Batman and the Joker are teaming up.
This is not a drill.
In November, DC will release Batman/The Joker: The Deadly Duo by writer, artist, and industry giant Marc Silvestri. It is exactly what it sounds like: one of the most famous superheroes and one of the most famous archvillains working together in a “fragile alliance,” as the publisher puts it.
The first issue of the seven-part Black Label series, Batman/The Joker: The Deadly Duo, comes out on November 1. The second issue will be on sale starting December 6. Each issue has 32 pages and sells for $4.99.
I guess the… bat is out of the bag. Here’re my pencil for one of two covers that I did for my friend @Marc_Silvestri. His Black Label Batman/Joker work is gonna blow you away! 🤘🏻✏️🤘🏻 pic.twitter.com/hSdTS26Kcx
— Greg Capullo (@GregCapullo) August 17, 2022
“Batman and The Joker are two of the most famous characters in the world, and they’ve been fighting for more than 80 years,” Silvestri says in DC’s announcement. “I always thought that having them on the same side would be pretty funny, so I wrote a story about it. Things happen.”
In what the publisher calls a “carefully crafted” version of a “horrifying and suspenseful” Gotham City, Harley Quinn has been taken by a strange, mysterious, and brazen villain, and The Joker will do anything to get her back.
Also, mysterious “Joker-like” creatures are roaming the streets of Gotham collecting severed heads, and Jim Gordon is missing. When a package with a bloody piece of his friend and ally is delivered to the Gotham City Police Department, Batman decides he has to do anything to save him.
See where we’re going with this?
Yes, when the Clown Prince of Crime asks the Dark Knight to work with him, the Dark Knight feels like he has no choice but to say yes.
Batman/The Joker: The Deadly Duo will have a lot of different covers for its first two issues. Silvestri will do the main covers, and Greg Capullo, Kyle Hotz, Jorge Fornes, and Silvestri will do two variant covers, one of which is a “signed ratio variant cover” for issue #1 that will only be given out 1 in 250 times.
Batman/The Joker: The Deadly Duo #2 will have a main cover by Kelley Jones, with variations by Jim Lee, Yanick Paquette, and Christopher Mitten, and a black-and-white ratio variant by Silvestri.
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