Since Batman has been around so long, I'm sure the Joker's origin story has been told many times over. Still, never hurts to have a fresh take . . . enter Batman: Lovers & Madmen. Bearing several striking similarities to the 1989 Batman movie, this story tell us how Joker came to be. Batman's been prowling the streets of Gotham for just under a year, and things are going well. The streets are cleaner and safer, and the city is beginning to rest easy. Enter a man named Jack . . . good at killing and bored with life, he wanders listlessly from job to job, robbing and killing as he goes, but never feeling satisfied. Through a number of events, Jack becomes acquainted with Batsy, and finds in his opposite his purpose.
Lovers & Madmen is a good tale. The art is striking, a bit severe, but suitable for the story. You see Batman wrestling with who he is, what it means for his life, and what it means for the city- is donning a mask bringing freaks out of the woodwork? You see Joker dealing with the same thing. In the end, it appears as though they're both madmen, in a sense . . .
Rating: A
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