Issue Description

Now that he's locked up in Arkham, Gotham City is safe from the threat of Clayface. But what led Clayface to become the monster that he is? The answers lie here.

Clayface is locked up in Arkham and Mogsy, the guy in the cell next to him, is his biggest fan. Mogsy begs Clayface to recite his old roles, which Clayface is happy to do.

Soon Karlo gets spooked by Scarecrow and tells Mogsy about how he used to be too normal and no one noticed him. He tried new clothing and acting but couldn't stand out of the crowd. He goes on to tell how he made a deal with the Penguin for some magic clay. The clay turned him into Clayface, but at first everything seemed to be going Karlo's way but then Penguin came to collect his debt. He had Clayface commit crimes for him and that cost Karlo his acting career and his life spiraled downward.

When Clayface finishes his story he realizes that Mogsy has passed away. After day of being depressed, he decided to break out and fakes an injury and when the doctors come in his cell to help he makes a crack and escapes.

Batman: The Dark Knight (2011)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Written by: Paul Jenkins (#1 - 7); David Finch (#1 - 5, 7); Joe Harris (#6, #8); Judd Winick (#9); Gregg Hurwitz (#10 - 29)

Drawn by: David Finch (#1 - 7, #9 - 15); Ed Benes (#8); Ethan Van Sciver (#16 - 29)

Following the end of Flashpoint, DC Comics relaunched all their series with new #1 issues, including the David Finch written/drawn Batman: The Dark Knight. Due to Finch's underestimation of writing duties, the series first volume suffered from very large delays, with Finch not even drawing the last two issues, just to get them out before the relaunch. To counter this problem the second go around, Finch brought in writer Paul Jenkins to act as the Writer/Co-plotter, leaving Finch more focused on his drawing. Though Jenkins had originally planned to write more, he was replaced after seven issues, by Gregg Hurwitz, who would solely write the series from issue #10 and on. Between Jenkins' last issue, Joe Harris wrote a one shot issue with Ed Benes on art for issue #8, while Judd Winick teamed up with series artist David Finch for issue #9's tie in to The Night of the Owls event.

For Pre-Flashpoint volume 1, refer to Batman: The Dark Knight.

In September 2013 DC is having all its books focus on the villains because of Trinity War and Forever Evil and number them by '.1', '.2' and so on up to '.4'.

The 4 Villain books that are from Batman: The Dark Knight are

Batman: The Dark Knight #23.1 Ventrioquist #1 (Written by Gail Simone and drawn by Derlis Santacruz)Batman: The Dark Knight #23.2 Mr. Freeze #1 (Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Ray Fawkes and drawn by Jason Masters)Batman: The Dark Knight #23.3 Clayface #1 (Written by John Layman and drawn by Cliff Richards)Batman: The Dark Knight #23.4 Joker's Daughter #1 (Written by Ann Nocenti and drawn by Georges Jeanty)Collected EditionsVol. 1: Knight Terrors (#1-8)Batman: The Dark Knight Unwrapped By David Finch Deluxe Edition (#1-7 & 9)Batman: Night Of The Owls (#9)Vol. 2: Cycle of Violence (#10-15, #0)DC Comics The New 52 Villains Omnibus (#23.1-23.4)Batgirl: Wanted (#23.1)Vol. 3: Mad (#16-21)Vol. 4: Clay (#22-29)Catwoman: Gotham Underground (#23.4)

The series ended with issue #29

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