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Joker: Killer Smile #1 — Jeff Lemire, Writer; Andrea Sorrentino, Artist; Jordie Bellaire, Colorist
Ratings: Ray — 9.5/10
Ray: Jeff Lemire is one of the creators with the top success rates in the industry. Most of his projects (besides the odd Marvel editorially-dominated run) are met with overwhelming acclaim, and his partnerships with Andrea Sorrentino are among the best. They’re currently working on the time-travel horror book Gideon Falls at Image, but they managed to find the time in their schedule to make their return to DC for Joker: Killer Smile #1, a Black Label miniseries.
Joker: Killer Smile #1 is also the fifth Black Label project to deal with the Joker in some way, and the second to focus on a psychologist working with the killer clown. So there was a lot of pressure for this crack creative team to get it right and not get lost in the shuffle — and I’m happy to announce they do. This project has one major thing going for it, and that’s that it’s absolutely terrifying. Lemire and Sorrentino are probably the best horror creative team on the market.
Sorrentino’s art is a lot more crisp and clean than it usually is, maybe due to Jordie Bellaire as the colorist. It’s not 100% recognizable as his…
