Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 5: The Joker War

<b>The many faces of war...</b><br><br>The Joker is waging a war on Batman and he&#146;s going to use every ghost from the Dark Knight&#146;s past to win! As the Bat- Family reels from the recent loss of Alfred Pennyworth no one has taken this death harder than Bruce Wayne. Alfred wasn&#146;t just a friend and partner to Gotham&#146;s favorite son; he was a father figure and a mentor to Bruce&#133;and the loss has left the dark detective wounded.<br>&#160;<br>The Joker knows that now is the time to strike&#151;and strike hard.<br>&#160;<br>The Clown Prince of Crime has unleashed a wave of friends foes and failures to attack Gotham&#146;s protector from the inside out. First up is Harvey Dent a.k.a. Two-Face whose violent impulses have been amplified to deadly new heights by the Joker&#151;unleashing a cadre of zealots known as the Church of the Two on Gotham City! But that&#146;s not all&#151;Lincoln March Lucius Fox Killer Croc and countless more have been moved around the Joker&#146;s diabolical chessboard to bury the Bat once and for all. Will the Dark Knight rise? Or be drowned in laughter?<br>&#160;<br>This intensely personal volume of the Joker War collects <i>Detective Comics</i> #1020-1026 <i>Detective Comics Annual</i> #3 <i>Batman: Pennyworth R.I.P.</i> and a special Joker War tale from <i>Detective Comics</i> #1027. Seminal Batman scribe PETER J.&#160;TOMASI (<i>Batman and Robin</i> <i>Super Sons</i>) is joined by Eisner Award winning writer MARIKO TAMAKI (<i>Wonder Woman</i> <i>Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass</i>) and the Joker War architect JAMES TYNION IV (<i>Batman</i> <i>Detective Comics</i>) as well as artists BRAD WALKER (<i>Aquaman</i>) KENNETH ROCAFORT (<i>Red Hood and the Outlaws</i>) EDDY BARROWS (<i>Detective Comics</i>) EDUARDO RISSO (<i>100 Bullets</i>) and more!<br>&#160;<br>