ative ▁team ▁issued ▁a ▁joint ▁ap ology ▁and ▁re vised ▁the ▁issue ▁for ▁the ▁subsequent ▁collected ▁edition , ▁Bat g irl ▁Vol . ▁ 1 : ▁The ▁Bat g irl ▁of ▁Burn side . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁DC ▁Comics ▁released ▁ 2 5 ▁J oker - th emed ▁variant ▁covers ▁for ▁its ▁various ▁month ly ▁series ▁for ▁release ▁that ▁June , ▁in ▁celebr ation ▁of ▁the ▁character ' s ▁ 7 5 th ▁anni versary . ▁Among ▁them ▁was ▁a ▁cover ▁to ▁Bat g irl ▁# 4 1 ▁by ▁artist ▁Rafael ▁Al bu quer que ▁that ▁took ▁its ▁insp iration ▁from ▁The ▁K illing ▁Jo ke . ▁The ▁cover ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁J oker ▁standing ▁next ▁to ▁a ▁te ar ful ▁Bat g irl , ▁who ▁has ▁a ▁red ▁smile ▁painted ▁across ▁her ▁mouth . ▁The ▁J oker ▁has ▁one ▁hand ▁holding ▁a ▁revol ver ▁d rap ed ▁over ▁Bat g irl ' s ▁shoulder ▁and ▁is ▁pointing ▁to ▁her ▁che ek ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁as ▁if ▁gest uring ▁to ▁shoot ▁her . ▁ ▁The ▁cover ▁quickly ▁drew ▁criticism ▁for ▁highlight ing ▁a ▁dark ▁period ▁in ▁the ▁character ' s ▁history , ▁especially ▁when ▁ju xt ap osed ▁with ▁the ▁youth ful , ▁more ▁optim istic ▁direction ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁has ht ag ▁# ch ang ethe cover ▁drew ▁do z ens ▁of ▁posts ▁on ▁Twitter ▁and ▁T um bl r ▁asking ▁DC ▁to ▁not ▁release