Batman #25 by Tom King

The War of Jokes and Riddles Part One

An older vigilante confesses to the woman he loves about a brutal early chapter in his crusade, when a laughterless clown and a calculating riddler plunged Gotham into a ruthless war to be the one to destroy him, leaving the city strewn with bodies, shifting allegiances, and collateral damage; as the conflict ignites, he faces moral lines he never thought he’d cross, setting consequences that will haunt him for years.