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  <title><![CDATA[Batman: The Killing Joke]]></title>
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  <default-description>For the first time the Joker's origin is revealed in this tale of insanity and human perseverance. Looking to prove that any man can be pushed past his breaking point and go mad, the Joker attempts to drive Commissioner Gordon insane. After shooting and permanently paralyzing his daughter Barbara (a.k.a. Batgirl), the Joker kidnaps the commissioner and attacks his mind in hopes of breaking the man. But refusing to give up, Gordon maintains his sanity with the help of Batman in an effort to best the madman. </default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1988</original-publication-year>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It causes me no joy to give any comic written by Alan Moore one star, but this is how it has to be.  Now, before I write a single word more, let me start with this simple disclaimer: I consider Alan Moore the best writer to have ever worked in comics.  There are no qualifiers to that; no qualificati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17784881">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Mar 29 09:17:38 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Through out my life I have been a borderline Joker obsessive.   Even when I was a little tot I had a thing for the Joker.  And what got me excited about the first Tim Burton  'Batman' was actually the Joker.  No Joker, not so much into Batman.<br/><br/>So yes I do spend some time on YouTube locati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18918288">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26208349">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People who enjoyed 'The Dark Knight']]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 24 10:49:25 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I'm still something of a neophyte when it comes to the world of Graphic novels, I can certainly see the appeal to people of all ages.<br/><br/>This is the second full length graphic novel I've read, both by Alan Moore (the other being his opus, 'The <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/472331.Watchmen" title="Watchmen by Alan Moore">Watchmen</a>'), and both have been excellen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26208349">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24013934">
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 08 16:59:15 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 08 17:00:04 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wasn't going to do this one as an official entry - it's so quick to read that it feels like I'm padding the list.  But the more I thought about it, the more I felt I wanted to talk about it, and so it goes on the List.<br/><br/>This was originally published twenty years ago, and is still one of th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24013934">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40795572">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[To really get at the root of the blockbuster &quot;The Dark Knight&quot;'s raison d'être ,one can point to this gorgeously illustrated (by Brian Bolland) and written (by no less than Alan Moore) 1988 graphic novel re-presented here in a more sumptuously colored version with added drawings and stori...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40795572">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41404366">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't help thinking that both this and the movie &quot;Dark Knight&quot; would have been more intense if I hadn't spent so many years living/studying/reading/meditating Taoism.  I understand where Moore is trying to go with it, but the fierce desires of Commissioner Gordon and Batman to prove the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41404366">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37032291">
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Nov 07 09:28:47 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wasn't going to review this one because it's quite short, but as soon as I finished it I went back and read it again in the most natural of movements. The second time around I saw more layers unfolding through the stark colors, the subtle dialogue and the joke on the final page. <br/><br/>I have...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37032291">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50294928">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is certainly a good graphic novel, but I found the writing disappointing, especially coming from Alan Moore. He plays his usual games with self-reference and clever placement of words and images, but I found the Joker's plot to be surprisingly shallow and uninspired. The light touch at the end ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50294928">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30012044">
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Aug 12 23:17:27 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't read any of the Batman comics, and I read this because I had heard Heath Ledger used it to inspire his take on The Joker. I loved the dark artwork, the color palate, everything about the LOOK of the story. The artistry is outstanding.<br/>But the story falls short. It assumes too much kno...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30012044">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49830700">
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 19 20:02:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 19 20:03:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow. I read this in the library because people kept telling me to read it.  After reading &quot;Batman RIP&quot; I wasn't so keen on another Batman comic (besides the one Neil Gaiman wrote), but this is just <em>brilliant.</em> I definitely would recommend it to others, even those who turn their noses up at ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49830700">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27295409">
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 15 06:13:17 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 13 23:20:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is sadly overrated. I've liked Alan Moore's other work, and expected to like this one, too; it's often listed as one of the best Batman tales ever (one otherwise spot-on ranking from IGN puts it at #3). But it was one of the most disappointing of the ones I've read thus far. I'm a bigger fan of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27295409">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34116150">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Oct 01 05:40:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Esta es la historia que inspiró a Ledger en su visión del Guasón. Con ese dato de entrada les debería bastar para echarle un vistazo.<br/><br/>Escrita por Alan Moore e ilustrada por Brian Bolland, esta novela gráfica es considerada una de las mejores historias de Batman, tengo que acordar con...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34116150">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68998082">
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 26 14:40:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 26 14:50:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[IMO ALan Moore's best work.  Yes. I've read Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta and Watchmen.  This tops them all.  The end isn't that great when we get the payoff &quot;joke&quot; that lends us the title, and it is quite absurd to believe that a stressed out and fatigued Batman would laugh along with his g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68998082">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65987864">
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    <body><![CDATA[Considering the response Christopher Nolan's &quot;Dark Knight&quot; received from both critics and fans alike, it is no surprise that this graphic novel was one of the primary sources he used when mining material to use for the second, and noticeably darker installment in the Batman series.  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65987864">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63750423">
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE. This classic Batman entry has enjoyed a reputation as the definitive Joker story for two decades, and I remember loving it when it came out. Seeing that it was created by Alan Moore, the writer of the epochal WATCHMEN, and Brian Bolland, an artist justly renowned for his ef...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63750423">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Twice in the past 2 weeks I've gotten into arguments with comic book nerds about Heath Ledger's Joker. I think his performance was sublime. One of my friends was indifferent. The other actively hated it. Cleary they're both wrong and I am right. As always.<br/><br/>However, after reading this, and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54401929">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me ages to finally get this book. It was somehow consistently out of print, but thanks to the wonders of amazon marketplace, I was finally able to get my hands on a copy. And I am glad I did.<br/><br/>There's this constant warring in my chest about who I love more - Neil Gaiman or Alan Moo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50327799">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a really good comic.  As my first Alan Moore work, I expected a lot, and it definitely lived up to my expectations.  Although I didn't know much about the specific characters (other than Batman and Joker from the films), I felt like no previous history was necessary to really dive into the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75523386">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In my opinion, Moore has churned out more comic classics than any other writer.  In The Killing Joke he is paired up with the amazingly talented Brian Bollard.<br/><br/>The Killing Joke is the definitive exploration of the Joker and his relationship with his greatest enemy.  Early in the comic, Ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50011051">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Touted as the Joker book to beat all Joker books.  It is alright.  I am not certain the execution lived up to the idea.  I think the shortness of the story hurt the amount they could immerse you in Joker's pathos.  And the Joker origin story is best read, as Brian Bolland puts it, as just another on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64214669">more...</a>]]></body>
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