Nic Kuklinski

It sucks because Fabok’s art is incredible as always, and it was a fun read in general, but in my opinion, all of the “redefining” it did of the Joker (and even Batman, Jason and Barbara) only served to deconstruct what made their characters and relationships with each other unique and interesting in the first place. It was predictable, any risks it may have taken ended up failing, and the ending presents the biggest plot hole I’ve seen in any of the Geoff Johns books I’ve read (see spoiler at the end). Jason and Barbara’s relationship is cringeworthy, Joker’s speech at the end is out of character, and John’s script for the whole book is far below the quality of his past works. It’s such a shame to see how far he’s fallen as a writer. The plot hole (SPOILER): It ends with Batman saying he’s known Joker’s identity for their entire career together, yet the whole “three jokers” idea started when Batman asks the mobius chair for Joker’s real name and it tells him there are three. With all of his intelligence and training, he couldn’t deduce Joker’s identity without asking the chair that knows the answer to everything. But I guess he just forgot? Because apparently he’s known who the Joker was since a week after they met. How dumb is that.