The first clip from Sam Liu's Batman: The Killing Joke reveals a couple of things: first, that herky-jerky animation style that caused fans to complain (understandably) has been smoothed out; and second, the adaptation looks more than ever like it's going to be hewing quite close to Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's graphic novel.

The clip in question, brought to us courtesy of DC Comics All Access' video, takes a scene directly out of the graphic novel, one that reveals the intimate relationship between Batman and the Joker, along with a devious little twist. This scene is one of the more iconic visuals to come out of the comic so it's pretty cool to see it come alive in animated form.


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