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1961. Jazz clubs. Skinny ties. Beatniks. And Gotham City with a completely different set of rules. 🎷🎺🦇
Thrillkiller is a DC Elseworlds three-issue miniseries from 1997 written by Howard Chaykin and painted by Dan Brereton. Bruce Wayne is not Batman. He's a detective for the GCPD — broke, after the Wayne family lost their fortune, working cases from the inside of a corrupt police force that doesn't want him solving anything.
Batgirl and Robin are the heroes. Barbara Gordon — a bored heiress — and Dick Grayson — a free-spirited circus daredevil — become costumed vigilantes on the rooftops of Gotham purely for the thrill of it. Until Dick's family is murdered and mischief becomes something much darker. 🔲
And the Joker? The Joker is a woman. Bianca Steeplechase — a ruthless femme fatale and the White Queen of Gotham's criminal underworld — running the city's corruption from the shadows while Batman and the police chase their tails.
Dan Brereton painted every page of this book. Not pencils and inks — fully painted. The result is a Gotham that feels like a film noir directed by someone who grew up on jazz records and pulp fiction. Dark, decadent, and completely its own thing.
All three issues from the collection. Earth-37. The Batman story most people have never read.
🫡💯
#thepanelcypher #batman #thrillkiller #dccomics
Thrillkiller is a DC Elseworlds three-issue miniseries from 1997 written by Howard Chaykin and painted by Dan Brereton. Bruce Wayne is not Batman. He's a detective for the GCPD — broke, after the Wayne family lost their fortune, working cases from the inside of a corrupt police force that doesn't want him solving anything.
Batgirl and Robin are the heroes. Barbara Gordon — a bored heiress — and Dick Grayson — a free-spirited circus daredevil — become costumed vigilantes on the rooftops of Gotham purely for the thrill of it. Until Dick's family is murdered and mischief becomes something much darker. 🔲
And the Joker? The Joker is a woman. Bianca Steeplechase — a ruthless femme fatale and the White Queen of Gotham's criminal underworld — running the city's corruption from the shadows while Batman and the police chase their tails.
Dan Brereton painted every page of this book. Not pencils and inks — fully painted. The result is a Gotham that feels like a film noir directed by someone who grew up on jazz records and pulp fiction. Dark, decadent, and completely its own thing.
All three issues from the collection. Earth-37. The Batman story most people have never read.
🫡💯
#thepanelcypher #batman #thrillkiller #dccomics
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