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It look likeJoker’sdays as the Clown Prince of Crime inGothamare numbered . DC has just announcedPunchline : The Gotham Game , a new six - issue miniseries showing Joker ’s current paramour Punchline staking out her own call as Gotham ’s newest Harlequin of Hate .
It was n’t long after Harley Quinn ’s permanent breakup with the Joker that the baddie recover himself a new collaborator - in - crime . Alexis Kaye was once a college student who had an encounter with Gotham ’s number one supervillain that change her life-time forever . Kaye see a twisted smasher in the Joker ’s piece of work and set out to impress him . Joker took Punchline underhis offstage and the two became an inseparable and destructive pair the likes of which caused much more chaos than Joker ever did with Harley . But Punchline is taunt - or - go with Joker and was instrumental in the Joker ’s onset on the Bat - Family in the " Joker War " storyline .
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But now , it looks like the student has become the captain . As part of DC ’s exciting reveals from San Diego Comic - Con , the publisher has unveiledPunchline : The Gotham Game , a six - egress special serial from Tini and Blake Howard and Gleb Melnikov . The first publication is come in hot with multiple variant coversfor Punchline ’s novel seriesfrom artists such as Guillem March , Rafael Albuquerque , and a standard screen from series ' artist Gleb Melnikov . devotee receive a sneak peak at the miniseries ' interiors that shows a Gotham in chaos while the GCPD seek to regain control . Throughout the city , lawlessness brew as multitude wearing Punchline ’s insignia sidesplitter and criminals dressed as clowns begin do trouble . Though Punchline is only seen briefly , she looks like primal to the current clime that ’s boiling over in the troubled city of Gotham .
The mount tensions seem quite interchangeable to when the Joker was making his playin the " Joker War"storyline . While Punchline played an significant role in in the Clown Prince of Crime ’s epic war against Batman , he does n’t seem to be returning the favor for Alexis . But his absence seizure may suggest that Punchline is travel along in her inspiration ’s tone and making a power play all of her own .
Punchline has proven herself to be quite the loyal acolyte to the Joker , intoxication and killing for him . But that does n’t stand for her elbow grease are go to be reciprocated in full . While Alexis has proven that she can be a valuable asset , she can grow independentlyfrom the Joker bygoing out on ventures of her own . It would be a good for her as a graphic symbol to show what she can do on her own and how she can adapt the Joker ’s gimmicks in her own way . Even Joker has take on to the potential drop he take care in Punchline , so Alexis having her own " Joker War " could help her realize that . If there ’s going to anotherJokerrunningGotham , this could bePunchline ’s hazard to prove it should be her .
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Punchline : The Gotham Gamewill be available October 25 .
