sorry if it makes you gag）: 。。。more

Adrian Santiago ，

I know Joker has been used to the extend of comics and Batman fans getting sicked of even hearing his name。 But。。。 well， Joker is a presence， like the one who makes everyone drop their arms and pray。 He is not my favorite villain， not close but still he has the best arcs， he is as sadistic as Hannibal Lecter and now he even looks like Leatherface。Here we get to see that。 It's not with super powers， not by chance or because society did blablabla to you; to the wicked， to the poor or the loosers。 I know Joker has been used to the extend of comics and Batman fans getting sicked of even hearing his name。 But。。。 well， Joker is a presence， like the one who makes everyone drop their arms and pray。 He is not my favorite villain， not close but still he has the best arcs， he is as sadistic as Hannibal Lecter and now he even looks like Leatherface。Here we get to see that。 It's not with super powers， not by chance or because society did blablabla to you; to the wicked， to the poor or the loosers。 Joker doesn't hate Batman， he really just wants a good show and he doesn't care about anyone or any material thing。Carring the Court of Owls arc， Joker comes back maybe because he knows Batman is weak， because he knows Batman started to think that maybe it was time for him to let the family take the helm。 Batman started to get weak， and Joker knows it。 As a story， there's a lot of characters， very old known characters。 He adresses Harley just as a tool （in a very sad and dark way）， he points Riddler as the most useful way of making Batman keep in shape about his brains， and Penguin as the one and only mafia worthy （here's the connection to Emperor Penguin arc [which I have read and loved]）。 He also knows that a Batman who cares for his family is a 'weak' bat。 And again Batman fails on doing exactly what Joker wants。 And that's also something that reminded me of the Arkham videogames。So。。。 this isn't my favorite Batman arc nor my favorite vilain。 But the way the story unfolds was amazing for me。 It's like， what is worthy of being told in a comic story。 You can get dark on the narrative and the illustrations all the same。 。。。more

Marta Duda-Gryc ，

Creepy！factor upped to high levels。 A very good， awful， bloody， mind- and stomach-turning Joker story which reminded me why and how I detest Joker and how I'd really like they killed him once and for all （and how I like the Bat！family with all its silences， secrets， bitterness， but also love。 The ending - with all the little bats staying away from the manor - just about broke my heart）。 Creepy！factor upped to high levels。 A very good， awful， bloody， mind- and stomach-turning Joker story which reminded me why and how I detest Joker and how I'd really like they killed him once and for all （and how I like the Bat！family with all its silences， secrets， bitterness， but also love。 The ending - with all the little bats staying away from the manor - just about broke my heart）。 。。。more

Ray ，

Snyder and Capullo's Batman started with such promise。 The Court of Owls storyline was actually original， adding to the Gotham mythos。 Death of the Family， on the other hand， is just more of the same。 "Über-badass" wannabe writing， with the latest super creepy Joker take trying to top all the other super creepy Joker takes since at least the 80s。 This doesn't even have the stakes of the original Death IN the Family storyline which resulted in an iconic （long since undone） main death character de Snyder and Capullo's Batman started with such promise。 The Court of Owls storyline was actually original， adding to the Gotham mythos。 Death of the Family， on the other hand， is just more of the same。 "Über-badass" wannabe writing， with the latest super creepy Joker take trying to top all the other super creepy Joker takes since at least the 80s。 This doesn't even have the stakes of the original Death IN the Family storyline which resulted in an iconic （long since undone） main death character death。 Spoiler: everyone makes it out alright in the end。 So now Joker is so psycho he tore of his face and stretched it back on。 Disturbing enough？ Yawn。 Cue big crossover with all the Bat-family having to face the clown prince of crime。 Also: Why would anyone in a superhero universe ever work in a villain prison？ Seriously， half of the guards at Arkham are killed or tortured for the millionth time。 Is this ever acknowledged in-universe。。。 Not to mention on one page 19 whole cops are killed， while Gordon is fine。 It's just too much。 And back to the status quo when over。 Personally， I found the 2001 Joker's Last Laugh epic more fun with metahumans super powers。 Or Emperor Joker over in the Superman books circa-2000 with cosmic scifi。 （Showing my age am I？）Well， this is New 52 DC。 It's more grownup now or something。 So prepare for Batman pushed to the edge and violence and edginess but not really etc。~ 。。。more

Vernon Joseph ，

I really doubt there's anything more to say than what's already been said about this masterpiece。 So go ahead。 If you want a great Batman story， this is definitely one of them。Highly recommended for all readers in general5/5 I really doubt there's anything more to say than what's already been said about this masterpiece。 So go ahead。 If you want a great Batman story， this is definitely one of them。Highly recommended for all readers in general5/5 。。。more

Richard M。 ，

Posibil cea mai buna infruntare Batman v Joker citita pana acum。

RParrish ，

I'm falling out of love for the new 52 runGood: Engaging story and has you reading all of it in one sitting！ MADE THE JOKER HORRIFYING！ All the Bat-family and other rogues appear alongside in this comic。 CREATIVE， MURGES ALL JOKER STORIES TOGETHER INTO ONE！ Bad: Joker having no face literally added nothing to the story！ The story ultimately achieves nothing at the end even though it presented and ramped itself up for a climactic life changing ending。 The Joker just lies and manipulates and in th I'm falling out of love for the new 52 runGood: Engaging story and has you reading all of it in one sitting！ MADE THE JOKER HORRIFYING！ All the Bat-family and other rogues appear alongside in this comic。 CREATIVE， MURGES ALL JOKER STORIES TOGETHER INTO ONE！ Bad: Joker having no face literally added nothing to the story！ The story ultimately achieves nothing at the end even though it presented and ramped itself up for a climactic life changing ending。 The Joker just lies and manipulates and in the end doesn't win and you feel like it was all kinda hollow。 Personal Opinion: I was not a fan of how Greg Capullo was handling the classic rogues， especially with the "First Snow" Mr。 Freeze story。 So I was very skeptical how he would handle Joker， and to my surprise I dug what he did。 I felt like Joker worked very well as a horror story， but since it was written as a horror story I wanted it too end like one。 For some reason I am already forgetting I read this two weeks later！！ The ending just felt so unclimactic and could've dug deeper into the Joker but instead just went for the hollow ending of him escaping。 The inclusion of the Riddler and the rogues sprinkled in was nice， but I still felt like the Joker was off balanced in this story。 With him killing hundreds of people with umbrellas and then spoiler（Not actually cutting off the bat-families faces） really threw off his character。 Overall I felt like this intrigued me again to go on and read Zero Year， since I didn't care for "City of Owls"and was skeptical to pick this one up。 But， overall this new 52 run has me loving certain aspects and then falling straight on it's face in another issue。 RECOMMEND IF YOU LIKE JOKER STORIES AND DARKER BATMAN STORIES！ But， overall the ending didn't do it for me。 。。。more

Josh Brynildsen ，

At some point in an earlier volume the Joker had his face removed from his head。 In this volume he steals it back and proceeds to menace Batman and Gotham City with it simply stapled on。 It was totally gross。 Respect to Capullo and the illustrations team for being able to articulate all of the grotesque motions of loose face on a laughing head in a still medium。 It was totally gross。 Anyway， the Joker nearly breaks Batman this time。 Was he able to break into the Bat Cave。 Was he able to determin At some point in an earlier volume the Joker had his face removed from his head。 In this volume he steals it back and proceeds to menace Batman and Gotham City with it simply stapled on。 It was totally gross。 Respect to Capullo and the illustrations team for being able to articulate all of the grotesque motions of loose face on a laughing head in a still medium。 It was totally gross。 Anyway， the Joker nearly breaks Batman this time。 Was he able to break into the Bat Cave。 Was he able to determine the true identity of Batman？ Did he cut off a bunch of folks’ faces？This volume of Batman is dark， scary， unsettling， and most of all， gross。 But it was also pretty excellent。 。。。more

myo （myonna reads） ，

see if batman would just shoot his enemies a few times he wouldn’t have to worry about constantly fighting them methinks

Zach ，

This needs to be read with the other volumes in the Death of the Family。 It would be better （to me） to have them all in one story。 You feel while you're reading that something is missing。 But it's a very interesting concept that the extended bat-family has made Batman weak and the Joker just wants to bring the true dynamic duo back to the good old days。 I love the Joker。 This needs to be read with the other volumes in the Death of the Family。 It would be better （to me） to have them all in one story。 You feel while you're reading that something is missing。 But it's a very interesting concept that the extended bat-family has made Batman weak and the Joker just wants to bring the true dynamic duo back to the good old days。 I love the Joker。 。。。more

Omni Theus ，

This Joker PetrifiesOVERALL RATING: 5 starsArt: 5 starsProse: 5 starsPlot: 5 starsPacing: 5 starsCharacter Development: 5 starsWorld Building: 5 starsThis story is a masterpiece。 I thought the Court of Owls was incredible but this is probably a tad better。 Perhaps the greatest Batman story ever written。。。 This Joker is so well written from his terrifying charisma with the Bat to his strength and superiority over the other supposed big time villains （that part where he tears Harvey Dent/Two-Face This Joker PetrifiesOVERALL RATING: 5 starsArt: 5 starsProse: 5 starsPlot: 5 starsPacing: 5 starsCharacter Development: 5 starsWorld Building: 5 starsThis story is a masterpiece。 I thought the Court of Owls was incredible but this is probably a tad better。 Perhaps the greatest Batman story ever written。。。 This Joker is so well written from his terrifying charisma with the Bat to his strength and superiority over the other supposed big time villains （that part where he tears Harvey Dent/Two-Face to shreds was brilliantly written）。 If you think otherwise you either have not read this story or you need to reread it。 。。。more

Harry ，

8/10

Pozoj ，

Iako već ispričana toliko puta，i to iz pera i kistova velikana stripa， Snyder & Capullo su uspjeli ispricati svoju pricu o Joker i Batmanu，koja moze stati rame uz rame klasicima。 Uz to su pokazali da jos uvijek postoje mračni prostori u kojima Joker moze biti izvrnutiji i luđi， a bez da uvrnutost bude nametnuta radi sebe same。Fibrino izdanje samo pridodaje cijelom dojmu，predivni tisak，prijevod，prijelom - onako kako bi se svi stripovi trebali čitati。

Subham ，

Probably one of the best Batman stories ever， it has such chills and dread and you feel jitters reading it。 Joker is back with his face stapled and its scary and then he has plans for Batman and the family， long back Joker came into the cave ad he might know their identity but he thinks Batman has gotten weaker ever since the family， that instinct he relied on when he was just operating alone is gone he feels and so to bring it back he wants to challenge Bruce like anything and he attacks him fr Probably one of the best Batman stories ever， it has such chills and dread and you feel jitters reading it。 Joker is back with his face stapled and its scary and then he has plans for Batman and the family， long back Joker came into the cave ad he might know their identity but he thinks Batman has gotten weaker ever since the family， that instinct he relied on when he was just operating alone is gone he feels and so to bring it back he wants to challenge Bruce like anything and he attacks him from all side， guards， Gordon， his butler， his extended family and arranges one of the greatest attacks on Arkham and since he has these people hostage， Batman has to put up with his theatrics and ascend to the throne and then the dinner scene with his family is just haunting and what Joker does to their faces just wow。 Its haunting in a good way and by the end you can see what Joker has done， emotional scars， distrust， PTSD and Batman vs Joker continues。 The writing was so good but the ending just wow and the art is on a whole other level here。 。。。more

Ankit Bera ，

Love the way the entire battle transcended from graphic violence to a pure psychological clash。 One of the best Batman Joker stories after The Killing Joke。

Terri ，

Guys。。。。 the joker is scary

Kade ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Easily one of the greatest Batman and Joker stories ever， really， my only gripe is that Snyder has to use faceless Joker because of what Tony S。 Daniel did in Detective Comics。 The rest of the story is incredible。 Joker is the only one that can get under Batman’s skin， but everyone knows that， the awesome part comes at the end， where we discover that Batman is the only one that can get under Joker’s skin。 The twisted romance between the two is explored best in this story， when adding the knowled Easily one of the greatest Batman and Joker stories ever， really， my only gripe is that Snyder has to use faceless Joker because of what Tony S。 Daniel did in Detective Comics。 The rest of the story is incredible。 Joker is the only one that can get under Batman’s skin， but everyone knows that， the awesome part comes at the end， where we discover that Batman is the only one that can get under Joker’s skin。 The twisted romance between the two is explored best in this story， when adding the knowledge and pathos that was already explored in the Killing Joke on top of what Snyder is getting at， you get a Joker who has let go of reality and order because it was life was too hard， and a Batman who grasps life by the throat and dangles it over a gargoyle above the city that took his parents， and the city that will never take anyone again if Batman has anything to say about it。 When you look at it that way， you can really see the pitiful envy the Joker has over Bruce， it turns him from what he is on the outside， an evil mastermind who’s always 10 steps ahead， and shows us the inside， a wasteful， weak， and cowardly comedian who isn’t even funny。 Bruce took his trauma and kicked its ass， he built a new family that’s even bigger， while Joker has his back to his trauma and wants to bring Bruce down to his level by destroying everything Bruce has built， but Bruce interrupts Joker’s act， it’s not that Bruce doesn’t get the joke， it’s just that he isn’t laughing。 。。。more

Omer Atli ，

This is just bad。I really liked this story when i read as a child when it came out but looking back at it again。Plot is just lazy。Every time when Batman tries to solve one of Joker's plans it's like "Haha！ I knew you would do that so i made another plan B to trap you！"Batman is just a bad detective。He falls into stupid traps and he is allways desperate。This is not the Batman we know。Of course Art is amazing as allways。Every panel is detailed and well done。Again writing is really like a fan ficti This is just bad。I really liked this story when i read as a child when it came out but looking back at it again。Plot is just lazy。Every time when Batman tries to solve one of Joker's plans it's like "Haha！ I knew you would do that so i made another plan B to trap you！"Batman is just a bad detective。He falls into stupid traps and he is allways desperate。This is not the Batman we know。Of course Art is amazing as allways。Every panel is detailed and well done。Again writing is really like a fan fiction of a someone who really likes Joker and doesn't understand Batman's main ideas。I really wonder how on earth did Scott Snyder wrote and get approved from DC。 。。。more

Kai Wood ，

Definitely one of the best Batman & Joker stories out there。 Super dark。 Very bloody。 Kinda wish it was a little more climactic。 Like the finish felt too fast？ Love the Joes Garage look he sports for the first half。 Super menacing but also cool in a gruesome way。 Even more excited for Endgame since I’ve heard it’s like this but better。

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