Is Batman real?
Bruce believes he was visited by a being known as Mr. Smiler as a kid and now reality is bending to the point where he's now an inmate at Arkham Asylum but he knows this is all part of a plan to break the Bat.
It's always great to see this creative team again. Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino return to create a sequel to their previous Black Label novel, Joker: Killer Smile, but unlike that book, this one is centered around Batman and his mind.
Right from the beginning it seems like Lemire wants to distort the past by injecting Mr. Smiles (who originated from his previous book) into Bruce's childhood in a way that makes him question his whole life and sanity. It's pretty pretty obvious that there's something wrong going on and things get even worse once that Bruce realizes that he was never the Batman but instead, an inmate at the same place where he puts his enemies in.
There's a pretty similar theme between both Joker: Killer Smile and Batman: The Smile Killer and is all about how reality and sanity bends around the protagonists and this is especially obvious once that Ben, the main character from Killer Smile, appears once again to try to connect to Bruce while at the same time playing along with the insane scenario.
The character work is pretty solid due that Lemire creates a pretty logical reaction for Bruce who refuses to give up to the madness and knows that he's the Batman and he can't ever doubt himself, he has to continue his mission which is as accurate of a Batman portrayal as you can get. The light of hope that he gets towards the end is a clear proof of that and sets-up yet another possible story.
Andrea Sorrentino continues to rock on art duties by creating a different tone between past, present and insanity. The storytelling is amazing thanks to the details Sorrentino adds between the panels like how pearls start falling once Bruce sees his seemingly alive mother again.
Great read, already one of the best this week.
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