10 Times Batman Proved He Was No Hero

10. The Ending Of The Killing Joke

No moment in comics has been debated more than the final page of The Killing Joke. What really happened? Did Batman kill The Joker? Well, the book's writer, Alan Moore, finally cleared things up during a Q&A with Goodreads.

"...for the record, my intention at the end of that book was to have the two characters simply experiencing a brief moment of lucidity in their ongoing very weird and probably fatal relationship with each other, reaching a moment where they both perceive the hell that they are in, and can only laugh at their preposterous situation."

So...one of Batman's most iconic stories ends with him standing next to The Joker, and sharing a chuckle with him, about how The Joker had just sexually assaulted Batgirl, and tortured Commissioner Gordon? Oof.