Azzarello has learned how to create a menacing, morally ambivalent atmosphere in his years of scripting 100 Bullets Even Batman, when he inevitably enters the action, functions largely as the Joker’s partner in a dance of death. Like Jonny, however, readers may find that, horrifying as the Joker is, they can’t take their eyes off him. Accompanying him is Jonny Frost, a young thug who takes a long time to recognize the drawbacks of seeing a vicious sociopath as a role model. Although he claims to want power and money when he confronts Two Face and his peers, he really seems just to enjoy playing with people-shooting them, setting them on fire or skinning them alive. Newly released from Arkham Asylum, he begins disorganizing the criminal establishment of Gotham City. Rather than a natty Clown Prince of Crime, this Joker looks like a glam rocker gone to toxic seed. (although long before the movie’s debut), Azzarello creates a memorably cringe-worthy story.
Building on Heath Ledger’s performance in The Dark Knight
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