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Batman: Three Jokers

Batman: Three Jokers

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30 years after "The Killing Joke" changed comics forever， "The Three Jokers" re-examines the myth of who， or what， is the Joker and what is at the heart of his ongoing battle with Batman？ New York Times bestselling writer Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok， the writer/artist team that waged the "Darkseid War" in the pages of Justice League， reunite to tell the ultimate story of Batman and The Joker！

After years of anticipation， the epic story is finally here: find out why there are three Jokers， and what that means for the decades-long battle between the Dark Knight and the Clown Prince of Crime。 In this powerful， emotional story Batman， Batgirl and Red Hood - all past victims of the Joker - work together to solve a mystery unlike anything they've ever faced before！

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Reviews

Liz Hack ，

Freaking excellent！ I love the premise of multiple Jokers。 And of course I love Red Hood and Batgirl

Kevin ，

Amazing art and great story。

Jose ，

O Joker é provavelmente uma das personagens mais icónicas da cultura popular， tendo há muito saltado dos limites da banda desenhada。 O seu "encanto" （por chamá-lo de alguma forma） parte de ser um vilão muito imprevisível e carismático， sem um objectivo concreto a não ser causar o caos， mas por outro parte está o facto de que não tem uma origem bem definida ou o única。 Sabemos que o Bruce Wayne é o Batman， que a Selina Kyle é a Catwoman， e outras tantas identidades secretas。。。 mas quem é o Joker？ O Joker é provavelmente uma das personagens mais icónicas da cultura popular， tendo há muito saltado dos limites da banda desenhada。 O seu "encanto" （por chamá-lo de alguma forma） parte de ser um vilão muito imprevisível e carismático， sem um objectivo concreto a não ser causar o caos， mas por outro parte está o facto de que não tem uma origem bem definida ou o única。 Sabemos que o Bruce Wayne é o Batman， que a Selina Kyle é a Catwoman， e outras tantas identidades secretas。。。 mas quem é o Joker？Esta graphic novel gira à volta desta questão de uma forma magistral， embebido da mitologia do Batman e da sua vasta galeria de personagens， com referências a momentos canónicos que facilmente são reconhecíveis para qualquer leitor que esteja dentro deste universo。 Não dá uma resposta conclusiva， mas deixa em aberto um possível futuro a descobrir， tudo isto acompanhado do traço de Jason Fabok e do Brad Anderson， cuja arte é simplesmente magistral。 As cores vívidas e a sensação dinâmica que dão às suas ilustrações fazem com que facilmente fiquemos a admirar os detalhes de cada página。Sem dúvida， uma das minhas histórias favoritas do Batman nos últimos anos！ 。。。more

Ana Oliveira ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 The neste book drawed by Jason Fabok。🙂🙂🙂

N。E。 Johnson ，

The overall story takes an interesting gimmick and explores the trauma of everyone involved and gives the heroes Bruce， Jason Todd， and Barbra Gordon a sence of closure。 Along with overall technical excellence of the writing， art， pacing， etc。 It is the sort of story so good that I just wish it was a little bit better， if that makes sense。 It earns it's 5star from me， but I feel like it could have almost been one of the iconic Batman stories for an age， but it just wasn't quite that。 It draws in The overall story takes an interesting gimmick and explores the trauma of everyone involved and gives the heroes Bruce， Jason Todd， and Barbra Gordon a sence of closure。 Along with overall technical excellence of the writing， art， pacing， etc。 It is the sort of story so good that I just wish it was a little bit better， if that makes sense。 It earns it's 5star from me， but I feel like it could have almost been one of the iconic Batman stories for an age， but it just wasn't quite that。 It draws in a lot of lore and ties it off nicely。 That gives it a sense of gravitas， but it doesn't really say anything new about them or give any different insights。 。。。more

Al Burke ，

Review to come。

Big Lad ，

Take a shot every time Jason Todd says something about never knowing love or having never felt safe or having people do nothing but give up on him or whatever。 It’s bad enough that DC are pumping out edge-lord sequels to Alan Moore stories built on surface-level readings of the original texts。 It’s worse that Geoff Johns is the guy who’s pumping most of them out。 Johns has nowhere near as adept a grasp of Moore’s sense of theme and character， and as per usual with his writing this story is at le Take a shot every time Jason Todd says something about never knowing love or having never felt safe or having people do nothing but give up on him or whatever。 It’s bad enough that DC are pumping out edge-lord sequels to Alan Moore stories built on surface-level readings of the original texts。 It’s worse that Geoff Johns is the guy who’s pumping most of them out。 Johns has nowhere near as adept a grasp of Moore’s sense of theme and character， and as per usual with his writing this story is at least twice as long as it needs to be。 Jason Fabok renders the story in fortissimo; shadow and expression are bluntly dialled up to a maximum， yet nothing of Brian Bolland's richly detailed linework and mise-en-scene is ported over。 This is， to me， emblematic of everything wrong with the American comic industry。 。。。more

Kris Ritchie ，

This is going to be a seminal Love it or Hate it Joker story， and I am falling into the latter。This story can be read stand-alone， or after reading Batman Death in the Family， The Killing Joke， and even some of Snyder's Joker。 The basic idea is this， The Joker is in and out of Arkham all the time， plotting crimes with rapid fire resolve and different quirks throughout。 So what if the Joker was not 1 but 3？ And like all other cards in the deck， the Joker wants a fourth。。。But also， f*ck the Jason/ This is going to be a seminal Love it or Hate it Joker story， and I am falling into the latter。This story can be read stand-alone， or after reading Batman Death in the Family， The Killing Joke， and even some of Snyder's Joker。 The basic idea is this， The Joker is in and out of Arkham all the time， plotting crimes with rapid fire resolve and different quirks throughout。 So what if the Joker was not 1 but 3？ And like all other cards in the deck， the Joker wants a fourth。。。But also， f*ck the Jason/Babs romance。 Just no。 。。。more

Robert Bussie ，

This Excellent story is less about the Joker creating duplicates of himself to terrorize Gotham and much more about the psychological damage he has caused Batman， Batgirl， and Jason Todd the second Robin。This story successfully tackles many underlying and unresolved issues。 Including Bruce facing the person who killed his parents。 Jason and Barbara faces their own demons of the physical and mental anguish the Joker had inflicted on them in the past that still haunts them。 There is also pent up t This Excellent story is less about the Joker creating duplicates of himself to terrorize Gotham and much more about the psychological damage he has caused Batman， Batgirl， and Jason Todd the second Robin。This story successfully tackles many underlying and unresolved issues。 Including Bruce facing the person who killed his parents。 Jason and Barbara faces their own demons of the physical and mental anguish the Joker had inflicted on them in the past that still haunts them。 There is also pent up tensions between all three superheroes 。 The art work is terrific。 It matches the tension and excitement of the story perfectly。 The only complaint I have is that the lettering is smaller than the usual comic size and this makes it a bit difficult to read。 。。。more

Jacob Snider ，

I loved this story。

Jordan ，

I hate to have to be the one to say this but when it comes to Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok’s “Three Jokers” — the emperor has no clothes。 The book makes absolutely no mention whatsoever of Johns’ “Darkseid War” arc （where the idea of three Jokers was first introduced） and instead offers up some cockamamie concept involving The Joker（s） creating a “better Joker。” As to what that entails or what it evens means， your guess is as good as mine。 What’s worse is the book’s conclusion is a classic deus e I hate to have to be the one to say this but when it comes to Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok’s “Three Jokers” — the emperor has no clothes。 The book makes absolutely no mention whatsoever of Johns’ “Darkseid War” arc （where the idea of three Jokers was first introduced） and instead offers up some cockamamie concept involving The Joker（s） creating a “better Joker。” As to what that entails or what it evens means， your guess is as good as mine。 What’s worse is the book’s conclusion is a classic deus ex-machina。 I’m sorry but you can’t expect readers to just throw away logic and rationale for no other reason than “because I’m Batman。” “Three Jokers” makes no sense。 It’s a failure to launch and provides 0% ROI as far as the script and story are concerned。 This book is not a sequel to “The Killing Joke”， it’s not a continuation of the concepts explored from “Darkseid War。” What “Three Jokers” is， simply our， is half of an idea: roughly formulated and sloppily executed。 The only reason why this book deserves 3/5 stars is due to the jaw dropping， eye popping， spellbinding artwork of one Jason Fabok。 His pencils are a beautiful homage to the stylings of Brian Bolland and the storytelling layouts and panelling of Alan Moore。 Brad Anderson’s colours also deserve mentioning， as they are the glue that holds everything together。 I love Geoff Johns， I love Jason Fabok。 I really love Brad Anderson。 But I didn’t love “Three Jokers。” Not even close。 。。。more

nat ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 4。5/5***“the criminal was wrong。 i am chaos。 i am the devil。 i am nothing to you and everything。 it isn’t the joker that is broken。 it was the batman。”oh my god this was so intense and a lot better than i was expecting it to be？？

Artur Coelho ，

Três variantes do Joker。 Três variantes de Batman。 Geoff Johns triplica o número de Jokers nesta história， em que recupera o Joker camp dos anos 70， o psicopata dos 90 e o atual supercriminoso。 Gotham está， como habitual， a ferro e fogo。 Como tudo no Joker， é um jogo que instrumentaliza Batman， e os traumas de Batgirl （remetendo para a violência de Killing Joke） e Red Hoode （remetendo para Death in the Family）。 A aparição simultânea numa é explicada， nem é sublinhada como mistério， a linha narra Três variantes do Joker。 Três variantes de Batman。 Geoff Johns triplica o número de Jokers nesta história， em que recupera o Joker camp dos anos 70， o psicopata dos 90 e o atual supercriminoso。 Gotham está， como habitual， a ferro e fogo。 Como tudo no Joker， é um jogo que instrumentaliza Batman， e os traumas de Batgirl （remetendo para a violência de Killing Joke） e Red Hoode （remetendo para Death in the Family）。 A aparição simultânea numa é explicada， nem é sublinhada como mistério， a linha narrativa não leva a lado nenhum。 Mas de Geoff Johns já se sabe o que esperar: muita pretensão， pouco desenvolvimento。 Safa-se a recuperação em tom de ironia muito negra de um personagem secundário obscuro， Gaggy， um dos sidekicks dos tempos camp de Joker。 。。。more

Matěj Komiksumec ，

Tři Žolíky lze vnímat dvěma směry， buď jde o komiks na který mě Geoff Johns láká od roku 2016 a mám hajp， a nebo se prostě těším na něco úplně jinýho v rámci Batmana。 Z prvního pohledu ano， většina lidí stopro musela nakonec být nespokojena。 Na tu druhou， já jsem nadšený totálně。 Už od začátku Rebirthu jsem se na tohle těšil a takhle si představuji ten finální souboj Batmana a Jokera。 Nejen， že příběh vyvrcholí silně pro Batmana ale strašně oceňuji přidat postavy Barbary a Jasona kteří tu mají v Tři Žolíky lze vnímat dvěma směry， buď jde o komiks na který mě Geoff Johns láká od roku 2016 a mám hajp， a nebo se prostě těším na něco úplně jinýho v rámci Batmana。 Z prvního pohledu ano， většina lidí stopro musela nakonec být nespokojena。 Na tu druhou， já jsem nadšený totálně。 Už od začátku Rebirthu jsem se na tohle těšil a takhle si představuji ten finální souboj Batmana a Jokera。 Nejen， že příběh vyvrcholí silně pro Batmana ale strašně oceňuji přidat postavy Barbary a Jasona kteří tu mají vyloženě božsky zpracovaný traumata （mistr Geoff se asi učil od Toma Kinga！）。 Jako jasně， příběh prostě plyne a na hodně otázek vám neodpoví ale tak nějak se přes to dokážu přenést bo pláštěnky ale taky protože mě bavil a nepustil。 Byla by škoda nezmínit Faboka a Andersona， ty lidi miluju a tady zase předvedli špičkovou práci。 Takže si to shrňme， je to zadostiučinění pro ty které chytla myšlenka tří žolíků v Rebirthu？ Tak na půl。 Když se odmaže hajp a to dlouhé čekání， máme tu jeden z mojich nej Bat příběhů， vítej do rodiny。 。。。more

Ele0n0ra ，

Oohhhhh¡ NECESITO MAS ！Me dejó 😨。 Desde hace mucho me llama la atención la inteligencia y el nivel de psicopatía del Joker pero esto ya superó mis expectativas y ahora quiero más de la historia del origen del mayor serial killer del comic。

Michael Rivas ，

I heard a lot about this one。 I wanted to read it even more after “three jokers” being mentioned in “Darksied war”。 This was a smaller story about identity。 Who can be what， behind a mask。 Many sides of joker and great inner tension between Batman and my favorite Redhood。 I don’t like when authors go back in the story to change a part of the storyline。 I know they will have to because they can only write so much about the character until they get boring。 A criminal can only breakout of Gotham so I heard a lot about this one。 I wanted to read it even more after “three jokers” being mentioned in “Darksied war”。 This was a smaller story about identity。 Who can be what， behind a mask。 Many sides of joker and great inner tension between Batman and my favorite Redhood。 I don’t like when authors go back in the story to change a part of the storyline。 I know they will have to because they can only write so much about the character until they get boring。 A criminal can only breakout of Gotham so many times until it’s exhausted or we start to question how someone breaks out so much， which we have done。 Here the cycle continues and I want that。 Fans will be upset when it stops or the story of the character changes to fit the story trying to be made。 Do I think this one needs to be read， yes。 Was it amazing， not really。 But the drawings were PERFECT。 Redhoods story is touched on and the Batman and Joker cycle was deepened。 。。。more

Andy Spagnol ，

Better than I thought it would be。 The art is the best thing about this book。 It’s truly incredible， but at the end of the day I’m not really sure what the point of this was。

Will Brown ，

2。5/5 To me Three Jokers is the definition of a mixed bag。 On one hand， you have the amazing artwork of Jason Fabok and compelling exploration of the various traumas the Batfamily has suffered。 On the other， the book doesn't fully explore its premise （and its the main reason people bought the book， myself included）。 There is a good story in here， I just don't think Geoff Johns needed 3 Jokers in order to tell it。This is a story is about both the mental and physical scars we have。 I love Johns' c 2。5/5 To me Three Jokers is the definition of a mixed bag。 On one hand， you have the amazing artwork of Jason Fabok and compelling exploration of the various traumas the Batfamily has suffered。 On the other， the book doesn't fully explore its premise （and its the main reason people bought the book， myself included）。 There is a good story in here， I just don't think Geoff Johns needed 3 Jokers in order to tell it。This is a story is about both the mental and physical scars we have。 I love Johns' contrasted comparison between Batgirl （Barbara Gordon） and Red Hood （Jason Todd）。 They both suffered hugely traumatic events at the hands of The Joker， and Johns did a good job showing not only how the same person can affect people in different ways， but also highlighted just how difficult it is to recover from something traumatic in isolation。 Batman is wrong about Barbara and Jason。 Barbara wasn't inherently better or stronger than Jason。 She had the love and support from her father， her therapists， and tons of other people during and after her recovery。 Jason had no one。 And the people who should have cared *glares at Batman* didn't lift a finger， inflicting another form of trauma on Jason: abandonment。 And now， on top of the chronic pain Jason suffers from， he has some serious emotional needs that are crippling the few relationships he does have in this book。 I wish this story had a sequel or something to follow up on Jason's recovery， and that we could see him either start to recover or start taking the first steps towards recovery。 All we get in this story is some unrequited simping for Barbara， which is a dangerous and unhealthy place to start a romantic relationship （and a relationship I'm not fond of， even back when they teased the idea all the way back in Batman Eternal）。And now let's talk about the 3 elephants in the room。 The Criminal， The Clown， and The Comedian are not given enough time in this story to all sound or act distinct enough from each other， and their plan to "make a better Joker" is just plain stupid。 I think Johns realized this， because he has one of the Jokers mock the idea as the end， but it doesn't at all redeem the plot。 If I can compliment Johns' take（s） on Joker at all， it's that I like his retcon that Joker was an abusive person before he became The Joker。 I've always been fond of Scott Snyder's Joker from Zero Year， who was already a deranged anarchist loooong before he took that fateful dive into a vat of chemicals。 While I don't think Johns had that version of the character in mind， his addition to Joker's backstory fits really well with that take on the character。If you ask me， Three Jokers was not worth the 5 years of waiting it took to get this book。 It does have some good stuff in it， but it's not the product they pitched all those years ago。 It gets a recommendation from me， but with the caveat that you probably shouldn't buy this at full price。 。。。more

Jamieson ，

When the Joker seems to be in three places at once， Batman teams up with Batgirl and Red Hood， both of whom have been molded by the Joker。 It's a really good story with excellent artwork。 The psychology of the Jokers and the broken heroes is really interesting and well done。 Definitely worth it for Batman and Joker fans。 When the Joker seems to be in three places at once， Batman teams up with Batgirl and Red Hood， both of whom have been molded by the Joker。 It's a really good story with excellent artwork。 The psychology of the Jokers and the broken heroes is really interesting and well done。 Definitely worth it for Batman and Joker fans。 。。。more

Brett Plaxton ，

3。5Though it didn’t take much， I think this is the best from the DC Black Label I’ve read so far。It was cool to have comic about the Three Jokers theory that I first learned about in the DC Rebirth special， especially how it tied into the lives of Batman， Batgirl and Red Hood。 Not the greatest Batman story， but still worth checking out。

Lindsay ，

An absolute MUST-HAVE for any Batman comic collection。

Elle ，

I'm probably part of the minority but I actually really enjoyed this。 I think I even love this a tad bit more than The Killing Joke。I actually found the whole concept of having three jokers very interesting and this whole thing is just so visually stunning。 The mystery and the action was very satisfying and I actually happen to like the plot twist at the end。 I also enjoyed how this still managed to give us a glimpse into the Joker yet not really giving too much away。 Definitely adding this to m I'm probably part of the minority but I actually really enjoyed this。 I think I even love this a tad bit more than The Killing Joke。I actually found the whole concept of having three jokers very interesting and this whole thing is just so visually stunning。 The mystery and the action was very satisfying and I actually happen to like the plot twist at the end。 I also enjoyed how this still managed to give us a glimpse into the Joker yet not really giving too much away。 Definitely adding this to my favorites。 。。。more

Vania ，

Is this one of my favorite comics ever？ Probably yes。 Loved every part of it， it was crazy！Joe and Bruce escene was ， just wow honestly， and the joker being that iconic villain clown he is with that crazy mastermind of his， just amazing。So sad for Jason's letter， it hurt me to see what happened there。。。 so sad。And THAT ENDING THO jeeezzzzzz how can you do that to meeeeeee， I need more and mooree Is this one of my favorite comics ever？ Probably yes。 Loved every part of it， it was crazy！Joe and Bruce escene was ， just wow honestly， and the joker being that iconic villain clown he is with that crazy mastermind of his， just amazing。So sad for Jason's letter， it hurt me to see what happened there。。。 so sad。And THAT ENDING THO jeeezzzzzz how can you do that to meeeeeee， I need more and mooree 。。。more

Kat ，

Basic Plot: 3 different Jokers are running amok in Gotham， and Batman， Batgirl， and Red Hood have to stop them。It's a fascinating premise。 The Joker has had many different personalities over the years。 That is the nature of serial storytelling by dozens of authors over the years。 This book gives an explanation of that while forcing the 3 characters in the Bat family who have been most affected by the Joker to face their traumas and pain。 It was well written， paced well， and the art was top notch Basic Plot: 3 different Jokers are running amok in Gotham， and Batman， Batgirl， and Red Hood have to stop them。It's a fascinating premise。 The Joker has had many different personalities over the years。 That is the nature of serial storytelling by dozens of authors over the years。 This book gives an explanation of that while forcing the 3 characters in the Bat family who have been most affected by the Joker to face their traumas and pain。 It was well written， paced well， and the art was top notch。 。。。more

Crystal Rosana ，

Really great joker read。 As with the joker， always in control of the entire scheme， even to the end & you begin to see Jason's descent into darkness as Red Hood。 👍🏽 Really great joker read。 As with the joker， always in control of the entire scheme， even to the end & you begin to see Jason's descent into darkness as Red Hood。 👍🏽 。。。more

Andrew ，

Standing ovation

Corey ，

i enjoyed this way more than i expected to。 it connects death in the family and the killing joke in a very clever and unexpected way。 the art really popped and i could see several visual references to other comics and even movies。 i always enjoy batman stories that have a beginning middle and end instead of a never ending story that turns on itself after a point。

Arjun Rajkumar ，

Geoff can always write a mean story arc。。 good tight clean ending 。 Loved the art 。。 extra star for the art ！

Gef ，

must read。。。。 does it answer the who is question？？？？

Xu Cang ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 A fascinating story about the Joker and other "jokers" who created 3 crimes in one day。 Which left Batman， Batgirl and Redhood （Jason） to chase them and solve the cases。Along the way， Joker carefully directed the meeting between Bruce Wayne and Joe Chill （ who killed Bruce's parents）。 Joe apologized for what he did and Bruce felt better afterward。But all these are planned by the Joke to only make himself to be the "Greatest wound" to Batman。" You saw the old regretful sad sick Chills become， you A fascinating story about the Joker and other "jokers" who created 3 crimes in one day。 Which left Batman， Batgirl and Redhood （Jason） to chase them and solve the cases。Along the way， Joker carefully directed the meeting between Bruce Wayne and Joe Chill （ who killed Bruce's parents）。 Joe apologized for what he did and Bruce felt better afterward。But all these are planned by the Joke to only make himself to be the "Greatest wound" to Batman。" You saw the old regretful sad sick Chills become， you felt his pain and it gave relief to yours""ha I healed your greatest wound so I can be your greatest pain" 。。。more

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