DC has sold out of Batman's Joker: Year One comic (but there's more coming)
Batman #142 has sold out, leading DC to reprint it - and has given retailers 3 days to make their orders
Crime may not pay, but a story promoted as “the untold origin story of popular culture’s greatest villain" does.
Batman #142, which went on sale January 6 with the first of a three-part 'Joker: Year One' story arc, sold out earlier this week at DC Comics - leading the publisher to rush a second printing this morning. Retailers were told this morning to submit orders by February 11 (that's just three days) so this reprint can make it to stores by March 5.
For this Batman #142 second printing, DC are re-using Giuseppe Camuncoli's art for the first printings foil variant cover - this time in a non-foil version.
Here is the release date of Joker: Year One, with links on how to order them as available:
- On-Sale Now: Batman #142, 'Joker: Year One' part one
- February 13: Batman #143, 'Joker: Year One' part two
- February 14: Batman #144, 'Joker: Year One' part three
- March 5: Batman #142 reprint, 'Joker: Year One' part one r
- To be announced: Joker: Year One collection
