Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #3 - Cover! Splash

Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #3 - Cover! SplashThe fabulous Mike Perkins, currently on a three issue stint on Action Comics featuring Superman and the New Gods, has illustrated a magnificent cover for the 3rd issue of Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo, a DC Black Label series by Marc Silvestri. Each of the shards of glass features one of the many variations of the Joker that have been in the DC Universe over the years and Perkins has infused The Batman on this cover with a seeming combination of

The way Ram V has methodically given us entire new layers to the Swamp Thing mythology

After the Kiss of Death is revealed to be Renee Montoya's ex-lover

Osul-Ra holds up the ceiling

Did the Kiss of Death's bullet actually hit Renee

and then pulls back the "zoom" feature on that vision to show us he's seeing this from all the way out in space

That occurs once more right here on this page

One of only a handful of covers that remain available from this classic run

Not even a minute after getting back home from The Green

Lois and Renee finally reunite after Renee's near death experience

Bibbo calls for Osul-Ra and Otho-Ra to help him save a zoo employee

NOTE: This cover is currently in Mike's possession in the UK

drawn on an oversized 13