[12] Sales of the series were well above expectations, with #1 receiving a fourth printing, #2 receiving a third printing, and #3 and #4 each receiving a second printing. In an attempt to move the villains to a less-populated area, Batman baits them into attacking Backport and Napier's library, thinking that they would not attack a property owned by the Joker; the villains proceed to damage Backport and raze the library. The Joker recruits Azrael to help him expose a shocking secret from the Wayne family's legacy-and run Gotham City into the ground! [3] A trade paperback collecting all eight issues was released on October 9, 2018. [citation needed], In January 2018, Sean Murphy confirmed he had plans for a second and third volume. You've subscribed to Batman: Curse of the White Knight (2019-)! [4], Murphy's core premise for White Knight was to reverse the roles of Batman and the Joker by portraying the Joker as the hero and Batman as the villain. Publisher: DC Black Label.Format: Hardcover.Release Date: September 15th, 2020.Pages: 272. [15], "Batman's the Villain & Joker's the Hero in Batman: White Knight", "1989 Batman Movie's Joker Returns in Murphy's Batman White Knight", "Sean Murphy's Batman: White Knight Joins DC's Black Label Imprint", "These Days It Makes More Sense for Batman to Be a Villain", "Batman: White Knight creator Sean Gordon Murphy talks creative control and the future of the series", "Sean Murphy's Batman: White Knight Adds An Issue", "Sean Gordon Murphy Talks Designing a New Batmobile for Batman: White Knight", "DC Makes Batman & Robin's Movie Plot Actually WORK", "Joker Plays the Hero in DC Comics' Batman: White Knight", "Old & New Harley Quinn Are TWO Different Women", "Batman: White Knight Comic Series Reviews", "Batman: White Knight #4 sells out and returns", https://twitter.com/Sean_G_Murphy/status/952655248589578240, "Exclusive: Sean Gordon Murphy Returns to Gotham in Batman: Curse of the White Knight", Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Batman:_White_Knight&oldid=985989294#Sequels, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 October 2020, at 04:03. We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. Witness the final battle of the two Bats in this conclusion to the second installment of the White Knight saga! Confessing to his crimes, Napier surrenders and is granted a nicer Arkham cell and a wedding to Quinzel; as he finishes his vows, Napier permanently reverts to the Joker. Search. Collects Batman: Curse of the White Knight #1-8 and Batman: White Knight Presents Von Freeze #1. As Batman rushes to protect the city and his loved ones from this corrupt conspiracy, the Dark Knight will come face to face with the horrifying truth.”. Murphy will once again collaborate with Matt Hollingsworth on the series. John is the Editor-in-Chief here at Bounding Into Comics. Buy Batman: Curse of the White Knight Illustrated by Sean Murphy (ISBN: 9781779504487) from Amazon's Book Store. Saved by a second Harley, Napier learns she is the original but was replaced: with the Joker's obsession culminating in Jason Todd's torture, Quinzel left to try and help Batman save Todd, and was replaced when the Joker unwittingly adopted an obsessed hostage named Marian Drews. This July, DC will launch the next chapter of Sean Murphy’s monumental Bat-saga with BATMAN: CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT from DC Black Label. Batman: Curse of the White Knight will hit comic book shelves on July 24, 2019 and will be part of DC Comics’ DC Black Label.