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"Batman: Death of the Family"
Promotional image for "Death of the Family"
PublisherDC Comics
Publication dateOctober 2012 – February 2013
Genre
Title(s)
Batman
Batgirl
Batman and Robin
Catwoman
Detective Comics
Nightwing
Red Hood and the Outlaws
Suicide Squad
Teen Titans
Main character(s)Batman, Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, Red Robin, Red Hood, Catwoman, Alfred Pennyworth, James Gordon, Joker
Creative team
Writer(s)Scott Snyder, Adam Glass, Kyle Higgins, John Layman, Scott Lobdell, Ann Nocenti, Gail Simone, Peter Tomasi, James Tynion IV
Artist(s)Greg Capullo, Eddy Barrows, Ed Benes, Brett Booth, Fernando Dagnino, Jason Fabok, Patrick Gleason, Jock, Timothy Green, Rafa Sandoval

"Death of the Family" is a twenty-three issue comic book story arc first published by DC Comics in 2012 featuring the fictional superhero Batman and his family of supporting characters. The arc spans several titles featuring characters of the Batman family including: Batman, Batgirl, Batman and Robin, Catwoman, Detective Comics, Nightwing, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Suicide Squad, and Teen Titans. The story involves the return of Batman's arch-enemy, the Joker, and his plan to destroy all of the people Batman has come to rely on since their first encounter: the multiple Robins, Batgirl and Catwoman, butler Alfred Pennyworth and police chief James Gordon. The title is a reference to the classic Batman arc "A Death in the Family" (1988), in which the Joker murdered the then-current Robin, Jason Todd.

Publication history

"Death of the Family" was first printed between October 2012 and February 2013, and spanned twenty-three individual issues across nine separate series, each focusing on individual members of Batman's extended supporting cast: Batman (#13-17), which served as the main plot between Batman and the Joker; Batgirl (#13-16); Batman and Robin (#15-16) which focused on Batman's son Damian Wayne, the current Robin; Catwoman (#13-14); Detective Comics (#15-16) which focused on Batman; Nightwing (#15-16); and Suicide Squad (#14-15), which focused on Joker's sometimes girlfriend Harley Quinn. The arc also included a crossover story in Red Hood and the Outlaws (#15-16) and Teen Titans (#15-16), which focused on both the former Robin, Jason Todd, and Red Robin, starting story threads in one series that were then concluded in the other.[1] The story began with issues #13 of Batman, Batgirl, and Catwoman, the latter two serving as a prelude to the story. The series were published monthly and all concluded in January 2013, except for Batman, which published its seventeenth issue in February; the final chapter of the story.[1]

Synopsis

Lead-up

Following DC Comics 2011 relaunch of several of its comic series for The New 52, Detective Comics #1 (November 2011) sees the Joker captured by Batman and sent to Arkham Asylum; unbeknownst to Batman, this is part of the Joker's plan to meet with the villain Dollmaker, who surgically removes Joker's face at his request and then pins it to Joker's cell wall as a sign of his rebirth.[2] Joker then escapes from the Aslyum and remains unseen in DC Comics for approximately one year,[3] making a shrouded appearance in Detective Comics #12 (October 2012), overlooking the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD) building.[4]

Main plot

Batman
Scott Snyder in 2011. Snyder wrote the main Batman series and oversaw the tie-ins for "Death of the Family".

The Joker marks his return to Gotham after a year by assaulting the GCPD to recover his preserved face, killing 19 officers and taunting Jim Gordon. Later, the Joker broadcasts a message on TV via a hostage-the son of his first recorded victim-and declares that Mayor Hady will die that night. The GCPD and Batman keep watch over the mayor, but the Joker has laced the floor and the guards clothes with chemicals which react together, killing the guards and freezing their faces in frowns. After analyzing the Joker venom used, Batman learns that it contains three unused ingredients whose initials spell A.C.E. Batman heads to the ACE Chemical plant where the Joker was originally disfigured, and finds a person dressed like Joker's previous identity, the Red Hood. Batman realizes that it is not the actual Joker and attacks, but is struck by an oversized mallet and falls into an empty vat which begins to fill with chemicals. The Hood is revealed to be a tearful Harley Quinn, who warns Batman that Joker is not the same person she knew. Elsewhere, Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth opens the door to Wayne manor and is attacked by Joker.[5] Each issue of Batman also contained a short backup story; in Batman #13, this story sees Joker preparing Harley to meet Batman in the chemical plant and threatening to cut her face off to mirror his own.[6]

Batman manages to blow a hole through the vat and escape. He returns home and learns of Pennyworth's kidnapping and finds a cassette tape bearing the brand "Gordon" that recorded the event. Batman later visits Gordon, determining he is the next target. Gordon begins to bleed uncontrollably, having been dosed with a powerful blood thinner by Joker; Batman uses a coagulant to help save his life. Knowing that the Joker is reenacting his previous crimes, Batman goes to the Gotham Reservoir, the first place he faced the Joker in his current identity. Joker reveals that he has already reenacted the crime, killing several people and blowing the reservoir, injuring Nightwing. Joker immobilizes Batman with cables, and informs him that Batman's allies have made him weak, so he plans to kill them all in the next 72 hours, claiming to know all of their true identities.[7] In the backup story, Joker meets with Penguin, and invites him to an event he has orchestrated at Arkham Asylum.[8]

Lieutenant Bullock and the GCPD arrive at the reservoir to take the Joker down, but the Joker's men hold them at bay with explosives. Batman frees himself and attacks Joker, but is paralyzed by Joker venom, allowing Joker to escape. Batman is rescued by the Batman family and taken to the Batcave, where he confesses that after an early battle with the Joker, he discovered a joker playing card in the Batcave; he denies it is possible the Joker found the cave but the family remain convinced that it is how he knows their identities. Continuing his investigation, Batman interrogates an Arkham guard, who admits the Joker is waiting for Batman at the Asylum. Batman then goes to the asylum; his inner monologue reveals that the movements he had previously seen in Joker's eyes when they met indicated love.[9] In the backup story, Joker is shown to have taken over the asylum, using the threatened guards to orchestrate his plan. He meets with the institutionalized Riddler, showing him his plan which leaves the Riddler confused.[10]

In Batman #16, Batman makes his way through the asylum, overcoming Mr Freeze, Scarecrow and Clayface, whom Joker has labeled with their 'role' in Batman's 'kingdom'. He finds Joker with Two-Face, Riddler and Penguin, but before he can stop them, Joker shows him video of Robin, Red Hood, Nightwing, Batgirl and Red Robin captured. Joker orders Batman to take his place on his throne-an electric chair-to spare their lives, and Batman does so, receiving an electric shock.[11] In the backup story, Two-Face attempts to stop Joker leaving alone with Batman, demanding to be included in his death. Joker traps him behind bars along with Penguin and Riddler, but gives them a glimpse of an unseen item he intends to show to Batman, which leaves them shocked.[12]

In Batman #17, Batman awakens to find his allies captured (with bandaged faces) with covered dishes before them. Joker has Alfred, under the influence of a new Joker venom, remove the dish covers. Batman sees the faces of his allies cut off before them and sets off Joker's trap, but Batman ignites a section of the cave causing water to douse the flames after discovering the faces are all fakes and nothing was wrong. Batman chases the Joker and says he discovered his background and history and who he really is. In the scuffle, Joker falls to the ground off a cliff and apparently dies. Batman returns to his allies who are recovering from a dose of the new Joker venom and had been fighting one another. In the days afterwards, all of Batman's allies avoid speaking to him after Joker said Batman 'loved him more than he loved his allies'. Batman, as Bruce Wayne, talks to the recovering Alfred and says he had visited Arkham Asylum as Bruce and confronted Joker with a card, and Joker ignored his Bruce persona. Bruce takes this as evidence that Joker does not really care who is beneath the mask (something established under other Batman storylines). He then discovers the new Joker venom is made of an element with the symbolic name being Ha, seeming to imply Joker may not be dead after all.

Tie-in plots

Batgirl

In Batgirl #13, Barbara Gordon's mother is attacked in her home by three men in clown masks and hawaiian shirts, referencing the Joker paralyzing Barbara in The Killing Joke.[13] In Batgirl #14, Barbara receives a call from someone she believes to be Joker, warning her that men are also coming for her; three clown-masked men break in but Barbara defeats them. The caller reveals that they know Barbara is Batgirl. As Batgirl, she finds the Joker holding her mother in a bowling alley where he has killed all the patrons. After confronting the Joker, she learns that the caller is her psychopath brother James and he led her to Joker to save their mother. Joker then presents Batgirl with her mother's severed finger bearing her wedding ring, and asks Batgirl to marry him. In Batgirl #15, Batgirl determines that she is going to break Batman's rule and finally kill Joker.[14] Batgirl meets Joker at a church, accompanied by his goons and a priest. James calls and threatens Joker to leave Batgirl and their mother alone, but Joker refuses prompting James to travel to the church.[15] After the wedding, Joker attempts to cut off Batgirl's limbs, intending to store her in his basement to keep her from cheating on him; James arrives and claims he has freed his mother, allowing Batgirl to fight Joker's henchmen. James betrays Batgirl, rendering her unconscious and trading her to Joker in exchange for his mother's life who is still held hostage. When Batgirl awakens, the Joker prepares to show her an unseen item on a cloche; the story is concluded in Batman #17.[16]

Batman and Robin

In Batman and Robin #15, Batman's son Damian defies his father's orders to remain in the Batcave and investigates Alfred's kidnapping. The investigation leads to Gotham Zoo where Damian is captured by Joker. Joker accuses Damian and the other members of Batman's family of being a burden that holds Batman back and prevents him from being the best foe for Joker. Joker tells Damian that his and Batman's greatest fear is being responsible for the others death. Joker then presents Damian with Batman in Joker makeup, and states that Damian must kill Batman before Batman kills him.[17] Unwilling to kill his father, Damian chooses death, but the Joker kills Batman before he can deal a fatal blow. Damian passes out from Joker toxin and the Batman is revealed to be a fake; as Damian recovers from the toxin, the Joker presents him with a cloche (concluded in Batman #17).[18]

Catwoman

Catwoman is hired to steal a large chess piece from a city-wide game of chess. After stealing the piece it is revealed to contain a living person, before it explodes. Catwoman saves a young orphan trapped in a Pawn chess piece,[19] and is then confronted by Joker who is revealed as the person who hired her. Joker convinces her to be captured to spare the orphan's life. Joker repeatedly attacks Catwoman, accusing her of weakness and needing Batman to save her before trying to convince her to stop loving Batman, break his heart and turn him into a more focused hero. Catwoman denies loving Batman and accuses Joker of in fact being in love with him, to which Joker admits, before they part ways.[20]

Detective Comics

In Detective Comics #15, while distracted by his search for the Joker, Batman is forced to confront Clayface who has been chemically possessed by Poison Ivy into believing they are married, turning him into a fierce bodyguard. Batman uses a modified herbicide to kill Ivy's plants embedded in Clayface, freeing his mind before he then escapes into the sewers. Meanwhile, the Joker forcibly recruits the Penguin to aid in his plan. Penguin leaves his henchman Ignatius Ogilvy in charge, who usurps Penguin's criminal empire, allies himself with Ivy, and dubs himself Emperor Penguin. Ivy later finds Clayface, unaware he is no longer under her control, and Clayface attacks her.[21] In Detective Comics #16, multiple gangs rise up in Gotham, emboldened by the Joker's return; one gang, the "League of Smiles", takes hostages in a youth center until one of their own decides to let the hostages go. Batman arrives later and finds the defector has cut the flesh from his mouth so that he cannot be like Joker. The remaining members of the League return to their leader, the Merrymaker, who states that their mission is just starting. Meanwhile, Emperor Penguin seizes control of Gotham's underworld, killing his opponents and framing the Joker for their deaths.[22]

Nightwing

In Nightwing #15, the Joker kills Jimmy, the star clown of Dick's recently purchased Haly's Circus, for resembling Joker. He also breaks Dick's former lover Raya out of Blackgate Prison. After testing the Joker venom used on Jimmy, Dick discovers an intentional anomaly that leads him to an abandoned aerospace facility. There, Dick is confronted by Raya, her face resembling the Joker's, and dressed in a makeshift Nightwing uniform. She uncontrollably attacks Dick while Joker flees, until her body rejects the Joker's toxin and she dies. Dick finds a message carved into her body, announcing the Joker's party at Haly's Circus.[23] In the circus, Nightwing is confronted by the exhumed corpses of the circus members who have died. Nightwing tackles Joker, but is then shown the living members of the circus, all transformed like Raya, who attack Nightwing and knock him unconscious. When he awakens, Joker prepares to show him an unseen item on a cloche (concluded in Batman #17).[24]

Red Hood and the Outlaws

Joker drugs Jason Todd's lover and calls the police to his apartment, Todd escapes and goes to warn Batman, but the Joker predicts his actions and gasses Todd unconscious. When he wakes, Joker provides artifacts of Todd's youth including a bullet that shot his father, and a recreation of how he found his dead mother, intimating he knows Todd's real identity. As Todd works his way towards Joker, he falls through a trap door, landing in a pit next to an unconscious Red Robin (Todd's story concludes in Teen Titans #16). Starfire and Arsenal's story tie's in with, and concludes, that of the Teen Titans in Teen Titans #15. Starfire and Harper travel to Gotham to help Todd, and encounter the Teen Titans.[25] Together, the group recover Joker's pre-prepared antidote syringes and inject Joker-venom afflicted citizens, returning them to normal. Elsewhere, Joker paints Todd's Red Hood mask and says he is in for a surprise.[26]

Suicide Squad

During Deadshot's funeral, Joker kidnaps Harley from the Suicide Squad. He has her meet with Batman (as seen in Batman #14),[27] and then attempts to dump her in a chemical bath. Harley manages to escape but the Joker attacks her with rabid Hyenas and then incapacitates her, before chaining her up in a room filled with skeletons, some dressed similarly to Harley; Joker states that she is not the first Harley or the last. Harley bites open her own wrists and uses the blood as lubricant to remove her chains and escape back to the Suicide Squad. When Joker learns of her escape, he states that she might yet become his Harley.[28]

Teen Titans

The Teen Titans travel to Gotham City to help Red Robin, who has been captured by Joker. With Batgirl's advice, they explore Joker's earlier crime scenes, during which Kid Flash's super speed search of a run down apartment block activates Joker's trap by agitating a chemical compound; the chemical becomes airborne and transforms the nearby citizens appearance to resemble the Joker, before they begin mindlessly attacking the Titans. Arsenal and Starfire arrive to help; this team up is concluded in Red Hood and the Outlaws #16.[29] Continuing from Red Hood and the Outlaws #15, Red Hood and Red Robin work together to escape Joker's captivity after he seemingly presents their fathers as hostages. Todd shoots the Joker, who is revealed to be a body double; the shots trigger a gas release, knocking Todd and Red Robin out. When they awake, Joker presents them each with a cloche (concluded in Batman #17).[30]

Reception

Batman
Batman
CBR IGN Newsarama
Issue Rating
13 [31] 9.7[32] 10/10[33]
14 [34] 9.3[35] 9/10[36]
15 [37] 9.4[38] 7/10[39]
16 [40] 9.6[41] 10/10[42]
17 — — —

Batman #13 was generally well received for its plot which was considered to be fittingly horrifying and filled with tension representative of the Joker's return. Snyder's incarnation of the Joker was praised for incorporating historical elements of the character and his dialog, while providing a new perspective on the character.[31][32][33] IGN's Benjamin Bailey said that the story would be part of a classic Batman story,[32] and Comic Book Resources' Ryan Lindsay said the issue is the type of introduction every story deserves.[31] Batman #14 was also well received. Comic Book Resources' Greg McElhatton enjoyed the sense of isolation that emphasized the effect on Batman of not having his supporting cast, Batman's narration and the dialog between Batman and Joker.[34] IGN's Joey Esposito said that the writing created a realistic threat of danger to the established characters, and appreciated the further increase in tension. Esposito also praised the Joker's creepy final monologue.[35] In contrast, Newsarama considered the issue could be too verbose, but said that the story had great pacing.[36] Batman #15 received positive reviews, but is the lowest graded issue in the Batman tie-ins. Reviewers noted that the story continued to be strong, but was marred by confusing elements created by dialog structure, unexplained actions such as Batman's glove being removed off panel during a confrontation with Joker, and small artistic inconsistencies.[37][38] Newsarama's David Pepose praised the opening narration, but was critical of the lack of involvement of the Batman family considering their central purpose in Joker's plan,[39] and Esposito said that the story was masterfully told, highlighting the Batman/Joker dynamic.[38]

Esposito praised Snyder's writing in Batman #16 for its exploration of Batman relationship with his rogues, especially Joker, but criticized the seemingly sudden peril in which Batman's allies are placed as the Batman issues offer no information on the events in their respective tie-in issues, undermining Batman's primary motivation to protect them.[41] Newsarama's Lan Pitts said that Snyder had created a great, unforgettable and suspenseful Batman story, with a Joker that potentially bested all previous incarnations of the character.[42] Newsarama's Kelly Thompson said that the creative team had taken a character of which she was tired (Joker) and reinvented him while creating a pivotal story.[40]

Greg Capullo's pencil work received consistent praise throughout the series. Esposito said he is possibly the best Batman artist, providing energetic images,[32] while Newsarama described his work as visceral and greatly detailed, but sometimes cluttered.[36] Other reviewers noted the detail in his work[37] and described his contributions as astounding.[41] Jonathan Glapion and FCO Plascencia also generally received praise for, respectively, their inks and colors.[31][36][42]

Batgirl

Batgirl was considered one of the strongest tie-ins,[43] owing to the pre-existing relationship between Batgirl and the man who crippled her, Joker; highlighting the emotional trauma and desire for revenge that is understandable in Batgirl's character which allowed the story to serve as natural progression for Batgirl instead of a tie-in to the greater Batman story.[44][45][46][47] The art by Ed Benes and Daniel Sampere received a mixed response from reviewers who described it as fair[45] and servicable,[46] but also noted garish colors and inconsistent quality.[45] Newsarama's Aaron Duran complimented Sampere for emphasizing the personal nature of the characters, bringing the reader "uncomfortably" close, but said that the effect gradually becomes desensitizing.[48]

Batman and Robin

Batman and Robin #15 was well received for its strong story, the characterization of Damian Wayne and the Joker, and the Joker's dialog which was described as "wordplay formed into incisive barbs", and more menacing that Snyder's incarnation; a Joker that revels in filth.[49][50][51] Patrick Gleason's art was praised for creating terrifying and disturbing images that add texture to the pages.[49][50][51] Batman and Robin #16's narrative was considered lesser than the previous issue's, with Newsarama describing it as both "killer and filler" designed to keep Damian occupied while the main story proceeded, but appreciating the fight between Damian and what he believes to be his father. Esposito said that Damian's characterization sees him display resolve "unimaginable for a 10-year old", making the case for Damian being the best Robin. Newsarama again praised Gleason's horror-toned imagery, expressing a desire that he replace Capullo on the Batman installments.[52][53]

Catwoman

Catwoman #13 received criticism for featuring a central story that was largely unrelated to the "Death of the Family" arc despite its branding as a tie-in. The tie-in segment was described as uninspired, and weak with absurd execution,[54] while Schedeen noted that the sporadic appearances of the Joker interrupted the flow of the larger unrelated plot, diminishing the attempt to convey drama in the issue's final scene.[55] Catwoman #14 received similar criticism; Thompson said the Joker/Catwoman concept fell flat and offered no insight about either character, and regressed Catwoman's relationship with Batman, presenting her inner thoughts as shallow.[56] Pepose scored the issue 3 out of 10, saying the issue was all spectacle without substance. Pepose said "when the big insight is that the Joker 'just wants to be Batman's be-yotch,' you know things have taken a wrong turn somewhere." Pepose noted that Joker having the upper hand in dialog with Catwoman, made the character appear like a rube in her own book.[57]

Nightwing

IGN's Jesse Schedeen scored Nightwing #15 6.1 out of ten, and #16 7.4 out of 10. For Issue #15, Schedeen was critical of the event interrupting the book's ongoing story development and considered that there were storytelling missteps that undermined the emotional impact of the book's events.[58] Comic Book Resources's Greg McElhatton however said the issue worked well as both a tie-in and an individual Nightwing tale that progressed the character's personal, professional and superhero relationships.[59] For Issue #16, Schedeen felt that the overarching story in the Death of the Family books required an increasing amount of suspension of disbelief in how Joker simultaneously assaulted each member of the Batman family and his failure to actually eliminate those members after capturing them. Schedeen said that the issue was emotionally brutal, and frustrating because Nightwing is easily rendered helpless by the Joker's machinations.[60] Eddy Barrows artwork was generally praised for its somber, shadowy tone in both books, but Schedeen criticized inconsistent character appearances.[59][58][60]

Sales

Series Issue Published Estimated no. of units sold Sales chart position Ref.
Batgirl #13 October 2012 50,070 36 [61]
#14 November 2012 77,475 17 [62]
#15 December 2012 75,337 13 [63]
#16 January 2013 — —
Batman #13 October 2012 148,293 3 [61]
#14 November 2012 159,744 2 [62]
#15 December 2012 151,561 3 [63]
#16 January 2013 — 2 [64]
#17 February 2013 — —
Batman and Robin #15 December 2012 89,874 8 [63]
#16 January 2013 — —
Catwoman #13 October 2012 40,144 52 [61]
#14 November 2012 63,659 27 [62]
Detective Comics #15 December 2012 106,390 5 [63]
#16 January 2013 — 8 [64]
Nightwing #15 December 2012 74,404 15 [63]
#16 January 2013 — —
Red Hood and the Outlaws #15 December 2012 64,100 21 [63]
#16 January 2013 — —
Suicide Squad #14 November 2012 63,697 26 [62]
#15 December 2012 57,129 30 [63]
Teen Titans #15 December 2012 68,704 17 [63]
#16 January 2013 — —

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