ANewsweekBestGraphicNoveloftheYear.Theimpossiblehashappened:TheJokerhasbecomea...hero?ThecriticallyacclaimedBatman:WhiteKnightgetsanewdeluxetreatment.QuicklybecomingaclassicBatmanstory,Batman:WhiteKnightfollowsthetransformationofTheJokerintoasanecitizenofGotham:JackNapier.Afterreconcilingwithhislong-sufferingpartner,HarleyQuinn,hesetsinmotionacarefullyplottedcampaigntodiscredittheonepersonwhomheviewsasGothamCity’strueenemy:Batman.Napier’scrusadeexposesadecades-longhistoryofcorruptionwithintheGothamCityPoliceDepartmentandtransformsNapierintoacitycouncilmanandcivichero.Butwhenthesinsofhispastreturntothreateneverythingthathehasaccomplished,thedistinctionsbetweensavioranddestroyerbegintobreakdownforbothTheJokerandBatmanalike--andwiththemanyhopeforGotham’sfuture.WriterandartistSeanMurphydeliversanextraordinaryexaminationofcomics’greatestantagonistsinBatman:WhiteKnight,exploringjustice,corruption,activismandthedarkestdepthsofmentalillness.Collectingtheacclaimedeight-issueminiseries,includingsketchesandscriptsaswellasSeanMurphy’sorginalpencils.ThisstunninggraphicnovelalsomarksthedebutoftheDCBlackLabelimprint,whichfeaturesclassicDCcharactersinall-new,standalonestorieswrittenandillustratedbyworld-classauthorsandartists.
