Absolute Batman, by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, has been giving readers Batman like they never imagined before. The sixth issue, the end of “The Zoo” story arc, takes that promise and kicks it ...

Batman embodies order and safety, while the Joker thrives on brutal chaos and senseless violence. They've hardly ever seen eye to eye, but the Absolute Universe is about to put Batman to the ...

Ledger's Joker was scary, because, like "The Killing Joke," it embodied an idea of chaos and anarchy that couldn't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. An entity that Batman can't ...

but the Joker foils his schemes through sheer chaos. Their fight is not merely a physical engagement but an ideological war—discipline against instinct, control against chaos. The Kagurabachi ...