Joker Is Batman’s Daddy In This Official Manga – Get All Three Books For $25

The Joker has been the main subject of some wild stories, but nothing can prepare you for the recent three-volume limited manga series. These Joker manga books imagine the clown prince of crime taking on his greatest challenge yet: raising baby Batman.

We swear we’re not making this up, as the manga series starts off with Batman accidentally falling into the same vat of chemicals that created the Joker that one fateful night, and transforming back into a wee baby. Again, we promise that this is not an elaborate joke, and if you want to read it, you can grab all three volumes at a discount on Amazon.

• Joker 1: One Operation Joker — $8.50 ($10)
• Joker 2: One Operation Joker — $8 ($10)
• Joker 3: One Operation Joker — $8.50 ($10)

The twist here is that the Joker decides to raise Batman so that he can have his favorite arch-nemesis back in action, but he quickly discovers that fatherhood is more difficult than he imagined it to be. Things only get weirder from here, and this is one manga series that you’ll want to go into with as little information as possible. Something else worth mentioning here is the art, as the creative team of Satoshi Miyagawa and Keisuke Gotou’s take on the Joker looks wonderfully chaotic and malevolent when he’s not busy changing Bat-Baby’s bat-diapers.

If you’d prefer a few traditional options for Joker stories ahead of the release of Joker 2 in October, there are some great options available. Several Joker solo series will be released soon, including his new origin story in Batman: The Joker Year One and his most bizarre caper yet in Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing.

You can also check out a selection of other exciting DC Comics releases below. The publisher is rolling out some must-read trade paperbacks and massive compendiums over the next few months, including two DC Versus Marvel omnibus editions and a truly enormous omnibus of Batman: Arkham comics.

Upcoming Joker graphic novels and deals

• Joker (DC Compact Collection) — $10 | September 3
• Batman: The Joker Year One — $20 ($30) | September 10
• The Joker Compendium — $60 | September 10
• Joker: The World — $25 | September 17
• Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing — $35 ($50) | September 24
• Batman: The Three Jokers — $15 ($30)
• Batman: The Killing Joke Deluxe Edition — $14 ($18)
• Absolute Batman: The Killing Joke — $33.49 ($50)
• The Batman Who Laughs — $19.30 ($30)
• Batman: White Knight — $12 ($20)

Upcoming DC Comics graphic novels and compendiums

Superman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and more

• Hellblazer Omnibus Volume 1 — $139.50 ($150) | October 15
• Green Lantern Corps: Omnibus 2 — $150 | October 15
• Titans: Beast World — $25 ($30) | August 20
• Green Lantern: The Defeat of Green Lantern (DC Finest) — $40 | December 3
• The Flash: The Human Thunderbolt (DC Finest) — $40 | November 26
• Superman: The Coming of Superman (DC Finest) — $40 | November 5
• Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus 1 — $112.50 ($125) | September 3
• Superman: House of Brainiac — $25 | October 22
• Animal Man Compendium — $60 | October 1

Batman

• Batman: Year One Artist’s Edition — $135 ($150) | August 13
• Batman: Hush (DC Compact Comics) — $10 | August 13
• Absolute Batman: Arkham Asylum — $100 | August 27
• Batman: City of Madness — $27.89 ($30) | September 3
• The Batman Family 1 (3 Book Box Set) — $60 | September 3
• Batman ’66 Omnibus — $125 | September 10
• All-Star Batman — $50 | September 10
• Batman 3: The Joker Year One — $20 ($30) | September 10
• Absolute Batman: The Dark Knight: The Master Race — $125 | September 17
• Batman 1 — $40 | September 17
• Batman: The Arkham Saga Omnibus — $150 | September 24
• Batman: The Cult — $37.19 ($40) | October 8
• Absolute Batman: Death of the Family — $100 | October 29
• Batman 2 — $17 | October 29
• Batman: Year One & Two (DC Finest) — $40 | November 5
• The Bat-Man 1: First Knight — $30 | November 5
• Batman Bruce Wayne: Murderer Turned Fugitive Omnibus — $112.50 ($125) | December 17
• Absolute Batman: Zero Year — $125 | February 4, 2025