Batman: Three Jokers Collected
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Batman: Three Jokers Collected

Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: Jason Fabok Publisher: DC Comics Trade Paperback: November 18, 2020 Issues: 3, Issue Reviews: 458
8.5Critic Rating
7.3User Rating

Thirty years after Batman: The Killing Joke changed comics forever, Batman: Three Jokers
reexamines the myth of who, or what, is the Joker and what is at the heart of his ongoing battle with Batman? New York Times bestselling writer Geoff Johns and artist Jason Fabok, the team that waged the “Darkseid War” in the pages of Justice League, reunite to tell the ultimate story of Batman and The Joker!
In this highly anticipated epic, learn why there are three Jokers, and what that means for the decades-long battle between the Dark Knight and the Clown Prince of Crime. In this powerful, emotional story, Batman, Batgirl, and Red H more

Rating Collected Issues Reviews
9.0
Batman: Three Jokers #1 26
8.5
Batman: Three Jokers #2 22
8.0
Batman: Three Jokers #3 23
  • 1.0
    WhistleBlower Jan 27, 2021

    If you thought Death Metal was pretty dumb, then this one knocks it out of the park with how badly it mangles up its own story.

    Those who are illiterate would love this, however. Tailor-made for those without critical thinking.

    It's funny how corporate simps like Fenix have nothing to say about the writing quality of the books, only the marketing budget.

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  • 10
    Letters Mar 7, 2023

    never got boring.

  • 8.5

    Ethan at Heroes & Villains (Warner Robins, GA) referred this book to me. The book had a good creative team but had both a bizarre and intriguing premise. The comic was well received on Amazon with a 4.8 but only garnered a 3.94 on Goodreads and an 8.5 Critic Rating on Comic Book Round Up.

    Batman: The Three Jokers is another DC Black Label imprint project. At one time, the DC Black Label was the company’s imprint “dedicated to giving premier writers and artists the chance to expand on DC’s unrivaled characters with unique, standalone stories set outside DC continuity”; however, the company has since retroactively added classic collections, under the Black Label imprint. As a result, DC has created a book-by-book ambiguity has to if the story is part of regular continuity or canon.

    Based on some of the following comments by the creators, it is still a little ambiguous if the story is canon or not:

    “Three Jokers is an in-continuity story. It really focuses on Bruce, Barbara and Jason and the pain that the Joker's inflicted on them as individuals. It's a mystery about the three Jokers operating at the same time and what that means. It's an exploration on healing and pain and healing right versus healing wrong…It's going to change their relationship with the Joker and how you see the Joker forever." -Geoff Johns (2018)

    “It's in continuity like Killing Joke is. You can take it, or leave it. We are going to introduce some pretty gutsy stuff in Jokers that's never been done before. So the fans can react to it and they can decide if they want it part of main continuity or not, like Killing Joke.” -Jason Fabok (2019)

    “That's a complicated answer…and I think it's up to the readers and the bigger universe if there's things in this that play out elsewhere." Geoff John’s (2020)

    Three Jokers was bizarre but enjoyable. I appreciate the homage and integration as a companion piece to both the Killing Joke and a Death in the Family storylines. However, I think the one thing that undermined the virmisiltude of the story for me was an exploration of the limitation of the medium (I covered a similar concept with the recent TMNT: The Last Ronin). As a reader, we can’t tell the difference between the jokers as they are drawn/depicted, but it’s bewildering as to why the actual characters would suffer from the same limitation. Arkham videos/interviews/recordings or their own first-hand experiences should have been enough for our crime fighting detectives (e.g. facial recognition). Apparently writer Geoff Johns flatly discounted that they were never meant to be confused as alternate universe variants. The result is just a little bizarre, but hey, I can suspend disbelief as well as the next person, but I prefer my comics to tap into the strengths of the medium, not rely on hooks based on the limitations of the medium.

  • 8.0
    Merlyn Sep 30, 2021

    Great first issue, the second was very good too but Johns ended it pretty badly. Absolutely gorgeous art from Fabok, the guy is amazing! I would've rated it lower if not for his art.

  • 1.5
    Tempra16v2.0Turbo Jan 27, 2022

    Johns escrevendo personagens femininas "Uh, oque ela vai fazer? Já sei, vai dar um beijo nesse personagem masculino(que nesse caso é um incel)!" Me lembrou a Cassie em Titans

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    Dan Mar 18, 2022

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    Brannon.44 Aug 4, 2021

  • 10
    LukasMGC Oct 24, 2024

  • 9.5
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  • 9.0
    Silver Rocket Nov 17, 2020

  • 9.0
    ed1138 Sep 5, 2022

  • 9.0
    Deadman Brand May 20, 2024

  • 8.5
    Críticas Crónicas Nov 13, 2020

  • 8.5
    K-23 Nov 19, 2020

  • 8.5
    Fernando.ni13 May 20, 2021

  • 8.0
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    haniballecto Nov 23, 2020

  • 8.0
    klim Feb 9, 2022

  • 6.5
    Asger Jun 13, 2021

  • 6.5
    Gothic Pablo Sep 15, 2021

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    jandals042 Mar 7, 2022

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    Tenebras Aug 2, 2022

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    Emerald3ME Dec 3, 2021

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