This volume is the third main-line collected edition in the "Murphyverse" built by Sean Murphy. The simplified Chinese edition was brought out by World Publishing Corporation, translated by Zhang Ziyi, and belongs to the "World Comics · DC Comics" series. The first two volumes of the series are Batman: White Knight and Batman: Curse of the White Knight; both take as their premise "what if the Joker were cured and good and evil in Gotham were turned upside down," telling how Jack Napier, as a city councilman and the "White Knight," stands opposed to Batman and gradually uncovers the secrets of the Wayne family and the history of Gotham's founding. This volume continues the series' worldview and character relationships, unfolding around the entanglements among the Joker, Harley Quinn, and Bruce Wayne, and continues to place Gotham in a parallel reality independent of the DC main universe. Because reliable Chinese-language material on the specific plot of this volume is still lacking, the following introduces only the series background and overall style, without retelling specific episodes. Please note: the Chinese edition of Batman: Beyond the White Knight (ISBN 9787523213971) already published is another work in the series and is not the same book as this volume. Before reading this book, it is advisable to read the first volume, Batman: White Knight, and the second, Batman: Curse of the White Knight, so as to avoid breaks in character relationships and the continuity of events.
World Publishing Corporation is a publisher known for introducing and disseminating overseas academic and general-interest works. Its 28 in-house titles show that it focuses on world history, psychological research and application, finance and investment, and social psychology. They range from Hans Delbrück's multi-volume History of the Art of War to Abraham H. Maslow's classics such as Motivation and Personality, Toward a Psychology of Being, and The Farther Reaches of Human Nature, as well as John Bogle's investment books. Its author resources include overseas scholars such as Delbrück, Maslow, and Bogle, with translators including Jiang Haoqian and Liu Yinlong. Its overall character lies in balancing scholarly depth with accessibility to general readers. As public information is limited, the above is based only on an overview of the in-house titles.
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