Ever since the shocking ending to ‘Detective Comics #1’, many fans have been wondering just what happened to The Joker. And it looks like we’ll finally be finding out this October. Writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo are about to follow up the awesome ‘Court Of Owls’ story-arc with something great here in the aptly titled ‘Death in the Family’.
I’ve been loving Snyder’s run on ‘Batman’ and can’t deny that this teaser has got me more than excited to see what he has in store. As the team explained to The Examiner:
“Joker is my favorite villain of all time,” Snyder told THE SOURCE. “Not just in comics. In everything – film, books, TV. He’s the greatest, hands down. So this story is something extremely important and personal to me – something I’ve been building in my head ever since I started working in Gotham. Basically, this is my big exploration of the Joker, my ARKHAM ASYLUM or THE KILLING JOKE, only bigger in scope. Bottom line: it’s the biggest, baddest, most shocking Joker story I could tell. This is Joker completely unleashed. He has been away for a full year planning this revenge, watching, plotting, setting things up. And now he’s back. He has his traps set, his knives sharpened… And wait ’til you see him. Greg’s sketches literally gave me chills. Point blank: This is Joker like you’ve never seen him before. He has a mission. He has a secret. And he has a serious axe to grind with Batman. It isn’t going to be pretty, but it’s going to be a wild ride. Thanks for taking it with us.”
IGN.com has the first look at the teaser (which is pretty damn awesome):
