Riddle me this, Joke me that! This TPB edition features "Batman" #25-32.Creative Team:Writer: Tom KingIllustrators: Mikel Janín & Clay Mann GOOD PREMISE, REGULAR DEVELOPMENT It's only a year since Batman began his war on crime, and there are two major villains whom started a particular deep fixation over the Dark Knight......The Riddler & the Joker......and none of them want to be second place in the run of who will kill Batman first......and all-out war begins with Gotham City as the suffe

“A joke is a very serious thing.” ― Winston S. Churchill“I can be cracked. I can be made.I can be told. I can be played.What am I?A joke.”--RiddlerYou have to have guts as a writer to even take on Batman, facing down all these (we) hyper-critical aficionados steeped in 80 years of Bat history. But Tom King does have them (the requisite guts). So part of his challenge in his Batman run is to take on all the expected villains, of course. In this one, The War of Riddles and Jokes, volume four, two

The Joker and Riddler go to war. We just see windows into the war instead of the war as a whole. While there were parts of this I liked (Kite Man, surprisingly), there was a lot that didn't ring true. For one, all of these villains picking a side. There are way too many egos involved for villains such as Two Face and the Penguin to willingly work for someone else. King's writing is often unclear. For a long time in this I was unsure if this was supposed to be a flashback or in current time. The

FINALLY! Finally, a solid, well-done solo Rebirth Batman story! I was not a fan of the first three volumes in this series, but this one really made up for it. Tom King has had some great ideas in this series but until now, they've all been fumbled by messy storytelling. This one was concise and compelling, I'd love to see them make a movie out of it!Bruce has recently proposed to Catwoman but before she answers, in an effort for her to really know the man he is, he wants to confess during a bout...

Pretty good! So The War of Jokes and Riddles has been a pretty good batman arc that's been happening low key while Snyder is doing his METAL story. I think overall I liked this one! So the story is Batman telling Catwoman the story of The War of Jokes and Riddles, which is basically in the same vein as The Long Halloween I feel, where its this year long story, with Batman's entire rogues gallery. In the story, Joker cannot laugh, he doesn't find anything funny anymore; then a war breaks out betw...

Yup, another Batman comic. What can I say: since we went to see the "Joker" movie I have gone full Harley Quinn and will happily read anything featuring my beloved Clown Prince of Crime.Tom King served me a war between Joker and the Riddler on a silver platter: who was I to say no? While I have been reading his Batman comics a little sporadically (i.e. all in the wrong order, and originally because they were the prelude to Joelle Jones’s Catwoman series), I have also been enjoying them – as much...

You can find my review on my blog by clicking here.With unique charisma and a never-before seen story, writer Tom King, alongside artists Mikel Janín, June Chung and Clay Mann, resuscitate the hopes of fans with what will probably go down as one of the most intriguing wars that the Dark Knight and Gotham have ever faced.Taking place after the events of the New 52’s Zero Year, The War of Jokes and Riddles tosses two of the most unpredictable villains in a pursuit of happiness. Narrated by Bruce W...

Really good that is hurt by a choppy issue 3 and 4.World: The art is great, this is the Joker I love, the Riddler that is interesting to me and the splash pages are so good. The art is subtle and brings so much emotions to the story without a single word bubble (just look at Joker when he's thinking). The world building is also fantastic, pulling in the past of the characters and building towards the new status quo of Batman in the Rebirth universe. The pieces that King plays with and the Rogues...

For anyone out there who has ever wanted to root for a bad guy who eviscerates someone as he asks them “What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night?”*…have I got a book for you.Forget Adam West’s biff-sock-pows; this incarnation of Batman makes even Frank Miller’s grimmest and grittiest look like the Muppet Babies (though, in Miller’s version, I have zero doubt that Gonzo would have an uncontrollable fetish for those white-and-green striped socks Nany wears, a...

The Joker’s lost his sense of humour and he’d kill to get it back - specifically Batman but also anyone standing in his way. Like The Riddler, whose ego won’t allow anyone else to take down Batman but him. And so the two go head to head in all-out war on the Gotham streets, roping in every villain in town in Batman, Volume 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles. I’ve been surprisingly enjoying Tom King’s Batman run a lot though I’ve also been waiting to see how long it’ll be before he writes his first

If you asked me to name top 5 villains of Batman both Joker AND Riddler would be on my list. While Joker is insane and his unpredictable tactics make him interesting, Riddler cold calculated, overbearing personality makes him almost as equally interesting. Put them together and at each other throats? Now that...that sounds like a book made for me. The story starts with Bruce speaking with Selina and telling her what happen years ago. When Joker couldn't laugh anymore and Riddler couldn't solve t...

Tom King is firing on all cylinders with The War of Jokes and Riddles. An incredibly tense, emotional and downright scary story of a mob war between two of Batman's greatest villains, the Joker and the Riddler. I could get a bit nitpicky and say that not every story beat here works well, but damn, the overall result is still incredible, reaching Zero Year levels of impact. Speaking of which, in my opinion Tom King has already surpassed Scott Snyder as the Batman writer, and if his run keeps goin...

Amount of collected editions of Batman read today: 4My productivity at work today : 0

OK. So I suppose the new D.C. Rebirth is going to do a reboot. They seem to have suckered Tom King into doing it.Batman is caught between two rivals- The Riddler and the Joker. They are battling to kill each other and Batman. To be fair, Batman is mostly reacting to events. It's Joker and Riddler who are truly driving the events. So the premise is that the Joker can't laugh and Riddler can't riddle-so they decide to band togther (it doesn't last very long) and take out Batman. Then they go to wa...

I received this from Edelweiss and DC Comics in exchange for an honest review. I also received a copy from Netgalley.Another instance with blank pages, with the added bonus of missing the last two issues. An incomplete volume, and that makes this nearly impossible to review.

This one was really good!!I kinda enjoyed this story and it focuses on the war between Joker and riddler after zero year and well both want to kill batman and sees the other as competition and they divide the Gotham villain gallery between them and we see how normal people are suffering due to this and its insane to see this and its amazing how King handles Kite-man here and shows his tragic origin and switching sides and the big mistake Bruce made and how his mistakes have come to haunt him her...

Most of this volume is an extended flashback. There's a framing sequence set in the present where Bruce is telling Selina about a pivotal adventure from early in his career, what pushed him to the edge, what stopped him from going over, and how the Joker regained his sense of humor. It's very well-written, some of the best I’ve ever seen from Tom King. Characterizations are well-nigh perfect, and he even manages to write Kiteman in a way that stays true to his roots, but turns him from something...

In this story we see batman propose to cat woman but before he asks her to commit to him he tells her the story of the jokes and riddles war where batman lost his shit. Pretty cool volume, I’ve never seen joker or the riddler written so well in a while.

40% | D+ | Meh"And we are all here to find an end to this suffering"The Joker and The Riddler are at war, each recruiting various villains across Gotham City to their side, and it's up to Batman to end it before it gets out of handKing's Batman run really is a rollercoaster, huh? I feel like I've just read 200 pages of nothing. It's a sad day when Kite Man is the standout in a story containing Batman, The Joker, The Riddler and more. Remember the MCU Civil War film which resulted in heroes bl...

I really loved the characterizations of the Joker and the Riddler in this book. They came across as very dangerous and mysterious figures. Also, it explores Batman's insecurities, and a dark secret that he must tell Catwoman before she responds to his proposal. Oh, and we get Catwoman's answer in this volume. Without giving any spoilers, I can say that this book sets up an very interesting future for this series.