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SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Batman: White Knight #1 by Sean Murphy and Matt Hollingsworth, on sale now. We’ve seen it countless times on the news and on social media – a bystander captures a pivotal moment on video when those serving on the right side of the law inflict questionable and violent actions upon those who aren’t. In that moment, public perception of both sides is upended, as criminals become sympathetic victims and those pursuing them now find themselves vilified. RELATED: The Long, Twisted History of Batman As the Joker Such is the premise of Sean Murphy and Matt Hollingsworth’s Batman: White Knight #1, where Batman and The Joker find themselves caught up in the very same kind of role reversal, and when years of reputation, good or bad, suddenly mean nothing when a few atypical but game-changing seconds of video go viral. The Joker: Hero For The Criminally Oppressed? In the real world, such incidents generat