| Batman: The Man Who Laughs |  | Author: Ed Brubaker
Creator: Doug Mahnke
Publisher: DC Comics
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Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 1401216269
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401216269
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Publication Date: February 3, 2009
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Product Description
Witness Batman's first encounter with The Joker in this volume collecting the graphic novel BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke! This collection also includes DETECTIVE COMICS #784-786, a murder mystery tale guest-starring Green Lantern Alan Scott.
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 The two very polar opposite sides of the same card in chaos and order of comedy and tragedy all in one. June 23, 2010
Peppercorn (sydney australia)
The man who laughs lacks the adept dialogue of the killing joke but it's a worthy companion to it. This is a story where the city is not prepared for the joker's madness. The arrival of the joker is the dark knights turning point as a squire in his career of the very same order that his enemy does not represent as chaos of comedy. He has always used comedy as a metaphor for getting things his own loony way. After his arrival Gotham is no longer the same because it has to face the harsh new light of inquiry before it can finally rest and the dark knight now realises the gravity of the situation at hand. Despite the countless number of smiling dead corpses young Batman is willing to stop it at any cost with bravery for his own cities safety and welfare against these insane criminals, which have started to emerge from the shadows. He now needs to piece together the clown prince of crime bizarre motives and his actions. It is set in time and continuity right after the events of YEAR ONE. At the end of YEAR ONE when Gordon says that someone has threatened to poison Gotham's water supply? That's one of the major plot points of the man who laughs. This is a true crime story where Gordon and the dark night try to take down the clown ace of knaves himself. The illustrations are highly detailed and the characters are very true to life in their appearance. Finally lastly but not least in the end the man who laughs is a solid entertaining retelling story of two polar opposite characters of the same card. They both represent chaos and order of comedy and tragedy, in that they need each other simultaneously to survive.
Second only to Year One... and that's not bad. February 11, 2010
BL (California, USA)
This is a well told story with good artwork. It's not quite as good as Batman: Year One, but I don't think anything is (personally, I prefer Year One to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns). This is a good sequel, and an enjoyable sequel to Y1. Do you need to own it? It's probably worth it... I am glad I bought it.
 The book is half good... literally January 28, 2010
Xavier Zavala Heras (GYE, Ecuador)
This book contains two different stories. First a follow up to The Killing Joke that is, for me at least, quiete fantastic. It have the action, element of suspense... you name it, this story have it.
On the other hand, the second story, I wouldn't say is a bad story, but it definably doesn't belong to this book at all. This is called "The Man who Laughs", so I really don't see a point of putting a story with no Joker. The second arc is cleary there just to make a bulkier book. Even though, the book is a short one.
I like the first half of the book, but the rest doesn't quite worth my money. Anyway I got it and it's done.
Read this! November 6, 2009
Sean Ewing (USA)
This story is not the world's greatest Joker story, but it is excellent in defining the Joker's first appearance, and is the perfect unofficial follow-up to Matt Wagner's Dark Moon Rising series (Monster Men and Mad Monk, which were actually published soon after this). Monster Men was Batman's first foray into comic book science, Mad Monk was his first dealings with the supernatural, and this is his first time facing a true supervillain (Catwoman doesn't count). Well-done. I also liked the "Knock on Wood" storyline contained in this trade. It was was a nice little mystery, with a cool twist! Buy this!
An Unbalanced Collection of Two Batman Stories October 26, 2009
J. Stoner (Parkville, MO United States)
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I still cannot imagine for the life of me why DC Comics published these two Batman stories together in one volume, let alone why the volume was name The Man Who Laughs (other than the title story sharing the same name). I can only wager a guess that when it was published The Dark Knight (the movie) was looming on the horizon and DC Comics wanted to get as much Joker/Batman as they could on the shelves. The two stories contained in this graphic novel include Batman: The Man Who Laughs and Batman: Made of Wood.
Batman: The Man Who Laughs introduces (again) the Joker, Batman's number one villain and a fan favorite from the beginning. While the story is familiar to most (especially those outside the comic world who have seen the original Batman movie), it is portrayed in an excellent, very straightforward fashion. There is not a lot of depth to the story; but the visuals and characterizations are what make this story strong.
Batman: Made of Wood was originally a three part story in Detective Comics, revolving around an unsolved mystery. Not only does the Joker not appear in this arc, but the Green Lantern makes an appearance. The story itself is a typical murder mystery with a retired Jim Gordon playing a major role as well. The depiction of Jim Gordon is perfect, in my opinion. In a collection titled The Man Who Laughs, one would expect the Joker to be a central figure in both stories; however, no mention of the Joker is made in Made of Wood.
Both stories are well told and wonderfully illustrated, making the stories real and full of life; but the seemingly polar opposites of the stories make this an awkward collection. With so many great Joker stories out there, and trying to capitalize on the Batman/Joker mania with the upcoming (at the time of publication) The Dark Knight film, could there not have been a better collection? Especially considering that Batman: Made of Wood was longer than Batman: The Man Who Laughs.
Fans of Batman will be sure to enjoy this one; but fans of the Joker will surely be disappointed.
Good reading,
J.Stoner
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