By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert & Mike Marts (editors)
Back-up story by: Snyder & James Tynion IV (writers), Jock (art), Dave Baron (colors), Taylor Esposito (letters)
The Story: As Joker threatens Batman’s extended Bat-family, will Bruce trust his allies to help him or will he go it alone?
A few things (with SPOILERS): 1). Creepy, creepy joker…. – Credit to all the creators for how disturbing this Joker seems. Just the concept that the Joker had his face cut off and is now wearing it like a mask is pretty snappy because it allows an artist of Greg Capullo’s caliber to create some very upsetting visuals: the way the mask stretches over his face, the way the mouth is pulled back by hooks, the way the edges of the skin mask curl, the musculature under the mask peeking out…. Yuck. Mix that up with some creepy words and clever lettering and you’ve got a scary villain. As an aside, I got involved in a message board discussion where it seemed that some people didn’t like the skin mask. I’m not reading the other Bat-titles. Are other artists making a mess of it?
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