A dark sexy pulp hard-boiled noir Elseworld.A real good alternate Batman story set in the early 60s with a thrill-seeking dynamic Batgirl & Robin duo and a Bruce Wayne cop, went bankrupt after depression for his parents'murder by their former servants (except for ever faithful Alfred, of course). An excellent storyline if you know all the DC characters here in an original and different version.Sadly the last chapter, the Thrillkiller '62 story with Bruce as Batman and the anticlimactic ending we...

Elseworlds 60s Batman! So I felt like reading a Batman comic and what no better place to look than the Elseworlds library! The story is set in 1961 where Batgirl and Robin patrol the streets of Gotham but there is no Batman? In this world, Wayne Enterprises went bankrupt during the great depression and Bruce Wayne instead went on to be a detective for the GCPD, working directly under Gordon. So what did I think? I really enjoyed the story in this, it felt fresh and alternative enough to scratch

This was a really great Elseworlds take on Batman. I really love Barbara being the first vigilante in Gotham, and that she and Bruce have a relationship (I like the idea of them being a couple more than Nightwing and Batgirl). This take on the Joker was very different, but I did really enjoy it! The art was amazing, and the setting was really well done. Would highly recommend!

To really appreciate an "Elseworlds" story line you do have to know the characters and the setting quite well - or the changes can't be fully appreciated! I always appreciate an alternate re-telling of stories and I guess that I know Batman best out of all the comic heroes. What they did with the characters here was original and insightful, and really churned the plot line forward. The writer did quite well to make it a little sloppy in places (all in the name of the sixties theme) and the chara...

Bruce Wayne doesn't start as Batman in this alternative version of the Batman mythology set in the 1960s. That's right. The Wayne Family lost it all in the Great Depression and Barbara Gordon, a trust fund baby through the death of her mother, purchases Wayne Manor to fight a life of crime. She picks up Dick Grayson as her Robin and lover and meanwhile Wayne is just some detective working for Gordon. The joker is a female and Two-Face works for her. The Riddler is not the Riddler but just a shri...

A pulp retelling of Batman that had potemtial but was very uneven.

This book was one issue away from a five star rating. The first three issues are truly amazing. They turn everything about Batman on its head and no one is quite how you would expect. The first three issues focus on Barbara Gordon and Dick Grayson in the sixties in a completely unexpected way. It is an elsworlds tale so of course nothing is how you would expect it anyway but this book makes Gotham actually seem to be hopeful not just dreary and depressing. The action is fun and the art is retro-...

There's no oomph to the story, it's just stylized and different.

If you can remind yourself that this is an Elseworlds story, thus completely outside of the canon, Thrillkiller is a fantastic romp into the pulpy underworld of Gotham City in the 1960s. The characters are all familiar to us and yet entirely changed. Barbara/Batgirl is the leading character torn between her sometime lover and partner, Dick/Robin and GCPD detective Bruce. The Joker is a delirious femme fatale by the name of Bianca Steeplechase, while Killer Croc, Catwoman, Two-Face, Harley Quinn

I'm a Batman fan, I'm a fan of Elseworld stories, I love everything Noir or Mid Century, so I basically had to read this comic. And I wasn't disappointed. It's a fun story with all the ingredients you'd expect from a Batman story. Corrupt police and town government, crime bosses, a Joker of sorts, traumatized (anti-)heroes who fight dangerous criminals with their bare hands, a utility belt.There are also many noir elements. Femme Fatales, a detective figure, chain smoking, flashbacks, a deeply c...

Holy noir story, Batman! I got this in its single comic book issues, but I chosen thi TPB edition to be able to make a better overall review.Creative Team:Writer: Howard ChaykinIllustrator: Dan Brereton AN ELSEWORLD NOIR This was a miniseries that I enjoyed a lot!A truly film noir in comics where both, writer and artist got excelled in huge way. Howard Chaykin made a remarkable and elegant work with words and......Dan Brereton did a beautiful and sexy art. The right combination to make this

I liked it in concept a helluva lot more than in execution. I liked Barbara, (because I almost always like Barbara) I liked seeing Bruce start off as a respected detective, and a female Joker was interesting (especially since they kept the relationship with Harley Quinn). I didn't like the art though, AT ALL. It was like a very garish, smeared version of the clean and finished look in Kingdom Come. I was NOT a fan. Also, the story in that last issue was super confusing. Overall, I love Elseworld...

A pulpy Elseworlds version of Batgirl, Robin and ultimately Batman steeped in noir. This book spends its time in the seedy side of Gotham. It drips with the luscious painted art of Dan Brereton. His lurid attention to detail, full of buxom women and greasy Elvis lookalikes bring this book to life. This book is a gorgeous pulp at its best.

Another elseworlds trade because they're just too good, DC really should make some more, they don't follow any canon they beat to the sound of their own drum and they're just fun to read. This one is set in the sixties where everyone is insanely big chested musta been something in the water in them days. Bruce is a detective trying to figure out the what and the who are Batgirl and Robin and it's just full of surprises from start to finish. There's a lady joker who really doesn't pull any punch...

Does DC even do Elseworlds anymore? They don't seem to be, which is kind of a shame. There's a lot of creative freedom in being able to take very familiar characters and twist them. Sometimes it falls flat. This time, it didn't.Set in 1961-62, Thrillkiller features a wealthy Barbara Gordon who fights corrupt GCPD as Batgirl, with her boyfriend Dick Grayson as her Robin. Bruce Wayne is an incorruptible and pennyless police detective, and Joker is a woman. For the first few issues, this setup work...

A 1960's twist to the batman story. Interesting story and good art. Very recommended

One of the most disappointing Batman comics I have ever read. I remember when Batman Begins came out in 2005 ign made a list of the top 25 best Batman stories and this was relatively low on the list. How it even placed I truly do not know. Panel progression makes no sense with two completely different images being next to each other and you have to create the idea of what happened in between. It's not layered at all, doing nothing really new. Only a few inspired ideas. But really this is just a

I would maybe give this 3.5 stars if I could. First complaint would have to be some glaring errors either on the part of the writer or letterer, and most definitely on the part of the editor, the Joker’s first name in issue 1 is “Blanca” and then abruptly changes to “Bianca” from issue 2 onward. What a miss!Dan Brereton is a great artist at first glance- the pretty, flashy, & beautifully colored (painted) interior was the sole reason I picked this book up at all. However, beyond the candy surfac...

4As my isolation crawls to its conclusion I have now the need to read novels again, but I have many more graphic novels to read. Thrillkiller came as a recommendation by Amazon and this was not a book I had expected to read. The artwork and storyline flips the switch on the Batman world and sends us into uncharted territory. I must say I was quite surprised by the book. Why the 4?The book has ideals and pacing but leaves us wanting. I really enjoyed the included epilogue section with the change

genius, sheer genius...Kennedy-era insanity Batgirl torn between two lovers, Detective Bruce Wayne and an adult Robin (with groovy soul patch!) fighting crooked politicos and their wives like Bianca Steeplechase aka the Joker (looking like Sharon Stone with green hair). To call Dan Brereton's artwork spellbinding would be a gross understatement. Howard Chaykin's take on Batman is soapy, sleazy and better than any other updating of the Batman mythos, and that includes the Frank Miller steak-fest....