A new psychotherapist tries to “fix” the Joker - guess what happens? Uh huh. Nothing good for the poor old doc. And that’s all Killer Smile is: a rather simplistic and dumb Joker story.
Besides that, the biggest problem with the story is that the twist is completely unearned. If there was any point leading up to the reveal that could’ve even remotely cleverly hinted at it, it wouldn’t be so bad, but it comes out of nowhere so suddenly and arbitrarily. It’s such bad, sloppy writing - I expected better from a seasoned writer like Jeff Lemire.
He writes a decent Joker though and Lemire’s Old Man Logan/Gideon Falls artist Andrea Sorrentino’s art is really good and disturbing. Joker’s one of my all-time favourite comics characters, so if you’re like me you’ll check out Killer Smile regardless of its overall low quality, but don’t expect much going in.
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