{"product_id":"joker-dc-black-label-edition-9781401291860","title":"Joker (DC Black Label Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Joker has been mysteriously released from Arkham Asylum, and he's none too happy about what's happened to his Gotham City rackets while he's been \"away.\" Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo bring you arguably the most terrifying Joker tale ever written!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe scourge of Gotham City reaches new levels of complexity and intensity in these two uniquely crafted stories from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling and Eisner Award-winning team of Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo (\u003ci\u003eBatman: Damned, Luthor\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe will stand over your body, with your blood on his hands, and I promise you he will laugh. Not because your life means nothing to him. But because death, for him, is the punch line. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Joker has been mysteriously released from Arkham Asylum, and he's none too happy about what's happened to his Gotham City rackets while he's been away. What follows is a harrowing night of revenge, murder and manic crime as only The Joker can deliver it, as he brutally takes back his stolen assets from the Penguin, the Riddler, Two-Face, Killer Croc and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollects\u003ci\u003e Joker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAbsolute Joker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Azzarello\u003c\/b\u003e has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eJonny Double, Batman: Broken City\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning \u003ci\u003e100 Bullets\u003c\/i\u003e, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. Azzarello's other work for DC includes \u003ci\u003eHellblazer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLoveless\u003c\/i\u003e with Marcelo Frusin; \u003ci\u003eDark Knight III: The Master Race\u003c\/i\u003e with Frank Miller, Andy Kubert, and Klaus Janson; \u003ci\u003eSuperman: For Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e with Jim Lee; \u003ci\u003eJoker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLuthor\u003c\/i\u003e with Lee Bermejo; \u003ci\u003eSgt. Rock: Between Hell and A Hard Place\u003c\/i\u003e with Joe Kubert; \u003ci\u003eFilthy Rich\u003c\/i\u003e with Victor Santos; and most recently the all-new ongoing series \u003ci\u003eWonder Woman\u003c\/i\u003e with Cliff Chiang. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Bermejo\u003c\/b\u003e began drawing comics in 1997 for WildStorm Studios in San Diego at age 19. He collaborated with acclaimed writer Brian Azzarello on the graphic novels \u003ci\u003eJoker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLuthor\u003c\/i\u003e, and worked with writer John Arcudi on the Superman feature in \u003ci\u003eWednesday Comics\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also worked on \u003ci\u003eHellblazer\u003c\/i\u003e with Mike Carey and \u003ci\u003eGlobal Frequency\u003c\/i\u003e with Warren Ellis. Bermejo has illustrated the covers to the line of Vertigo Crime graphic novels, beginning with \u003ci\u003eFilthy Rich\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Brian Azzarello, and \u003ci\u003eDark Entries\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Ian Rankin. Bermejo has lived in Italy since 2003.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"DC Black Label","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613397782802,"sku":"9781401291860","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c86e2485-d4c0-4d73-bb47-a178bfc2dad0.jpg?v=1732399550","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/joker-dc-black-label-edition-9781401291860","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}