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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Have fun! I was a bit underwhelming, tbh, but still a must read - most people say it's a classic. I'm just weird.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's a classic in the sense that it was incredibly influential and original for its time. The serious joker/batman dynamic has been overplayed a lot since then, so reading The Killing Joke feels like more of what we come to expect out of a batman story.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

What if you read the Bob Kane/Bill Finger stories?

Just curious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, the rare case in which the art is better than Alan Moore's story. I think even he had admitted that.