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"Endgame" is a six-issue comic book story arc first published by DC Comics in 2014, featuring the fictional superhero Batman. Set after the events of ''Batman Eternal'', the story involves the return of Batman's arch-enemy, the Joker, following his disappearance in the 2012 story arc "Death of the Family", and concludes with the apparent deaths of both Batman and the Joker. ==Publication history== Written by Scott Snyder with art by Greg Capullo, "Endgame" was first printed in October 2014, in ''Batman'' #35. The Joker's role as the story arc's central villain was not announced, and was detailed only in the issue's final pages, revealing the character would return to comics for the first time since his disappearance at the end of the "Death of the Family" (DotF) story arc in 2012, also written by Snyder.〔 Snyder described "Endgame" as the concluding chapter of his Joker story, initially set up in "Zero Year" with a possible origin for the Joker, and continued with "Death of the Family" highlighting how Joker initially found meaning in his relationship with Batman.〔〔 Endgame details how Joker reacts to Batman's perceived betrayal of their dynamic. Snyder said, "So this is really sort of the Joker saying, 'I once found meaning in our relationship and your relationship to your rogues. Now I think you've betrayed that, and it's time for me to just burn everything down.' So I guess that's where I'm coming from with this." The story was planned in part from the conclusion of Snyder and Capullo's work on "Death of the Family", and Snyder wanted to convey the message that Joker and Batman's bond had been broken, by having the Joker turn Batman's closest allies against him, the Justice League.〔 "Endgame" celebrates the 75th anniversary of Batman and the Joker's debut and is designed as a transitional story that will alter the status quo of the Batman universe so that Snyder and Capullo can explore new elements afterwards.〔 Snyder described coming up with original ways for the human Batman to take on the superhuman Justice League as difficult. He chose to focus on Batman using means to incapacitate the members instead of neutralizing them completely, to avoid hurting his closest friends outside of the members of his Bat-family. Snyder and Capullo discussed the major points of each issue before Snyder began writing the script, so that Capullo could provide input on how to convey the action scenes. In one instance he suggested conveying the Flash's speed by having him tear away a piece of Batman's armor, and the rest of the action occurring within the timespan it takes for the piece to fall to the ground.〔 Issue 39 sees the Joker chop off Alfred's hand. Snyder originally considered this scene for DotF, with the Joker mailing the hand to Batman. Snyder considered that as the former story represented love, and "Endgame" representing hatred, the story needed to show that the stakes were high and that anything could happen with the Joker, even him entering the Batcave. Similarly, he felt that this story was the only place that would allow for Batman to team up his rogues gallery to defeat the Joker's ultimate plan.〔 In a February 2015 interview, Snyder stated that it was the last time he had plans to feature the Joker during his stint on ''Batman'', but ruled out the possibility that he would not change his mind in the future. Snyder described "Endgame" as a horror to "Death of the Family"'s comedy, at least from the perception of the Joker, with all of the main characters escaping relatively unharmed in DotF. Endgame deliberately uses a darker color scheme to represent this tone, as the Joker intends to burn everything down for Batman's rejection in DotF. Endgame was intended to be Snyder's and Capullo's final story on ''Batman''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Batman: Endgame」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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