CATALOG RECORD
Dark Nights: The Batman Who Laughs #1
Dates
- Cover date
- January 2018
- On sale
- November 15, 2017
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194135304300112
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
Third Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194135304300113
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- The Batman Who Laughs · 23 pages
On Earth -22, Batman has a final confrontation with the Joker that ends with Batman killing the Joker. However upon his death, a virus is released from his body which infects Batman. As a result, Batman's mind becomes evil and twisted like the Joker, leading him to murder all of that world's other heroes. After conquering his Earth, he accepts the invitation of Barbatos to travel to Earth 0 to help bring that world into the Dark Multiverse.
Characters
Reprinted in
Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising (2018), Dark Nights: Metal: Dark Knights Rising (2019), Dark Nights: The Batman Who Laughs 1 (Special Edition) (2019), Dark Nights: Metal Compendium (2025)