The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
This is probably the most widely known Batman story of the last 25 years, and for good reason: Alan Moore wrote it. It's a quality story, for sure, and I feel as if this version of the Joker become the standard, which is to say, we really outlined some of the parameters of his psychosis. The Joker has been in SO many stories since then, and many of them are just trying to live up to or possibly surpass this version of the character. No doubt, it's good stuff, but at this point, I've read and seen so much Joker stuff, I wasn't necessarily blown away by this. It's on all the top 5 best Batman stories lists, and it should be. It's the essential Joker story.
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