Grant Morrison Says BATMAN Killed The JOKER in THE KILLING JOKE

I… I never thought of that.

Grant Morrison’s dropped a mind bomb today, declaring that Batman murdered The Joker in Alan Moore’s THE KILLING JOKE. Crazy, right?

I’ve never been a massive fan of ol’ Bruce Wayne (everyone likes him too much and it ruins him! Just like Selena Gomez…) but even I can appreciate a fine tale like Moore’s. Flashbacks to Joker’s younger years, Commissioner Gordon backed into a corner, and Batman at wits end… it’s the quintessential Caped Crusader story.

At least, I thought it was, until Grant Morrison revealed that Batsy is a murderous vigilante. Here’s the video:

“No one gets the end because Batman kills The Joker. […] That’s why it’s called The Killing Joke. The Joker tells the ‘Killing Joke’ at the end, Batman reaches out and breaks his neck, and that’s why the laughter stops and the light goes out, ’cause that was the last chance at crossing that bridge. And Alan Moore wrote the ultimate Batman/Joker story — he finished it.”

Here’s the exact page the pair are referring to.

So what do you think? Did Batman play a quick game of “Neck-Snappy-Whappy” with his long time nemesis? Is this actually, indubitably the death of The Joker? Or is Grant Morrison reaching too far?  Even the king fanboy Kevin Smith is a bit dumbfounded at this theory, but those images in the last page are pretty damning.

SOURCE: Robot 6