What's big and scary and lives in the sewers? In Gotham City, a lot of things. But the Joker is going to war with the biggest scariest of them all--Killer Croc! Plus, Red Hood is being set up to take a fall at Blackgate Prison...and his only hope of survival may just be someone from his past.
If you haven't been keeping up with, or at least dabbling in this series then you are doing yourself a disservice, as this comic offers such priceless moments of clarity to ease the clinical insanity of the story. I look forward to the war coming our way, fellow readers. See you next time! Read Full Review
The stage is set, sides have been chosen, and the battlefield ready. It's time to determine the one Joker to rule them all. The battle in the next issue is shaping up to be a real gas. Read Full Review
It appears Joker meeting Joker is finally around the bend, but The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing#9 takes its time to set that up. I'd be lying if I said my patience was quite thin with this series, but given how Rosenberg has established some unique features of each Joker, I'm curious to see how this plays out. Read Full Review
Di Giandomenico delivers some great art in the issue. The art has a wonderful fluidity to it that is enhanced by the great action and thrills of the story. Read Full Review
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #9 sets up a war between the Jokers with Gotham and its Rogues as its backdrop. However, do we get any of the pertinent information that weve been missing or wanting since this series began? No. Will this street war be pretty cool to see? Sure but my first thoughts arent about a street war. I want to know who the real Joker is and why we have two. Also, why do they both think theyre the real Joker? Thats the information readers are craving. This war would be a great side story if we could just get more information about the how and why. Right now, Im hanging on by a thin line to this series and I can tell you, Im not the only one with fewer and fewer people talking about this series less and less as it loses its luster. Let me know what you think, have a great week, and God Bless! Read Full Review
I don't really care who wins out of these two, but it was fun watching Jason Todd and Ravager make their escape in a subplot. Read Full Review
While this issue feels like one of the weaker of the series, that's only thanks to the high bar that the creators have set for themselves. Read Full Review
The color work, from Romulo Jr., is stunning especially with so many explosions and carnage. Ideally, Rosenberg would have glossed over some of the more standing in place subplots that went nowhere. Now it seems like hes quickly getting the conflict clearly stated for the home stretch providing some reason for optimism. Read Full Review
Despite some improvements in this issue, the only thing that's keeping me into this series is I'm curious about the Knight Terrors tie-in next month. Exploring the Joker's worst fear as being him working a 9-5 job actually sounds brilliant. As for the rest of this run, it's overall just mundane and forgettable. Score: 6/10 Read Full Review
An entertaining issue here that feels like it's finally getting back to its initial point. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed every issue of this series so far, but I'm glad we're finally getting back to the two Jokers going against each other and Red Hood's hunt for Joker. Plus, the backup story this time was the most interesting it's been in quite a bit. This time, however, it wasn't really the silly and outrageous stories we've seen in the previous eight issues. It was more serious and, as funny as some of the backups in this series have been, I think it really benefitted this issue.
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