There was a follow-up to THE KILLING JOKE (can't remember the title). It concerned Batgirl, who later reinvented herself as Oracle -- who is much cooler, IMHO -- and at one point she ripped Bats a new asshole.
Everything in THE KILLING JOKE happens for a reason and it was a terrific story, as I recall. But Ms Gordon finds out about it later and brings to bear on Batman the most concentrated look of fury imaginable when she confronts him with what he did in the climactic scene of that story.
Rough paraphrase: So let me get this straight. You caught up with the Joker. The man who crippled me and nearly killed my father. And you... laughed?
It's not often you see Batman taken down a peg or six.
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Date: 2004-02-20 01:53 pm (UTC)Everything in THE KILLING JOKE happens for a reason and it was a terrific story, as I recall. But Ms Gordon finds out about it later and brings to bear on Batman the most concentrated look of fury imaginable when she confronts him with what he did in the climactic scene of that story.
Rough paraphrase: So let me get this straight. You caught up with the Joker. The man who crippled me and nearly killed my father. And you... laughed?
It's not often you see Batman taken down a peg or six.