Batman: The Joker War Zone #1

Batman One-Shots

by James Tynion IV, John Ridley, Joshua Williamson

Gotham City is a battleground as The Joker takes over the Wayne fortune and wages a street war against the Dark Knight and his allies! Enter the "war zone" with short stories featuring characters like Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, and Luke Fox and see how they're fighting back in a city under siege! Also, the brutal full debut of the mysterious new anti-hero known as Clownhunter!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Comic Book, Batman, Graphic Novels Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes

50 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 29, 2020

About the author

Prior to his first professional work, Tynion was a student of Scott Snyder's at Sarah Lawrence College. A few years later, he worked as for Vertigo as Fables editor Shelly Bond's intern. In late 2011, with DC deciding to give Batman (written by Snyder) a back up feature, Tynion was brought in by request of Snyder to script the back ups he had plotted. Tynion would later do the same with the Batman Annual #1, which was also co-plotted by Snyder. Beginning in September 2012, with DC's 0 issue month for the New 52, Tynion will be writing Talon, with art by Guillem March. In early 2013 it was announced that he'd take over writing duties for Red Hood and the Outlaws in April.

Tynion is also currently one of the writers in a rotating team in the weekly Batman Eternal series.

Reviews

[Etienne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short stories... I like the first one, the others didn't worth it in my opinion.

[Annemarie · Rating 1 out of 5]

As a new comic reader most of these stories made no sense to me. Very confusing, little plot or actual depth to most of them

[Jamie · Rating 2 out of 5]

an extra star for ivy 💚 and clownhunter 💕

[Spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of stories the occur during the Joker war, it also seems to set up a few arcs that’ll follow on from this next year. It’s good… nothing mind-blowing but still a lot of fun and the artwork is great.

[Rey · Rating 1 out of 5]

Forgettable.

The artwork is fine but there needs to be a story leading it to something and there isint much context really. Just a compilation.

Nothing to recall, waste of such an interesting title.

[MajesticalLion · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was really good overall. But there's a clear low point and a clear high point. The Ivy story and the Bane story respectively. The Bane story was peak Joker writing. James Tynion gets Joker in a way I haven't seen in a very long time. The Lucius Fox story felt shorter, but it had some very intense moments. The Spoiler/Orphan story was decent. I'm glad my girl Steph is getting some recognition. The day where she returns to the mantle of Batgirl isn't far off. I'm excited for the implications of an Ivy event in the future, as she's one of my top favorite Batman Rogues. I just hope it's done by a different writer and artist than this short story. And the Clownhunter story was so well laid out visually, particularly the last panel. I can't wait to see where this character goes.

[Ola G · Rating 1 out of 5]

2/10 stars

I do know that Tynion IV inherited most of this mess and had to do something with the smelly pile residing at the bottom of the long drop, but unfortunately even way more talented writers wouldn't have dug themselves out of that particular hole. Let's face it: DC has been in a state of crisis for a very long time now, and I return to this universe only intermittently to see if anything changed for the better. This comic assures me it hasn't. The same old tired story, this time with zombies animated by Joker's toxin, one of whom is Alfred. Urgh, even writing that down hurts my brain.

The one additional star goes to some of the artists who really tried and made the best of the situation.

[max (sad girl autumn version) · Rating 3 out of 5]

meh

i liked clownhunter's story and im always happy to see luke

bane's storyline was probably the most interesting just because of how gay that was

the pam story + cass and steph's could've been lots better though. i think lighting up the clocktower was a nice touch but that's it

[Corban Ford · Rating 3 out of 5]

The artwork by the great Jorge Jimenez was solid; cinematic at moments even, and the writing by Tynion was solid but....I don't I just expected more. You can't sell me on "the final fight between Batman and Joker" and then have half of it consist of useless filler. Like....it falls super flat.

[Metro Owlets · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid collection of stories, but now I'm more than curious about the "Continued in 2021!"

[Ushnav Shroff · Rating 1 out of 5]

This maketh no sense whatsoever.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

I usually don't like side stories but actually dug these. The art on the last was cool as fuck.

[Raymond St. Paul · Rating 1 out of 5]

Meh

Only one good story with the joker and Bane the rest of the comic just filler of pages; a total waste of purchase AVOID it DON'T make the mistake I did!

[Joyce Rodrigo Harley · Rating 2 out of 5]

So fcking boring. Poison Ivy saved this.

[Wongi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good comic, Joker War going well

[Steven Shinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another mixed bag.

[Garth · Rating 2 out of 5]

2024 - Year of The Bat (366 Days of Batman)

Day 184: Ivy’s story is the only reason I even bothered to finish this one. The rest is already forgotten.

[Jamie Nicholas · Rating 1 out of 5]

The short stories offer little to no depth. Only worth reading Clown Hunt.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Batman The Joker War

Good book. The format of the book is out of order, but was able to follow the story. Other than that, great book.

[Cassandra Morales · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cass Cain appearance 🙌