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9. The Man Who Laughs

Finished Batman: Year One and not sure what to read next? This. Read this next. It's good and stuff.

Okay, fine, there's more to it than that. Man Who Laughs is a retelling of the Joker's first appearance, with Batman having to deal with this horrifying new threat for the first time. And it delivers on the chills, folks.

The scene in which Gordon and the police find Joker's test lab? Where he tested the Joker gas until he figured out how to make it make people smile? That %&^* is terrifying. And that's the opening scene.

I recommend this as a chaser for Year One not JUST because it takes place immediately afterwards, but also because it keeps to that very grounded crime comic tone that stories about early Batman adventures seem to. Sadly, no purple gloves Batman this time around, but you win some, you lose some.