Contents
“Death of the Family Conclusion: The Punchline” -- 31 pages
- written by Scott Snyder
- pencils by Greg Capullo
- inks by Jonathan Glapion
- the Joker puts a captured Batman at a table, with a Jokerized Alfred and the rest of the Batman Family sitting, their faces wrapped in bloody bandages, having apparently been removed and set in platters on the table (though this proves to not be the case)
- Batman escapes and tells the Joker that he knows his identity (later shown to be a lie)
- the Joker falls, perhaps to his death (though his body is not seen), and the Batman Family recovers
Additional Images
Page 6 of Batman Vol. 2 #17 (Apr 2013).
Page 7 of Batman Vol. 2 #17 (Apr 2013).
Page 13 of Batman Vol. 2 #17 (Apr 2013).
Page 23 of Batman Vol. 2 #17 (Apr 2013).
The penultimate page of Batman Vol. 2 #17 (Apr 2013), on which we learn that Batman really doesn’t know the Joker’s identity as he claimed.
Black-and-white variant cover to Batman Vol. 2 #17 (Apr 2013).
Combo pack cover to Batman Vol. 2 #17 (Apr 2013).
Joker face variant to Batman Vol. 2 #17 (Apr 2013), produced for the Emerald City Comic-Con.
Variants
Batman Vol. 2 #17 (variant)
Related links:
- What Makes for a Great Joker Story: In Defense of Batman #17
- That Cowardly and Superstitious Batman, That Heartlessly Persecuted Joker: On Batman #17
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]
