Last edited by Xwho; 11-03-2022 at 08:05 AM.
Not the worst read ever. Pointless and lackluster imo.
If I had to come up with a reason then it would be that Johns wanted The Comedian Joker to be the one to do all the major bad things. Since he is the main one. I don't know though. The Clown could have done it.
I don't think the story was very good overall. Great art but the book felt like a very self-indulgent project for Johns' ego in the end.
How we be sure that the comedian was the first Joker?
"Has Sariel summoned you here, Azrael? Have you come to witness the miracle of your brethren arriving on Earth?"
"I WILL MIX THE ASHES OF YOUR BONES WITH SALT AND USE THEM TO ENSURE THE EARTH THE TEMPLARS TILLED NEVER BEARS FRUIT AGAIN!"
"*sigh* I hoped it was for the miracle."
Dan Watters' Azrael was incredible, a constant delight and perhaps too good for this world (but not the Forth). For the love of St. Dumas, DC, give us more!!!
I liked the idea but not the execution. It would've been better as part of the Earth One graphic novels.
Things I love: Batman, Superman, AEW, old films, Lovecraft
Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
The thing I probably liked the most was just the idea that Joker orchestrated all of this just to get Batman to forgive Joe Chill so he would have room to hate Joker more.