Has DC killed Batman and the Joker?

WARNING - SPOILER ALERT
DC Comics publishes blockbuster ending to story Endgame, with a climactic fight between the caped crusader and his enemy that leaves both dead – for real, says author Scott Snyder

Scott Snyder’s run on DC Comics Batman has already garnered its fair share of controversy as well as plaudits. They will probably fade in comparison to the twist in the final part of Endgame, in issue #40, which appeared yesterday.

There had already been some consternation at Snyder’s rewriting of the Joker. At the end of a previous arc, Death Of The Family, where the Joker seemingly knew the secret identities of Batman and all his allies, Bruce Wayne bested his nemesis by whispering that he knew the Joker’s true identity as well.

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