Absolute Joker/Luthor ─ Joker/Luthor

Eisner Award-winner Brian Azzarello, writer of 100 BULLETS, WONDER WOMAN, and the BEFORE WATCHMEN series RORSCHACH and COMEDIAN, joins forces with artist Lee Bermejo, writer/illustrator of the #1 New York Times best seller BATMAN: NOEL. This new, oversized, slipcased edition collects both LUTHOR and JOKER, giving readers a chilling glimpse into the twisted minds of this two evil geniuses. With appearances by Superman, Batman and numerous other villains, this Absolute edition showcases the amazing art of Lee Bermejo.

Collecting LUTHOR: MAN OF STEEL #1-5 and the original graphic novel JOKER, along with a special sketchbook section.

Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of JONNY DOUBLE, BATMAN: BROKEN CITY and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. The New York Times best-selling author’s other work for DC includes the titles HELLBLAZER and LOVELESS (both with Marcelo Frusin), SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW (with Jim Lee), JOKER and LUTHOR (both with Lee Bermejo), SGT. ROCK: BETWEEN HELL AND A HARD PLACE (with Joe Kubert), FILTHY RICH (with Victor Santos), and most recently the all-new ongoing series WONDER WOMAN (with Cliff Chiang). He also wrote the Richard Corben-illustrated graphic novels Cage and Banner for Marvel Comics. Azzarello lives in Chicago with his wife, artist Jill Thompson, and twitters only when he has something to say.