Death of the Family is one of the best Batman arcs of all time, and deserves to stand with the greats. It also has some of the most visceral and insane Joker moments in comic history. The story is best going in fresh, but its a thrill ride beginning to end, and it perfectly weaves action into Batman’s internal struggles. Death of the Family begins with the Joker attacking GCPD to retrieve his face, and thus begins a chain of events where the Joker kidnaps and attempts to murder the people closest to him - his surrogate family in the multiple Robins, Alfred Pennyworth, and Catwoman. Last readers saw him, the villain Dollmaker removed his face during one of the Joker’s stays at Arkham Asylum. The story picks up after the Joker mysteriously vanished from any storylines in DC Comics for a full year. The comic was written by Scott Snyder during his hit run on the New 52 series and illustrated by Greg Capullo - otherwise known for artwork on the album covers for the heavy metal band Disturbed. ![]() However, the story isn’t just a knock-off, but a full-fledged an essential moment of the Batman canon that is thrilling and visceral. It’s also an homage to classic Batman stories like A Death in the Family, The Killing Joke, and Batman: The Man Who Laughs. ![]() It’s a huge crossover between a myriad of Batman-related comic arcs, including Batgirl, Batman and Robin, Detective Comics, and Nightwing. Death of the Family is perhaps one of the most interesting and ambitious entries on this list.
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