Batman: The Man Who Laughs: The Man Who Laughs SC, The Man Who Laughs

"Even at the very beginning of his crime-fighting career, the Batman has already seen plenty of humaninty's dark side-- but it's nothing compared to what is about to emerge, giggling, from the shadows: a grinning, chalk-faced figure whose madness threatens to overwhelm everything that stands in its way. For Gotham City's new defender, this first encounter with the creature called the Joker will be the ultimate trial by fire-- a battle that will define his long struggle against the forces of chaos and insanity. Years later, those same forces will erupt again from a wholly unexpected direction-- and ghosts of the past, both good and evil, will have to face the harsh light of inquiry before they can finally rest"--P. (4] of cover.
A mysterious killer has invaded Gotham City, terrorizing the residents and murdering for pleasure, while Batman hunts him down and finds himself face-to-face with the Joker.
When a mysterious homicidal maniac is murdering prominent citizens of Gotham City, leaving a ghastly grin on the victims' faces, Batman soon tracks down the killer, in a volume written by the winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Writer. Original.
Witness Batman's first encounter with The Joker in this volume collecting the graphic novel BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke! This collection also includes DETECTIVE COMICS #784-786, a murder mystery tale guest-starring Green Lantern Alan Scott.