Storyline: The Joker’s Mild!
 Date: July 2, 2008
 Price: $2.99
 Writer: Arvid Nelson
 Artists: Alex Sanchez and cover by Andy Kubert

Synopsis: 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!

Opinion: When I first saw the cover for this book, I got really excited. As a huge Batman fan, I love (well, more like love to hate) the Joker. I was looking forward to a cool Joker story … so did it live up to my expectations?

Find out after the jump, ha ha ha!

Unfortunately, no.

What the &%@#?!

Ahem. Excuse me.

What the hell is this crap? Okay, okay, let’s start with the art. The cover by Andy Kubert is awesome, but sadly the art on the inside just doesn’t match up. It’s, well … different. Which isn’t a bad thing at all. In fact, I kind of liked it in a way. Some of the panels were really cool; then again, for the most part, it didn’t fit my tastes. I would have liked to see Andy Kubert do the whole comic, actually, because the cover is cool.

So the comic itself starts off with an introduction by ours truly: the Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime. The story is a tale of one of the Joker’s schemes in which he takes over a game show. But do we get acid-squirting flowers? No. We get ginger ale-squirting flowers? What?

This was really lame. Which is disappointing, because this could have been very cool if done right. I guess the writing itself had some good moments, but it was just so anti-climatic. So do yourself a favor and don’t get this. It’s definitely not worth your money.

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