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The Batman Who Laughs: The Grim Knight #1

DC · Series began 2019 · May 2019

Dates

Cover date
May 2019
On sale
March 13, 2019
Pages
36

Editions and covers (14)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: Jock, Eduardo Rissoinks: Jock, Eduardo Rissocolors: Jock, Dave Stewartscript: Scott Snyder, James Tynion IVletters: Sal Cipriano

Stories

  • A Grim Knight in Gotham · The Grim Knight · 28 pages

    As the Grim Knight holds Commissioner Gordon prisoner, he recounts his origin on an alternate Earth, where as a boy he saw Joe Chill murder his parents, but when Chill drops the murder weapon, young Bruce picks it up and shoots him in cold blood, leading to this Bruce's violent no-nonsense approach to dealing with crime.

Characters

Bruce WayneHarley QuinnHarleen QuinzelThe Grim Knight

Reprinted in

The Batman Who Laughs (2019), The Batman Who Laughs (2021), The Batman Who Laughs: The Deluxe Edition (2023)

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