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The Batman Who Laughs

The Batman Who Laughs

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  • Create Date：2021-08-03 05:51:20
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  • Author：Scott Snyder
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Summary

Left rattled by the events of Dark Knights: Metal， Bruce Wayne must come face to face with the ultimate evil spawned from the Dark Multiverse。 One part Batman one part Joker。 The Batman Who Laughs。

"A Batman who laughs is a Batman who always wins。"

The mastermind behind Dark Nights: Metal， Scott Snyder， gives you a look inside the most terrifying version of Batman ever！ He and superstar artist Jock （Batman: The Black Mirror） kick off a chain of events that makes Dark Nights: Metal seem like child's play。

The Batman Who Laughs not only survived his fight with The Joker at the end of Dark Nights: Metal， but is now enacting a sinister plan across the Multiverse--something both terrifying and oddly familiar。 When Bruce Wayne realizes the only way to stop this madman is to kill him， he must consider violating the very rule Batman can't ever break 。。。 the rule that created this insatiable villain--the Batman Who Laughs！

As Bruce begins to deduce that his current life is somehow wrong and that all the mistakes he's made are somehow connected， the Batman Who Laughs unleashes a brand-new evil。 Enter one of the most punishing Batmen of the Dark Multiverse: the Grim Knight！

Collects The Batman Who Laughs #1-7 and The Batman Who Laughs: The Grim Knight #1。

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Reviews

rachel。 ，

unfortunately this wasn't really up my alley。 plot was waayyyyy too convoluted for my taste。 unfortunately this wasn't really up my alley。 plot was waayyyyy too convoluted for my taste。 。。。more

Captain B ，

Better than I thought it would be。The Batman Who Laughs takes place after Dark Nights: Metal， and is about The Batman Who Laughs returning to terrorise our batman。 There are a lot of really great moments in the book， and the story comes together pretty well， but not perfectly。 It's also pretty wordy in parts， but the AMAZING art makes up for it。 I think this is the best I've seen of Jock's artwork anywhere。 I also liked the inclusion of Jim Gordon as a main character and liked the inclusion of h Better than I thought it would be。The Batman Who Laughs takes place after Dark Nights: Metal， and is about The Batman Who Laughs returning to terrorise our batman。 There are a lot of really great moments in the book， and the story comes together pretty well， but not perfectly。 It's also pretty wordy in parts， but the AMAZING art makes up for it。 I think this is the best I've seen of Jock's artwork anywhere。 I also liked the inclusion of Jim Gordon as a main character and liked the inclusion of his son， James Gordon jr。 Sometimes I wished that The psychology of the Batman Who Laughs was explained more， but you are just left to imagine， but i also complained about that in my Metal review， so I won't comment too much about it。The second issue is pretty boring but then after the third issue and the surprisingly great grim night issue it really starts to pick up。 The resolution is barely satisfactory but overall I'm glad I got the book and would recommend it to anyone who is familiar with Dark Nights Metal and Scott Snyder's work。 。。。more

Fez Vaccaro ，

I'm kind of mixed on this， I was big on Snyder but he lost after Year Zero/ Batman Eternal。 This story taken as is， is well-written， with a lot of high stakes and the reintroduction of James Gordon from Batman: The Black Mirror works。 And Jock kills it on the art side， being a much better storyteller than Capullo。However， I don't care for the Batman who Laughs as a character。 He is an alternate universe Bruce Wayne， who has been exposed to the Joker serum。 But there's little about him that is Br I'm kind of mixed on this， I was big on Snyder but he lost after Year Zero/ Batman Eternal。 This story taken as is， is well-written， with a lot of high stakes and the reintroduction of James Gordon from Batman: The Black Mirror works。 And Jock kills it on the art side， being a much better storyteller than Capullo。However， I don't care for the Batman who Laughs as a character。 He is an alternate universe Bruce Wayne， who has been exposed to the Joker serum。 But there's little about him that is Bruce Wayne， his character is more or less the Joker。 He says this Bruce is the worst Batman in the multiverse but he keeps losing to him。 I really feel like we needed an issue of internal dialogue of the Batman Who Laughs to better understand his multiverse plans and how he feels having been thwarted by this terrible version of Bruce and why he feels the need to keep toying with him。 So even though this is titled as the Batman Who Laughs， he is the secondary character， with the main character being the Bruce we know and love， in a battle with him。The other thing - Snyder takes this character and story way， way too seriously。 At least with Metal， he kind of leans into the absurdity of multiple multiverse Batmans and the DCU concept but here， the story is so grim and serious， you kind of feel like can he tone it down a notch。So look it's a well-written story but it's not really the Batman I want to read。 You'd hope that Bruce seeing the 2 terrible multiverse Batmans in this story will hopefully change his grim and dark persona， especially with what he personally has to go through - it's the only logical story choice by the end of it but this being comics， we know there's no change， rendering the story as whole pretty pointless。 。。。more

Emwlai ，

rating influenced by my love for Batman :3

Jason F ，

great art， story cool but hard to follow sometimes， would be a 4 but the lettering is awful-red on grey very hard to read parts

Javier Lárraga ，

Magnifico， hace rato que no sentía la tensión en una historia de Batman。The Batman Who Laughts （personaje que da nombre a este cómic） es un ser que emergió del evento Dark Knights Metal， en el cual el universo DC descubre la existencia del multiverso oscuro y de las versiones de pesadilla de los héroes mas reconocidos de DC， aunque de todas las alineaciones oscuras de la liga son los Batmans malignos los que más destacan y entre todos ellos es el Batman que rie el que esta por encima del resto; Magnifico， hace rato que no sentía la tensión en una historia de Batman。The Batman Who Laughts （personaje que da nombre a este cómic） es un ser que emergió del evento Dark Knights Metal， en el cual el universo DC descubre la existencia del multiverso oscuro y de las versiones de pesadilla de los héroes mas reconocidos de DC， aunque de todas las alineaciones oscuras de la liga son los Batmans malignos los que más destacan y entre todos ellos es el Batman que rie el que esta por encima del resto; un Batman más rápido， más letal， con la inteligencia y habilidades estrategas del original pero sin un código moral ni límites al aplicar sus brutales métodos al igual que el Joker。 La criatura ha regresado y junto a una nueva versión de Batman que se hace llamar el caballero sombrío estan a punto de desatar el infierno en Ciudad Gótica para de una vez por todas ponerle fin al legado fel hombre murciélago。Yo se que Scott Snyder es un escritor polémico porque al igual que ha tenido grandes aciertos como La saga de la corte de los búhos tambien ha sido guionista de cómics con calidad cuestionable como The last Knight on earth e incluso hay gente a las que no les gustó Batman Metal por esa extraña tendencia de volver a Batman el epicentro de eventos de importancia cósmica， pero en general puedo decirles que aunque este cómic parte precisamente de ese tipo de enfoque， la trama si se siente como una historia de Batman。 Hay un gran villano que vencer， tenemos un misterio que se cierne sobre la ciudad y una activa participación del comisionado Gordon para tratar de frenar al Batman que rie， asi que por lo menos en ese aspecto el guion esta a la altura y te mantiene tenso en todo momento， la terrible sensación de cliff hanger entre número y número esta a otro nivel y no saben como me sentí al leer el número especial de "The Grim Knight" donde hacen una parodia retorcida de year one incluso tratando de imitar sus visuales y nos muestran el origen del caballero sombrío， fue increible， quiza al final quede un poco a deber pues se ve que este es un evento transitorio para los acontecimientos del año del villano pero como caso individual de Batman estoy muy satisfecho。El dibujo de Jock Eduardo Risso fue algo en lo que tarde en acostumbrarme pues aunque es llamativo es como un hibrido extraño entre un dibujo detallado y a la vez tosco， al principio no me gustaba pero cuando aparecía el Batman que rie todo se volvia más llamativo y psicodelico， asi que al final pues si me terminó gustando para el tipo de historia que querían contar。Si te gusta lo que Snyder hizo con Batman （como a mi） pues adelante， este es un buen cómic que te va a mantener tenso de principio a fin， pero si prefieres algo más convencional que no tenga nada que ver con este nuevo lore cósmico de Batman y el multiverso oscuro pues entonces mejor dejalo pasar porque tendrás mucho de eso en este volumen y hasta Jim Gordon tratando de acostumbrarse a este nuevo concepto de criminales que provienen de realidades alternas。。。 。。。more

Ville-markus Nevalainen ，

I've been tricked again by pretty cover art and cool ideas。 I've been bamboozled and made a fool， soon I'll be the Reader Who Laughs， the unhappiest version of myself in all these infinite amount of universes。The Batman Who Laughs is an incoherent mess with some terrific ideas。 Batmans （Batmen？）， wicked， bad Batmans， from different universes have come here to。。。 well， to be quite frank， I'm not sure if I know。 To rule and take it to theirselves， most likely。 And then they， spoilers by the way bu I've been tricked again by pretty cover art and cool ideas。 I've been bamboozled and made a fool， soon I'll be the Reader Who Laughs， the unhappiest version of myself in all these infinite amount of universes。The Batman Who Laughs is an incoherent mess with some terrific ideas。 Batmans （Batmen？）， wicked， bad Batmans， from different universes have come here to。。。 well， to be quite frank， I'm not sure if I know。 To rule and take it to theirselves， most likely。 And then they， spoilers by the way but they mean very little， start teleporting other versions of Bruce Wayne， happy Bruce Wayne's， so they can kill them for a。。。 purpose， you know。And Joker has within him toxin and anyone who kills him， will turn into Joker so Joker kills himself with a trick gun so it's Batman who kills him， at least in the eyes of the toxin， so Batman begins to turn to Joker， another Batman Who Laughs， and then there's this Grim Knight fella who is like Batman with guns and did you know Jim Gordon has a son， a goddamn psycopath mass-murdering son who is being treated but he needs to be his lunatic self to save them？ And the Court of Owls， there's a Batman who is their leader， and Penguin actually won！In all sincerity， it always baffles me how difficult it is for these writers to make a coherent story with these cool ideas。 In some sense， I almost feel like they try too much。 They start throwing around ideas like supermetal that sees the real in you （I've no idea what was it's real name） and try to explain the worlds and then there's all these "TWISTS" and what was once a grin-inducingly good idea， Batman has to face a dark version of himself！， turns into this wet fart that doesn't even make sense。 And then there's the goddamned Philosophical Opening About Happiness and What Gotham Stands For， and then back to killing。I've read recently read Batman vs。 Aliens and Batman vs。 Judge Dredd / Judge Death and they both went off the rails on the first pages， made no attempts to give any context and they were both mindless fun， just as I hoped。 The last two stories I've read here try all too much and fail miserably。 I feel miserable。 I am the Grim Reader。 。。。more

Edward Davies ，

Really creepy and pretty good。

Cole Freshkorn ，

Meh。 I was a big fan of "The Batman Who Laughs" when he was first introduced in 2017， but at this point， can we give it a break？ Meh。 I was a big fan of "The Batman Who Laughs" when he was first introduced in 2017， but at this point， can we give it a break？ 。。。more

Ben Long ，

I’m a fan of Batman， but I’m so far behind on the various storylines and such in the comics。 So take everything in this review with a grain of salt。 I haven’t read the previous series， so I came into this one treating it as a stand alone。 And for what it’s worth， I LOVED it！The story is a lot of fun and takes so many turns that I was not expecting。 It leans into the terrifying and the ridiculous， and there are jaw-dropping moments aplenty。 Lots of interesting queries into the idea of happiness a I’m a fan of Batman， but I’m so far behind on the various storylines and such in the comics。 So take everything in this review with a grain of salt。 I haven’t read the previous series， so I came into this one treating it as a stand alone。 And for what it’s worth， I LOVED it！The story is a lot of fun and takes so many turns that I was not expecting。 It leans into the terrifying and the ridiculous， and there are jaw-dropping moments aplenty。 Lots of interesting queries into the idea of happiness and what makes Batman who he is。 And the Batman Who Laughs is a truly horrifying villain。 His whole design and persona is super creepy。Oh and the art by Jock is incredible。 I’m a big fan of his work， and it’s displayed gloriously here。 It creates the perfect atmosphere of chaos and madness for the story， and there are some super cool layouts。 I also really liked the way the lettering is done， especially the parts where Batman is changing， though it can be hard to read at times。 There’s some stuff in here that doesn’t make a lot of sense， but I just suspended my disbelief （as one does in comics） and had a lot of fun with it！ 。。。more

John Dahle ，

Weird but good taleI read this out of sequence， but it was a good read。 It was a bit confusing， but well written。

Reece Mcconachie ，

Girl this was confusing but the art was amazing

Richard Ford ，

Didn't enjoy itJust didn't find the story enjoyable in any way。 Love Batman stories where he is doing detective work and going up against interesting villains。 This story had none of that。 Didn't enjoy itJust didn't find the story enjoyable in any way。 Love Batman stories where he is doing detective work and going up against interesting villains。 This story had none of that。 。。。more

Shaun Byrne ，

Fun story， but there were a few too many plot holes。 The entire plot hinges on a time limit being placed on Bruce that the villain couldn't have possibly planned for， and the reason it happens feels a bit too contrived。 Some great art and fun storytelling overall。 Fun story， but there were a few too many plot holes。 The entire plot hinges on a time limit being placed on Bruce that the villain couldn't have possibly planned for， and the reason it happens feels a bit too contrived。 Some great art and fun storytelling overall。 。。。more

Styx ，

I liked this much more than I'd anticipated。 I might round this up to a 5 stars but I need to sit on it for a bit first。 I liked this much more than I'd anticipated。 I might round this up to a 5 stars but I need to sit on it for a bit first。 。。。more

Eduardo Felix diaz ，

Great story line， really felt like it was going one way and it didn’t， Scott Snyder and Jock did a great job at making you stay at the edge of your sit and waiting for the punch line。 I’ve tried numerous times in the past to get into more DC comics and they have never grabbed be， but this newer creation has done it， I’m looking forward to getting a little more of The Batman Who Laughs。

Stephen Robert Collins ，

Red print in black box gave me thumping headache。 I award this book The Headache Award in 2021。

Sophie Townsend ，

Well i seemed to have missed the original story where Batman goes crazy。 This tradeback brings up Batman Who Laughs as if hes already been around， like after all the chaos in BWL's own universe。 Ummm its kinda really serious and edgy。 Honestly this is like a political chart meme for Batmans since they discuss all the other Bruce Waynes in the multiverse。 The book waxxed on over Batman's internal past and all his memories and how BWL has the same memories， trying to convince regular Batman that h Well i seemed to have missed the original story where Batman goes crazy。 This tradeback brings up Batman Who Laughs as if hes already been around， like after all the chaos in BWL's own universe。 Ummm its kinda really serious and edgy。 Honestly this is like a political chart meme for Batmans since they discuss all the other Bruce Waynes in the multiverse。 The book waxxed on over Batman's internal past and all his memories and how BWL has the same memories， trying to convince regular Batman that his apex is sociopathy。 A little too serious， iw ant to read the actual comic where Batman Who Laughs actually begins and how he ended up causeing some kind of multiverse comic event for DC。 。。。more

Doug Reed ，

Of the more recent Batman stories， this is a pretty good one。 Ostensibly a Joker story， even though the Joker only plays a small （but important） part。 If all that comes of the Dark Metal stories is the addition of the Batman Who Laughs and the Grim Knight to the Batman's already large Rogue's Gallery， it is still worth it - in my opinion！ Of the more recent Batman stories， this is a pretty good one。 Ostensibly a Joker story， even though the Joker only plays a small （but important） part。 If all that comes of the Dark Metal stories is the addition of the Batman Who Laughs and the Grim Knight to the Batman's already large Rogue's Gallery， it is still worth it - in my opinion！ 。。。more

Jirka Navrátil ，

Za prvé chcu říct， že Scott Snyder je dickhead。Za druhé doposud jsem považoval Soví tribunál za jediný velmi dobrý komiks co napsal。Za třetí The Batman Who Laughs je druhý komiks， který je fakt dobrý co napsal。Za čtvrté mě sere， že se mi to líbilo :D

Mike Watson ，

I’d heard so much about this that I felt I should read it。It’s DARK！REALLY DARK！！The most evil iteration of the Batman possible… if Batman became the Joker…Can Batman save everyone and everything from himself？Dark。 Weird。 Disturbing in places。Some very hard to read text due to font and colour， but that’s very much intentional with Batman’s decent into madness but still， quite frustrating at times。I may have to read the Dark Metal comics to understand this better。

Robert Mudas ，

Ah， voilà le tome que j'espérais lire en me mettant à cette saga ！ Le Batman Metal étaient plus centrés sur la justice League que sur Batman， si bien que cela m'avait un peu déçu。 Mais pour celui-ci， on est bien dans les profondeurs de Gotham， et dans l'histoire de Bruce Wayne。Un bon tome， surprenant et intéressant。 Le seul défaut， c'est ce lettrage difficile à lire souvent。 Ah， voilà le tome que j'espérais lire en me mettant à cette saga ！ Le Batman Metal étaient plus centrés sur la justice League que sur Batman， si bien que cela m'avait un peu déçu。 Mais pour celui-ci， on est bien dans les profondeurs de Gotham， et dans l'histoire de Bruce Wayne。Un bon tome， surprenant et intéressant。 Le seul défaut， c'est ce lettrage difficile à lire souvent。 。。。more

Jacob Snider ，

Interesting but boring。

Terry Mcginnis ，

Pretty decent。 I liked this better than Snyder's Batman run。 Pretty decent。 I liked this better than Snyder's Batman run。 。。。more

Carlos B。 ，

Está bueno pero fue difícil de leer la tipografía roja sobre fondo gris。 Es como leer mis presenta de power point de la secu。

Sarah ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Daaaang。 What a ride。 I actually stopped reading it for a while because it was all a bit too heavy。 （You know。。。 global pandemic sometimes inspires us to pick up light， fluffy reads instead of。。。 well， books that are about psychopaths and the fight for a hero's soul。） But yeah。。。 this book was kind of amazing。 It was a rush。 A roller coaster。 The art was stellar--absolutely chilling and disturbing in all the ways that it should have been for such a story。 And even though it showed this dark， cyn Daaaang。 What a ride。 I actually stopped reading it for a while because it was all a bit too heavy。 （You know。。。 global pandemic sometimes inspires us to pick up light， fluffy reads instead of。。。 well， books that are about psychopaths and the fight for a hero's soul。） But yeah。。。 this book was kind of amazing。 It was a rush。 A roller coaster。 The art was stellar--absolutely chilling and disturbing in all the ways that it should have been for such a story。 And even though it showed this dark， cynical mirror to this iconic superhero， Scott Snyder still managed to keep one fact true: Batman is a hero。 Effective or not （as he doubts in this book）， he at least believes in the good within people。 There were some seriously powerful themes in this graphic novel， particularly with James Jr。--the fact that being good is pain。 It's easy to be emotionless， to be selfish。。。 but when you choose what is harder， well。。。 that's when you really emulate the bat （as Bruce points out to Alfred in the end。） Add into all of that some great Alfred and Jim Gordon moments， as well as just really fantastic writing--plus a pretty killer cliffhanger， and。。。。 I LOVED IT！ 。。。more

Jay Doctor ，

Very abstract， a few plot questions that never get cleared up which confuses me on the plan Laughs tried to implement。 But otherwise， very enjoyable， really drilling into the psyche of what Batman should be

J。J Flores ，

This was a pretty tough to read one， literally， the lettering is awful， story is not good at all， forced characters are introduced in here （Gordon's son and the "punisher " Batman）。 I really love Snyder's Batman run， but every thing since Metals is not really my type， and well， this comic feels like was published just because of this new Batman。 This was a pretty tough to read one， literally， the lettering is awful， story is not good at all， forced characters are introduced in here （Gordon's son and the "punisher " Batman）。 I really love Snyder's Batman run， but every thing since Metals is not really my type， and well， this comic feels like was published just because of this new Batman。 。。。more

Usamah Moolla ，

Solid story but drags on

Blake ，

It was okay。 There's some really nice coloring and great character design， but the lettering was pretty annoying to read at times - it definitely could have been executed better。 The presentation was nice， decent quality matte pages with great full-page presentation of the original covers。 There was a decent amount lost in the gutter due to the tight binding dc seems to keep doing with a lot of their hard covers。 It was unfortunate there was no extra content at all aside from showing what the or It was okay。 There's some really nice coloring and great character design， but the lettering was pretty annoying to read at times - it definitely could have been executed better。 The presentation was nice， decent quality matte pages with great full-page presentation of the original covers。 There was a decent amount lost in the gutter due to the tight binding dc seems to keep doing with a lot of their hard covers。 It was unfortunate there was no extra content at all aside from showing what the original and variant covers looked like。 The story felt pretty muddled at times and the ending really dragged on for far too long with the morals of it all。  。。。more

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