A tale you might have seen before but thanks to the amazing art and Lemire's solid dialogue, it rises above the rest.

Let me make it clear I'm not a huge Joker fan. I think he's a great advisory to Batman, and he's downright disturbing at points, but as a character he's not even in my top 10. I dislike his movie, usually his solo books kind of suck, and I'm just not a fan. Luckily here we have Lemire focus on a therapist who's trying to break through to the Joker but we all know that's not going to happen, so we watch a sad tale of destruction.

Similiar to last years Harleen, we know the end results. So watching it unfold is just the dreadful feeling of loss. The doctor here has a family but you can already begin to see the cracks in him as early as the first part. By the middle of the story we are revealed huge things that change the rest of the plot.

Overall, the imagery is great and twisted, what I want in a Joker tale. I also really enjoyed the voices of the characters, even the joker, who seems much more down to earth yet still comical at times. The ending was solid enough too that I was interested throughout.

The one off Bat story was pretty meh though.

Overall, a 3.5 out of 5.