What You Should Read Before Batman #900 (Spoilers)

Batman #900 (or #135 should you want) is out this week. As is an invite to do a bit extra Batman studying – and watching. Spoilers forward. Well, the massive one goes to be Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. Fairly clearly. The Red Mask is a Joker with out a Batman, and remains to be sane. Evil, however not insanely so. And he’s trying to attempt to create his One Bad Day to flip him, as portrayed in The Killing Joke.

But it additionally seems to be to Batman: The Three Jokers by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok, which surprisingly labored as a sequel to The Killing Joke, or not less than retconning what occurred to the Joker’s pregnant spouse within the story.

But additionally, you realize, having Batman: Three Jokers. Remember this dream of Batman’s lately?

Maybe, like within the MCU, when he goals, he goals of parallel universes… as a result of from Batman #900 courtesy of pre-sale-date purchased copies…

But there are different universes to ponder.

Such as Gotham By Gaslight, made the primary DC Comics Elseworlds title, from Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola.

And then Kingdom Come, a far future model of the DC Universe by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, which bore passing similarity to the unpublished Twilight Of The Gods pitch by Alan Moore…

Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, asking what if Batman was a vampire by Doeg Moench and Kelley Jones. And giving him a brand new Joker to play with.

And the daddy of all of them, The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson. But it isn’t simply the comics, there’s the cartoons as effectively.

But additionally the live-action films, equivalent to one from 1989 by Tim Burton, with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. Or a live-action film earlier than even that, from 1966.

This is Every Batman, Every Batchannel, All At Once. Coming to a comic book retailer on Tuesday. Apart from, you realize, those which might be already promoting it.

BATMAN #135/#900
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art by JORGE JIMENEZ, MIKE HAWTHORNE, and ADRIANO DI BENEDETTO
Cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
$6.99 US | 56 pages | Variant $7.99 US (card inventory)
ON SALE 5/2/23
It’s Batman versus Red Mask in a brutal Gotham that is by no means recognized hope! Can the Dark Knight overcome the terrifying an infection that Red Mask has unleashed? Only one factor is definite: he will not have the ability to do it alone. The conclusion to the bestselling “The Bat-Man of Gotham” is so huge it might solely be contained in an oversize #900 anniversary challenge that includes the return of fan-favorite artist Jorge Jiménez and a wild assortment of visitor stars! Full of untamed revelations and a brand new path for Batman, that is one challenge you will not wish to miss!