Death of the Family

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Official Name

Death of the Family

Universe

New Earth

Locations

Gotham City

Characters

Heroes

Batman Family

Villains

Joker

Titles

Batman, Batgirl, Batman and Robin, Catwoman, Detective Comics, Nightwing, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Suicide Squad, Teen Titans

Creators

Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo

First appearance

Last appearance

Batman (Volume 2) #13
(December, 2012)

Batman (Volume 2) #17
(April, 2013)

History

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The Joker has been absent from Gotham City for over a year. The last time he was seen, the Joker was captured and sent to Arkham Asylum. But, getting captured was part of his plan. The Joker had a scheduled meeting with the villain known as Dollmaker, who was given permission to cut off the Joker's face by clown, himself. Escaping the asylum without a face, Joker practically dropped off the face of the planet. ^[1]

About one year later, Joker returned to Gotham. His first objective is to get his face back from the GCPD building. Attacking the officers, Joker successfully sneaks in and takes his face back. Joker is ready to begin his campaign of terror in Gotham again.

While the Joker wreaks havoc around Gotham, he is not fighting alone. Many maniacs and thugs in the city take advantage of Joker's presence by attacking buisinesses themselves. One gang, the League of Smiles, is exceptionally bad. ^[2] Their leader, the Merrymaker, is a maniacal mastermind who claims to have direct roots to the Joker, himself. The League's crime spree causes Batman to spread himself thin as he tries to find the Joker and the Merrymaker. ^[3]

Issues

Core Issues

• Batman (Volume 2) #13
• Batman (Volume 2) #14
• Batman (Volume 2) #15
• Batman (Volume 2) #16
• Batman (Volume 2) #17

Tie-ins

• Batgirl (Volume 4) #13
• Batgirl (Volume 4) #14
• Batgirl (Volume 4) #15
• Batgirl (Volume 4) #16
• Batman and Robin (Volume 2) #15
• Batman and Robin (Volume 2) #16
• Catwoman (Volume 4) #13
• Catwoman (Volume 4) #14
• Detective Comics (Volume 2) #15
• Detective Comics (Volume 2) #16
• Nightwing (Volume 3) #15
• Nightwing (Volume 3) #16
• Red Hood and the Outlaws #15
• Red Hood and the Outlaws #16
• Suicide Squad (Volume 4) #14
• Suicide Squad (Volume 4) #15
• Teen Titans (Volume 4) #15
• Teen Titans (Volume 4) #16
  

Paraphernalia

Items: None known.
Vehicles: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• No special notes.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.
  

Recommended Reading

• Batman Recommended Reading

• Batman (Volume 1)
• Batman (Volume 2)
• Batman and Robin (Volume 1)
• Batman and Robin (Volume 2)
• Batman Confidential
• Batman: Gotham Knights
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
• Batman: Shadow of the Bat
• Batman: Streets of Gotham
• Batman Incorporated
• Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 1)
• Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 2)
• Detective Comics (Volume 1)
• Detective Comics (Volume 2)
• Superman/Batman
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Volume )

Links and References

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