| Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batman: The Killing Joke | Original graphic novel | 1988 | 0930289455 |
| DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore | Batman: The Killing Joke (original colors) and Superman Annual #11, Detective Comics #549-550, Green Lantern #188, Vigilante #17-18, The Omega Men #26-27, DC Comics Presents #85, Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2-3, Superman #423, Action Comics #583, Secret Origins #10 | January 2006 | 978-1401209278 |
| Batman: The Killing Joke Deluxe Edition | Batman: The Killing Joke (new colors) and material from Batman: Black and White #4 | 2008 | 5012256263 |
| Batman Noir: The Killing Joke | Batman: The Killing Joke (no colors) and material from Batman: Black and White #4 | August 2016 | 978-1401263645 |
| Absolute Batman: The Killing Joke | Batman: The Killing Joke (original and new colors) and material from Batman: Black and White #4, Countdown #31, Who's Who in the DC Universe #13 | September 2018 | 978-1401284121 |
| Batman: The Killing Joke Deluxe Edition (Black Label Edition) | Batman: The Killing Joke (new colors) and material from Batman: Black and White #4, Countdown #31, Who's Who in the DC Universe #13 | September 2019 | 978-1401294052 |
Coloring
The entire story was recolored by Brian Bolland for the 2008 Deluxe Edition. The new colors featured black-and-white flashbacks, as opposed to Higgins' colors, along with one or two items per panel colored in pink or red, up until the helmet of the Red Hood is revealed. In addition to recoloring the pages, Bolland also removed the yellow oval around the bat symbol on Batman's chest.[59] A colored version of Bolland's "An Innocent Guy" was also included. Van Jensen of ComicMix said that "the new colors really do improve the book, giving it a subtlety and grimness not present in the original".[41] James Donnelly of Pop Syndicate said that the original version "is outdone by Bolland's recoloring", which he said "gives the comic a more timeless quality".[40] Seb Patrick of Den of Geek had a lukewarm reaction, calling the recoloring of the flashbacks "superb", but commenting that "some of the [other] changes seem to have less of a point — increasing definition for the sake of it, but giving the book too much of a present-day feel rather than looking like it was printed in the 1980s".[45]
John Higgins' original coloring can still be found in DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore.
