Masa Ichikawa to Launch New Joker Manga in Kodansha's Morning Magazine
The manga continues Morning magazine's collaboration with DC Comics, which previously produced three other DC-based manga series.
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Kodansha's Morning magazine announced a new manga based on DC Comics' Joker, titled Machibura JOKER, drawn by Masa Ichikawa. The story follows the Joker leaving America due to price hikes and searching for a new base in Japan. The manga launches in the magazine's next issue on July 2.
The Joker is leaving Gotham for Japan, at least in manga form. Kodansha's Morning magazine announced on Thursday that Masa Ichikawa will draw a new series titled Machibura JOKER, launching in the next issue on July 2. DC Comics is credited for character and supervision, with international rights agency Fortuna cooperating. The premise has Gotham's charismatic villain fed up with America's successive price hikes, so he decides to walk around Japan in search of a new base of operations.
The manga is the latest in Morning's collaboration with DC, which began in December 2020 with Batman: Justice Buster by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi. That was followed by Wanope Joker in January 2021 and Superman vs. Meshi in June 2021, both of which have since ended serialization. DC published all three in English.
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