Club Murphy was truly born to draw Batman. Collecting the acclaimed eight-issue miniseries, this stunning graphic novel also marks the debut of the DC Black Label imprint, which features classic DC characters in standalone stories written and illustrated by world-class authors and artists. Writer and artist Sean Murphy delivers an extraordinary examination of comics' greatest antagonists in Batman: White Knight, exploring justice, corruption, activism and the darkest depths of mental illness. But when the sins of his past return to threaten everything that he has accomplished, the distinctions between savior and destroyer begin to break down for both The Joker and Batman alike-and with them any hope for Gotham's future. His crusade exposes a decades-long history of corruption within the Gotham City Police Department and transforms Napier into a city councilman and civic hero. After reconciling with his long-suffering partner, Harley Quinn, he sets in motion a carefully plotted campaign to discredit the one person whom he views as Gotham City's true enemy: Batman. hero? Batman: White Knight follows the man now known as Jack Napier as he embarks on a quest to heal the city he once terrorized. Characters like him strike a nerve very differently than most fictional characters, and Kevin's voice really encompassed all of that.About the Book 'Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger.'īook Synopsis A Newsweek Best Graphic Novel of the Year The impossible has happened: The Joker has become a. Batman is a character we carry around in our heads - even as adults - when we ask ourselves what's right, what's wrong, and what justice really looks like. What makes him even more special is that Batman is a character with an ethos: he views the world in a certain way and thinks a lot about the morality of his decisions. Losing Kevin wasn't like losing any other celebrity - his work on Batman has a direct line to my childhood. In a previous letter in the series, you talked about how Batman: The Animated Series changed your view of storytelling. Included at the back of this issue is a tribute to the late, legendary Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy. I also love episodes like 'Splicers' and 'Earth Mover,' as well as the character Max, but there really wasn't time to use those elements. Yes, Return of the Joker was really the biggest one, along with the intro episodes to the series.

Batman by Sean Murphy