![]() ![]() This series introduced a kid’s book that was cute, but ever so slightly twisted and in this issue reality melds with the book. ![]() This issue gets the storybook element perfect, though. Whether or not that’s my fault for putting too much into the narrative I’m still trying to wrestle with. I was hoping for a bit more of a compelling reason for Ben’s descent into madness too, but instead, we see it’s yet another means to an end for Joker. It’s still a great work, but I saw a few of the story beats coming, which is a surprise since the first two issues had me shocked and on the edge of my seat every step of the way. ![]() Maybe that’s because it’s more interesting to see a man’s descent into madness than it is to see them fully mad and not quite loving it. I say this because this final issue doesn’t quite meet the same level of visual delights, gripping drama, and absorbing narrative as the first two issues. This is a pretty good finish to an otherwise perfect masterpiece. Now with a family gone and a job pretty much destroyed, what else is there to do but go all-in with the Joker’s plans? Witness a visual feast as the creators show us what it is like to go truly mad. Ben Arnell is the main character of Joker: Killer Smile, and has slowly gone mad after trying to treat the Joker. ![]() Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino are doing some of the finest work on Joker over at DC Black Label, but sadly it comes to an end this week. ![]()
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