Batman: One Bad Day – The Riddler #1 Preview Retcons the Killing Joke

The Batman: One Bad Day series of one-shots has been giving Killing Jokes of their own to all of Batman’s best villains, but The Riddler one-shot takes the concept literally, inserting The Riddler into the actual Killing Joke, as he reveals he actually planned the whole thing, then gave the idea to The Joker to execute because he was bored with it. Of course, Riddler is telling this to Jim Gordon in the interrogation room in order to rile him up, so he’s not exactly the most reliable narrator. If revealing he orchestrated The Killing Joke wasn’t bad enough, Riddler also accuses Jim Gordon of sexual harassment (of his dead wife) in this preview of Batman: One Bad Day – The Riddler #1. So yeah, in Batman: One Bad Day, The Riddler is one bad dude. Check out the preview below.

BATMAN: ONE BAD DAY – THE RIDDLER #1
DC Comics
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0622DC009 – Batman: One Bad Day – The Riddler #1 Jim Lee Cover – $7.99
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(W) Tom King (A/CA) Mitch Gerads
The Dark Knight’s greatest villains get their greatest stories yet! The Riddler, Two-Face, the Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, Bane, Clayface, and Ra’s al Ghul—Batman’s most iconic villains are all given 64-page Prestige format specials that show why they are the greatest villains in all of comics, spearheaded by today’s top talent. We begin with Batman – One Bad Day: The Riddler! Tom King and Mitch Gerads, the Eisner Award–winning duo behind Mister Miracle, The Sheriff of Babylon, and Strange Adventures, reunite to dive deep into the mind of Batman’s most intellectual foe…the Riddler. The Riddler has killed a man in broad daylight for seemingly no reason, but…there’s always a reason. The Riddler is always playing a game, there are always rules. Batman will reach his wits’ end trying to figure out the Riddler’s true motivation in this epic psychological thriller; this is not to be missed!
In Shops: 8/16/2022
SRP: $7.99

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