The Joker’s worst nightmare becomes a reality: he’s got a day job! How will he handle meetings that could have been emails?! Why did management cancel “bring your child to work” day?! Who will want to make small talk at the coffee machine?! What is Alexis going to pick for lunch?! And who is the masked madman terrorizing Gotham at night?!
Knight Terrors: The Joker #1 provides a deep dive into the Joker's inner fears. Where that terror will take him, and how he cleans out his closet, remains to be seen. I, for one will be at the ready to enjoy each bite of the comfort food provided by this incredibly talented creative team. Read Full Review
Knight Terrors: The Joker #1 takes all of the elements of this horror event and flips them on their head in a way that only the Joker could do. The book is hilarious from start to finish and serves as a nice palette cleanser from the other frightening tie-ins in this larger summer event. Read Full Review
'Knight Terrors: The Joker' explores how the villain's greatest triumph could be his sincerest tragedy. The result is as unsettling as it is hilarious. Read Full Review
Knight Terrors: The Joker #1 is a great mix of character study and inventive storytelling. Rosenbergs script is achingly funny, subverting expectations multiple times and keeping the issue surprising. There may be moments that seem awkward or that dont sound like the Joker, but thats the whole point of Knight Terrors. Read Full Review
Quite simply, this is one of the most fascinating looks at the Joker that maintains his humor and keeps things light on the melodrama. Fans of the Joker must read Knight Terrors: The Joker #1. Read Full Review
Really solid and entertaining, this is one I look forward to the second issue. Read Full Review
Rosenberg's Joker series has had some issues until this point, with the split between the two Jokers making it hard to know who we're actually supposed to be following. But this issue tightens the focus and gives us a fun focus on just how disturbing Joker is when he's pretending to be sane. Read Full Review
If there's one "Knight Terrors" book you should give a read, it's probably this one. Read Full Review
The idea is solid. Had it been executed just a little bit better, it could've really turned into something that was kind of genius. Honestly, the idea is clever enough that it could turn into its own sitcom. There's no questioning that. However, the overall execution in this particular comic book lacks the kind of wit and satire that would elevate it beyond a simple execution of a silly idea. There IS a darkness to it that gradually fades in around the edges of everything, but it lacks the depth necessary for something more interesting. Read Full Review
Knight Terrors: The Joker #1 dives into the world of dreams and nightmares and has so far set the scene within the corporate business, where Batman is dead, Bruce Wayne still in charge of Wayne Enterprises (and with a shine to The Joker as an employee), and the Joker living the life of a common citizen. It's full of potential but doesn't really go the distance. Read Full Review
Ultimately, this book is a bust. Mathew Rosenberg came up with an awesome premise, and the cover made it look promising. The actual story is just dour, unfunny, and overly-long, however. I don't see a good reason why people should pick up this book. Read Full Review
So this may be my favorite book of this event. It is so well done and anyone should read it even if you don’t like the event. What would the Jokers nightmare be like. Someone who has done so many bad things, well let’s get into it.
So this book begins with Joker kinda killing Batman and their being nothing for him to do anymore. Without Batman he gets bored with crime because it became too easy. So he wants to sit at home and binge “the real housewives”. So to do something meaningful he decides he is gonna get a real job at Wayne Enterprise.
So if you like the Joker and wanna see what a Joker without a Batman would be like this is the book for you. It is hilarious to see Joker working an office job more
This was my favorite of the Knight Terrors Issue first issues I've read up to this point. Rosenberg has maintained a great voice for Joker in the current Man Who Stopped Laughing series, and that's on display here as well. What sets this above the rest is that it's really funny. It just misses the 9/10 mark for me, but it's highly enjoyable. The humor is consistent throughout, plus, the story surrounding Batman is interesting and that final page with him in the closet was great.
Finally an interesting tie in
Hands down this story from Matthew Rosenberg was my favorite of the stories we got this week! We’re immediately put into the Joker’s nightmare which follows his downward spiral after Batman dies (in one of the most inconsequential and absurdly hilarious ways) during one of the duo’s confrontations. With nobody around to save Gotham any longer, crime just becomes too easy for Joker, causing him to give up his life of crime for a mindless office day job at Wayne Enterprises. The issue plays out in an Office Space meets Severance type of way, with Joker failing upwards thanks to his complete disdain for anything corporate. Stefano Raffaele’s artistic world building is great and captures Joker’s decaying mood throughout the book perfe more
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I'm surprised I enjoyed this one. Rosenberg has not been doing well lately in my opinion but this turns it around. Decent stuff.
surprising this one was actually pretty good and the ending had a nice twist.
The premise sounds funny. However, the execution was not.
The notion of Joker's biggest nightmare being that he's stuck in a call center is brilliant.
If only they had stuck with that, it could have been fantastic. But alas, the character reverted to form.
Art was fine.
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