After a few meh Batman stories the last few reads I'm very happy to report, this is a fantastic 6 issue story worth reading if you're a fan of early day Batman and Joker.

This is of course another origin story in a lot of ways, especially for the Joker. Taking ideas from Killing Joke but giving a better twist (in my opinion) and a much darker Jack (Joker) than we are used to before he becomes The Joker is a interesting little twist. On top of that we have Bruce learning to be Batman. Actually making a impact on crime. However, when he starts to become too confident, he might, by mistake, create something way worse.

Good: Hell of a interesting dynamic we have here with Joker/Batman. This might be one of my favorite versions of the two going head to head in mind games and physical warfare. The evolution of Jack and turning him into a super villain known as the Joker was really well done. Watching a much more vulnerable Bruce in his early days was really intriguing and there's actually a couple of gut wrenching moments that work well for our hero.

Bad: The art can be kind of messy. Especially in fight scenes I couldn't tell what the fuck was happening sometimes.

Besides some weak fight scenes and messy art at times, this was a great collection. I really enjoyed everything from the story itself, the dialogue, and the ending result and message. A easy 4 out of 5.