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Batman Thrillkiller (New Edition)
Author: Dan Brereton
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Retail Price: | $34.99 |
Betabooks Price | $27.99 |
ISBN: 9781401280741
Format: Paperback
Published: July 2018
Published By: Random House Australia
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Published: July 2018
Published By: Random House Australia
Stock Availability
Titles that are READY TO SHIP will be sent from our warehouse within 2 business days while stocks last. Click here for more details.
Product Description
In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places--some that have existed or might have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist. This is one of those stories.The year is 1961, a time of transition between the fifties--the decade of Ike, McCarthyism and Jack Kerouac--and the dawn of the Sexual Revolution, the Vietnam War and turning on, tuning in and dropping out.
Like the rest of the United States, Gotham City is filled with giddy optimism. And no one could guess at the dark days that lie ahead--especially her two masked defenders Batgirl and Robin!! For them, the joyride is about to end... and the last stop is Death!
This fully painted volume presents a crime-fighting duo whose hunger for excitement leads to tragedy, as a female Joker ruthlessly plays the police off Batman.In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places--some that have existed or might have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist. This is one of those stories.
The year is 1961, a time of transition between the fifties--the decade of Ike, McCarthyism and Jack Kerouac--and the dawn of the Sexual Revolution, the Vietnam War and turning on, tuning in and dropping out.
Like the rest of the United States, Gotham City is filled with giddy optimism. And no one could guess at the dark days that lie ahead--especially her two masked defenders Batgirl and Robin!! For them, the joyride is about to end... and the last stop is Death!
This fully painted volume presents a crime-fighting duo whose hunger for excitement leads to tragedy, as a female Joker ruthlessly plays the police off Batman.
Howard Chaykin is responsible for some of the most innovative and influential comics of the last several decades, including AMERICAN FLAGG, BLACK KISS, and updated versions of BLACKHAWK and THE SHADOW. He adapted several science fiction novels into graphic novel format, including Alfred Bester's THE STARS MY DESTINATION, Roger Zelazny's EMPIRE and Michael Moorcock's THE SWORDS OF HEAVEN, THE FLOWERS OF HELL. Chaykin also worked on concepts for the movie ROBOCOP and wrote for TV series including THE FLASH, VIPER and EARTH- FINAL CONFLICT.