Batman / Joker - Der Mann, der lacht

In this 2019 one-shot from Panini Deutschland, the German-language edition of Batman: The Man Who Laughs presents a pivotal early encounter between the Dark Knight and his greatest nemesis. The story adapts the Joker's first crime spree in Gotham, a harrowing campaign of poisonings and psychological terror that forces Batman to confront a villain who kills not for profit, but for the sheer, chaotic joy of it. Written by Ed Brubaker with art by Doug Mahnke, this volume is essential for its chilling, definitive depiction of the Joker's origin as a force of anarchy.