Batman: The Killing Joke

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Popular Love
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1Core Metadata

Title & Origin
Canonical title
Batman: The Killing Joke
Original title
Batman: The Killing Joke
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Global
Release & Format
Format
feature_film
Release status
released
Release date
7/24/2016
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Ownership History
Alan Moore(creator)
– present

2Content

Synopsis

As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.

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3Commercial Metrics

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4Audience Intelligence

goodreads
Score
4.4
Score count
239,000
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Last updated
5/30/2026
reddit
Score
93.6
Score count
329
Rank
200
Audience size
2,613,963
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6/11/2026
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Last updated
6/17/2026

5Industry Links

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/graphic-novels

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Killing_Joke

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6Community Sentiment

How people are talking about this IP — each row is a different signal: reviews, ratings or comments from one source.

Positive ≥0.6Mixed 0.4–0.6Negative <0.4
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