The Dark Knight (Book)
Author	Dennis O'Neil
Publication date	July 18, 2008
Pages	304
Published by	Berkley
ISBN	0425222861

Novelization of the film The Dark Knight, in instances of events and characters not seen in the film, the novel is intended to expand upon its canon.

Contents 1 Appearances 1.1 Characters 1.2 Organizations 1.3 Vehicles 1.4 Technology 1.5 Weapons 1.6 Locations 1.7 Events 1.8 Miscellanea 2 Diffrences from the film

AppearancesEdit

CharactersEdit

• Batman/Bruce Wayne
• The Joker
• Two-Face/Harvey Dent
• Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane
• Lt. James Gordon
• Alfred Pennyworth
• Rachel Dawes
• Lucius Fox
• Sal Maroni
• Commissioner Gillian Loeb
• Judge Janet Surillo
• Mike Engel
• Coleman Reese
• Manager of Gotham National Bank
• The Chechen
• Gambol
• Lau
• Wilmer Rossi
• Grumpy
• Chuckles
• Happy
• Dopey
• The Joker's bus driver
• The Joker's truck driver
• Barbara Gordon
• James Gordon, Jr.
• Gordon's daughter
• Detective Anna Ramirez
• Detective Michael Wuertz
• Brian Douglas
• Anton
• Gerard Stephens
• Detective Murphy
• Sergeant Raphael Mayer
• Thomas Schiff
• Kilson
• Ginty
• Berg
• Jeremy Polk
• Willy Davis
• Grogan
• McFarland
• Kirk Packer
• Ronald Coburgh
• Natascha
• Sal Maroni's Mistress
• Richard Patterson
• Raymond Patterson
• Al Grooms
• Hamlin
• Burton
• Patrick Harvey
• Richard Dent
• Harry Dent
• Lucy Dent
• The Joker's Father
• The Chechen's Parents
• Burmese Bandit

OrganizationsEdit

• Gotham City Police Department
• GCPD Major Crimes Unit
• The Joker's Thugs
• Sal Maroni's Thugs
• The Chechen's Thugs
• Gambol's Thugs
• Lau's Thugs
• Batman Impersonaters
• Batmen

VehiclesEdit

• Tumbler
• Bat-Pod
• Bruce Wayne's MV Augusta Brutale
• Korean Smugglers' C-130 cargo plane

TechnologyEdit

• Grappling Hook
• Cable Gun
• Batsignal

WeaponsEdit

• Batarang
• Sticky Bomb Launcher
• Ceramic .28 Caliber
• Joker Poison

LocationsEdit

• Bruce Wayne's Penthouse
• Wayne Enterprises
• Gotham National Bank
• Gotham General Hospital
• Prewitt Building
• Thomasina Arms
• The Ocelot
• Lou's Bar
• Chechenya

EventsEdit

The Joker's Robbery of Gotham National Bank

MiscellaneaEdit

• The Chechen's rottweilers
• Skyhook
• Gotham Times
• GCTV

Diffrences from the filmEdit

• A great deal of backstory for Harvey Dent, including his parents, Harry and Lucy, and how Harvey came to meet Rachel.

• The Joker, while posing as Bozo before his robbery of Gotham National Bank, stood on the sidewalk waiting for his men to pick him up. An elderly woman stood near him and he slipped her a hundred dollar bill, either to walk away or keep silent about seeing him there.

• The Chechen had a lackey named Burton who told him about Scarecrow, and set up the meeting for them.

• Scarecrow sold his drug to a junkie for little money, then after he took the drug was killed by Scarecrow, with the intention of learning its effects.

• Joker Venom is utilized in the novel, on a private detective that Sal Maroni hires to find information on the Joker.

• Apparently originally a knife held the note to Brian Douglas' chest, but an alternate scene was filmed showing the note held by a pin.

• Following the charity event in Bruce's penthouse, the following scene takes place: The Joker looked back toward the penthouse as his getaway car sped away. He breathed hard, exhilarated even as a stream of blood ran down his face and tells the driver how the Batman saved Rachel and starts to wonder if they have a relationship or Batman does this with everyone and this can lead to his downfall. He smacked the back of the driver's seat. Driver: "What do we do about Dent?" The Joker: "I'm a man of my word."

• Instead of saying he's going after Rachel, Batman said "Dent knew the risks."

• Rachel's last words before dying: "Bruce. Harvey. I love you."

• Gordon made it clear that the Joker switched the locations of Rachel and Harvey in his directions and cries.