Contents
“Death of the Family: Knock Knock” -- 24 pages
- written by Scott Snyder
- pencils by Greg Capullo
- inks by Jonathan Glapion
- one year after (the Joker’s appearance in) Detective Comics Vol. 2 #1, the Joker attacks the Gotham Police Department headquarters, retrieving his face
- the Joker issues a threat on Mayor Hardy, then kills those in the room with the mayor
- Batman heads to ACE Chemicals, where he sees a character in the Joker’s original Red Hood costume and gets captured, but the person in the Red Hood costume turns out to be Harley Quinn
- while the Joker is distracted at ACE Chemicals, the Joker attacks Wayne Manor, threatening Alfred Pennyworth
“Tease” -- 6 pages
- written by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV
- art by Jock
- the Joker insists that Harley Quinn accept the mutilation of her face and puts her in a Red Hood costume (placing this before the ACE Chemicals sequence in this issue’s main story)
- this story must take place during Suicide Squad Vol. 3 #14-15, which isn’t impossible, although it’s hard to square this story’s more submissive Harley Quinn with the version shown there
Additional Images
The Joker kills the men in the room with Mayor Hardy. A page from “Death of the Family: Knock Knock,” from Batman Vol. 2 #13 (Dec 2012).
The final page of “Death of the Family: Knock Knock,” from Batman Vol. 2 #13 (Dec 2012).
The first page of “Tease,” from Batman Vol. 2 #13 (Dec 2012).
The final page of “Tease,” from Batman Vol. 2 #13 (Dec 2012).
Cover to the third printing of Batman Vol. 2 #13 (Dec 2012).
Variant cover, also by Greg Capullo, to Batman Vol. 2 #13 (Dec 2012).
Newsstand cover, also by Greg Capullo, to Batman Vol. 2 #13.
Sketch version of the cover to the newsstand edition of Batman Vol. 2 #13 (Dec 2012). Offered to retailers as a 1:100 variant.
Combo pack cover to Batman Vol. 2 #13 (Dec 2012).
SDCC variant for Batman Vol. 2 #13 (Dec 2012), adding the Joker’s smile from the regular cover to the newsstand cover.
Variants
Batman Vol. 2 #13 (2nd printing)
See It in Context on the Continuity Pages:
DC Relaunch Batman: “Death of the Family” (2012-2013)
A year after DC relaunched its entire continuity, the Joker hadn’t been seen since its first month, when Detective Comics Vol. 2 #1 had stirred discussion by having the Joker’s face cut off. 12 months… [more]
