
We're two issues into The Joker: Year One - the three-issue arc that's playing out weekly in the headline Batman book this month. Last week's #142 got things off to an intriguing start, bouncing between a past and future Joker in an issue that called back to both Batman: Zero Year and The Killing Joke. This week's issue goes several steps further, presenting us with an issue that is intent on piecing together his journey from that chemical vat to becoming the elemental monster we all know and fear.
It's an issue that's pretty much guaranteed to stir up debate, but before we get into all that, here's Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, and Tomeu Morey's cover.