But the reason they go through that routine – before collapsing into laughter, in what might be a hug or a deadly grapple, on the deliberately ambiguous final page – is the sexual violation of Barbara “Batgirl” Gordon. Yes, it includes Batman-Joker violence, and then some sixth-form-philosophical stuff about insanity and evil, and whether anyone could turn into a villain if they just had “one bad day”.
But The Killing Joke isn’t quite like every other superhero comic. Why should anyone outside the comics community remotely care? Joker is going to hit Batman, Batman is going to hit Joker, and maybe there’ll be some blood and cursing to justify the rating. So far, so familiar: executives getting geeks wound up about a cartoon movie and touting its dark, edgy content.
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