You’d need a very unique outlook on life to get up in the morning and aspire to challenge Gotham City’s nocturnal vigilante, especially since the Caped Crusader is always armed with some high-tech gadgets. Batman’s rogues gallery has long been considered one of the best and darkest, and if you ever wondered what makes these supervillains tick, you can pick a up a deluxe set of massively discounted hardcover graphic novels from Amazon.
This collection normally has a list price of $160, but you can get the entire nine-book hardcover box set for only $90 right now. The box set released late last year, and for reference, it’s still sold for the full $160 price at Barnes and Noble. The set includes all eight Batman: One Bad Day hardcovers and the special-edition version of The Killing Joke, one of the most revered Batman graphic novels of all time.
One Bad Day is a collection of one-shots focused on a specific Gotham City villain who has menaced the Dark Knight over the years. Each story features an A-list roster of creative talent behind it and these tales have been inspired by another iconic Batman story, The Killing Joke. Here’s a quick rundown of which villains are in the spotlight and the creative teams behind these stories.
- The Riddler by Tom King and Mitch Gerads
- Two-Face by Mariko Tamaki, Javier Fernandez, and Jordie Bellaire
- The Penguin by John Ridley, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, and Arif Prianto
- Mr. Freeze by Gerry Duggan, Matteo Scalera, and Dave Stewart
- Catwoman by G. Willow Wilson, Jamie McKelvie, and Tamra Bonvillain
- Bane by Joshua Williamson, Howard Porter, and Tomeu Morey
- Clayface by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, Xermanico, and Romulo Fajardo Jr.
- Ra’s al Ghul by Tom Taylor and Ivan Reis