The Joker #1

That unsettling grin fills the entire cover — a hyper-realistic, painted close-up of the Joker, his violet-shadowed face twisted into something between a smirk and a snarl, blood at the corner of his mouth. Writer James Tynion IV teams with artist Guillem March and colorist Arif Prianto for this 2022 DC collection that places the Clown Prince of Crime front and center in his own ongoing series. If you've been waiting for a Joker story that commits fully to the character's menace, this first volume makes a striking first impression.