Jokers Asylum Two Face #1
A cast of top creators lends their talents to THE JOKER'S ASYLUM - a special month-long, weekly series of one-shots starring the greatest villains in Batman's rogues gallery.
Each issue tells a special stand-alone story that gives readers an inside look into the insane lives of the Dark Knight's greatest adversaries. And all the stories are narrated by the Asylum's leading homicidal maniac - The Joker!
Written by David Hine
Art and cover by Andy Clarke
Size: 32 Pages
Price: $2.99
Comments
I'm only getting two books this week too. I agree I'd love more books, but I can't wait to read both.
Posted by Eyun on 07/28/08 at 08:10 PMYeah slow week if this is gonna be in my pile....But still...
Penguin issue? Pretty good
Poison Ivy? Pretty good
Scarecrow? Pretty good.
By my standards this whole Joker Asylum has 3 good issues and 1 terrible one (ironically it's the Joker issue)...So this could be pretty good.
Posted by TheNextChampion on 07/28/08 at 08:18 PMDon't know much about the creators. This series has introduced me to some new creators I now really like.
Posted by JumpingJupiter on 07/28/08 at 09:37 PMPenguin I loved. Ivy and Scarecrow were good. Joker was underwhelming. And it's always good to get new blood on Batbooks.
Posted by Eyun on 07/28/08 at 09:42 PMI justt realized sort of got tricked into buying Two-Face Y1 when what I had in mind was this.
Posted by JumpingJupiter on 07/29/08 at 05:53 AMi like this art a lot more than the previous issue except for the penguin so might as well give it a try
Posted by rift1128 on 07/29/08 at 10:57 AMI think these have been consistently entertaining. I really liked the penguin issue as did everyone else. The art in the scarecrow issue reminded me of Batman: TAS.
Posted by Optimus187Prime on 07/29/08 at 12:25 PMThis is DAVID HINE on writing - he has been amazing on SPAWN the past 3 years. He is the reason alone to buy this book.
Posted by BrikHed on 07/29/08 at 04:48 PMI'm picking this up, but it has me a bit worried. I enjoyed the story of the Joker issue but the art made me want to vomit. The Penguin issue was spectacular and Poison Ivy still is as annoying as I've always remembered.
Posted by klwinters on 07/29/08 at 09:25 PMAargh, DC's canny marketing tie-in plan to feed off of new Bat-readers (such as myself) because of The Dark Knight continues! If I can restrain myself, I will hold off until a "Joker's Asylum" trade. I do want to read this story eventually, though.
Posted by BIbliomike on 07/30/08 at 10:27 AMMy flip of a coin came up tails
Posted by Kory on 07/30/08 at 09:03 PMI got heads. So did my wife. Excellent writing!
Posted by JumpingJupiter on 07/30/08 at 10:13 PMi got heads and that is simply amazing writting!
great series can't wait until it's colected and on my shelf
Posted by juand182 on 07/31/08 at 02:37 PMDid I mention Two-Face is such a great villian, after the Joker of course.
Posted by Kory on 08/01/08 at 10:53 AMThis was a great issue! That ending had me laughing. Especially, the part where Joker gets all mad and serious about me having to find a coin. No way was I going to get off my lazy ass and find one, but a few minutes later I did have a terrible vision of a Heath-Joker storming into my room to kill me. Brilliant writing!
Posted by RolandofGilead on 08/01/08 at 12:11 PMBy the way, on a thumb up/down scale, this series was a 4 out of 5 with only Ivy being lackluster.
Posted by RolandofGilead on 08/01/08 at 12:13 PMNow that all the issues have been completed I must say Penguin was my favorite.
Posted by Kory on 08/01/08 at 11:05 PMI enjoyed the Joker having us flip a coin for the ending. My flip came up heads, and it was a nice twist to the ending. Maybe its a gimmick, but it was pretty appropriate in this issue. I felt a little regret or remorse for my flip making Holman blow his brains out.
Posted by accent on 08/01/08 at 11:22 PMMy flip came up heads as well....maybe we could take an iFanboy poll....what did you flip??
Heads - 5/Tails - 1
Posted by Dez on 08/01/08 at 11:51 PMI liked this book. I've enjoyed all of them but the Poison Ivy book. I had tails.
Posted by astoriajohnstons on 08/02/08 at 01:44 AMIt's a gimmick yes, but it works great for a one shot in this series. I'm really glad I picked up this series!
Posted by JumpingJupiter on 08/02/08 at 02:18 AMI thought this was a good story, for a one shot. My ending came up tails.
Posted by nstorts on 08/03/08 at 12:49 AMInteractive ending! Awesome! I've never seen anything like that before. =D
This was a cool issue, and was easily the second best of the series after the Penguin issue & a good ending to a solid series (only one bad issue IMO -- the Joker one).
By the way, I flipped heads -- Kah-Blooie!
Posted by WadeWilson on 08/03/08 at 07:50 PMI would've preferred a Mr. Freeze issue instead of a Poison Ivy one. IMO he is more fascinating character over Ivy.
Posted by Kory on 08/03/08 at 09:58 PM@Wade: I think you and I have overlapping tastes.
Posted by JumpingJupiter on 08/04/08 at 04:25 AM@Kory - C'mon, the Ivy issue had some sweet eye candy! I agree Mr Freeze is a pretty awesome character, and he's been rarely used (in any stories with any real consequence) lately.
@JumpingJupiter - Overlapping? You mean we like similar things?
Posted by WadeWilson on 08/04/08 at 06:33 AMI got tails.
Posted by xebix on 09/01/08 at 07:27 PM





this week is so lame, I might even wait til next week, this is one of the two books i'd be getting.
Posted by NoHardFelines on 07/28/08 at 05:46 PM