Absolute Luthor/Joker (2024 Edition)

The acclaimed, best selling tales starring two of the DC Universe's greatest villains are collected in one oversized, slipcased edition.

These hard-hitting tales starring two of DC's top villains give readers dark insights into the twisted minds of Lex Luthor and The Joker.

Lex Luthor. The Joker. Intellect and resolve. Instinct and rage. All united in one implacable aim: to annihilate their nemeses. The scourges of Metropolis and Gotham City reach new levels of complexity and intensity in these two uniquely crafted stories from the New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo.

Collects LEX LUTHOR: MAN OF STEEL #1-5 together with the acclaimed original graphic novel JOKER, each in its own hardcover volume with a behind-the-scenes section of preliminary text and artwork.

Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of 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), and WONDER WOMAN (with Cliff Chiang). He also wrote the BEFORE WATCHMEN series RORSCHACH and COMEDIAN.

Lee Bermejo began drawing comics in 1997 for WildStorm Studios in San Diego at age 19. He collaborated with acclaimed writer Brian Azzarello on the graphic novels JOKER and LUTHOR, and worked with writer John Arcudi on the Superman feature in WEDNESDAY COMICS. He has also worked on HELLBLAZER with writer Mike Carey and GLOBAL FREQUENCY with writer Warren Ellis. Bermejo has illustrated covers for the line of Vertigo Crime graphic novels, beginning with FILTHY RICH, written by Brian Azzarello, and DARK ENTRIES, written by Ian Rankin. He has written and illustrated The New York Times best-selling book BATMAN: NOEL. Currently he is illustrating BEFORE WATCHMEN: RORSCHACH, written by Brian Azzarello.