This is more of a 3.5 for me, but I rounded up because Joker. I read The Killing Joke for the Panels 2015 Read Harder Challenge: Read a Comic about a Villain. Growing up with Adam West's Batman and Tim Burton's Gotham, I always gravitated towards the Joker, Penguin, and Catwoman because they are clearly the best. Goofy, over-the-top evil doers with quirky props and cheesy banter, woohoo! Watching the new Gotham TV show, I'm thrilled to hang out with baby Penguin, and the Joker origin episode was awesome. As mentioned in the back matter, this is not the only Joker origin story, and readers are left to imagine the Joker has invented himself multiple times in his fun-house brain bits. 
 The Killing Joke finds Batman seeking out the Joker with much fervor and befuddlement as he finds himself obsessed that the two men must kill each other. Joker acquires a new carnival space, employs some super not PC henchman, gratuitously assaults Barbara Gordon, and has flashbacks to when he was a struggling family man trying to make it as a comedian. Joker's rants always seem non-nonsensical but there were a few moments in this where I actually glazed over his dialogue a bit. But creepy carnivals! Also: this version of the story has been recolored by the artist in the way he originally intended, and he acknowledges redoing some small details on each page, and also says he approached Moore to write the story (not the other way round).