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June 15, 2020

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RANK COMPANY CEO INDUSTRY COUNTRY/TERRITORY HEADQUARTERS FOUNDED EMPLOYEES REVENUE PROFITS ASSETS MARKET VALUE MARKET CAP SALES
1 ICBC Shu Gu Banking China Beijing 2011 449,296 $177.2 B $45.3 B $4,322.5 B $242.3 B $242.3B $177.2B
2 China Construction Bank Wang Zuji Banking China Beijing 1954 352,621 $162.1 B $38.9 B $3,822 B $203.8 B $203.8B $162.1B
3 JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon Diversified Financials United States New York, New York 1968 256,981 $142.9 B $30 B $3,139.4 B $291.7 B   $142.9B
4 Berkshire Hathaway Warren Edward Buffett Diversified Financials United States Omaha, Nebraska 1955 391,500 $254.6 B $81.4 B $817.7 B $455.4 B   $254.6B
5 Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) Amin bin Hasan Al-Nasser Oil & Gas Operations Saudi Arabia Dhahran 1933 69,867 $329.8 B $88.2 B $398.3 B $1,684.8 B $1,684.8B $329.8B
5 Agricultural Bank of China Huan Zhao Banking China Beijing 1951 464,011 $148.7 B $30.9 B $3,697.5 B $147.2 B $147.2B $148.7B
7 Ping An Insurance Group Xin Ying Chen, Ming Zhe Ma Insurance China Shenzhen 1988 372,194 $155 B $18.8 B $1,218.6 B $187.2 B $187.2B $155B
8 Bank of America Brian T. Moynihan Banking United States Charlotte, North Carolina 1904 208,000 $112.1 B $24.1 B $2,620 B $208.6 B   $112.1B
9 Apple Tim Cook Technology Hardware & Equipment United States Cupertino, California 1976 137,000 $267.7 B $57.2 B $320.4 B $1,285.5 B   $267.7B
10 Bank of China Wang Jiang Banking China Beijing 1929 311,133 $135.4 B $27.2 B $3,387 B $112.8 B $112.8B $135.4B
11 AT&T Randall L. Stephenson Telecommunications Services United States Dallas, Texas 1983 246,000 $179.2 B $14.4 B $545.4 B $218.6 B   $179.2B
11 Toyota Motor Akio Toyoda Consumer Durables Japan Toyota 1937 370,870 $280.5 B $22.7 B $495.1 B $173.3 B $173.3B $280.5B
13 ExxonMobil Darren W. Woods Oil & Gas Operations United States Irving, Texas 1999 74,900 $256 B $14.3 B $362.6 B $196.6 B   $256B
13 Alphabet Sundar Pichai IT Software & Services United States Mountain View, California 2015 118,899 $166.3 B $34.5 B $273.4 B $919.3 B   $166.3B
13 Microsoft Satya Nadella IT Software & Services United States Redmond, Washington 1975 144,000 $138.6 B $46.3 B $285.4 B $1,359 B   $138.6B
16 Samsung Electronics Hyun-Suk Kim, Kinam Kim Technology Hardware & Equipment South Korea Suwon 1938 105,257 $197.6 B $18.4 B $304.9 B $278.7 B $278.7B $197.6B
17 Wells Fargo Charlie Scharf Banking United States San Francisco, California 1852 259,800 $98.9 B $14.3 B $1,981.3 B $118.8 B   $98.9B
18 Citigroup Michael Louis Corbat Diversified Financials United States New York, New York 1812 200,000 $104.4 B $17.1 B $2,219.8 B $101.1 B   $104.4B
19 Walmart C. Douglas McMillon Retailing United States Bentonville, Arkansas 1962 2,200,000 $524 B $14.9 B $236.5 B $344.4 B   $524B
20 Verizon Communications Hans Erik Vestberg Telecommunications Services United States New York, New York 1983 135,000 $131.4 B $18.4 B $294.5 B $237.7 B   $131.4B
21 Royal Dutch Shell Bernardus Cornelis Adriana Margriet van Beurden Oil & Gas Operations Netherlands The Hague 1907 83,000 $311.6 B $9.9 B $394 B $126.5 B $126.5B $311.6B
22 Amazon Jeffrey P. Bezos Retailing United States Seattle, Washington 1994 798,000 $296.3 B $10.6 B $221.2 B $1,233.4 B   $296.3B
23 Volkswagen Group Herbert Diess Consumer Durables Germany Wolfsburg 1937 671,205 $275.2 B $12 B $538.9 B $70.4 B $70.4B $275.2B
24 UnitedHealth Group David Scott Wichmann Insurance United States Minnetonka, Minnesota 1977 325,000 $246.3 B $13.8 B $189.1 B $277.1 B   $246.3B
25 Allianz Oliver Bäte Insurance Germany Munich 1890 147,268 $122.4 B $8.9 B $1,183.5 B $77.1 B $77.1B $122.4B
26 China Merchants Bank Huiyu Tian Banking China Shenzhen 2009 84,683 $58.4 B $13.7 B $1,094.9 B $120.9 B $120.9B $58.4B
27 Comcast Brian L. Roberts Media United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1963 190,000 $108.7 B $11.7 B $262.4 B $171.7 B   $108.7B
28 China Mobile Yue Li Telecommunications Services Hong Kong Hong Kong 1997 456,239 $108.1 B $15.5 B $233.9 B $164.9 B $164.9B $108.1B
29 Total Patrick Pouyanné Oil & Gas Operations France Courbevoie 1924 107,776 $176.2 B $11.3 B $273.3 B $93.1 B $93.1B $176.2B
30 Postal Savings Bank Of China (PSBC) Guo Xinshuang Banking China Beijing 2007 174,406 $64.4 B $9 B $1,522.4 B $92 B $92B $64.4B
31 Alibaba Yong Zhang Retailing China Hangzhou 1999 101,958 $70.6 B $24.7 B $189.4 B $545.4 B   $70.6B
32 Gazprom Alexei Borisovich Miller Oil & Gas Operations Russia Moscow 1989 466,100 $122.6 B $22.7 B $331.7 B $60.8 B $60.8B $122.6B
32 PetroChina Yi Lin Wang Oil & Gas Operations China Beijing 1999 476,223 $364.1 B $6.6 B $392.3 B $65.9 B $65.9B $364.1B
34 Johnson & Johnson Alex Gorsky, Ryohei Tanemura Drugs & Biotechnology United States New Brunswick, New Jersey 1886 132,200 $82.8 B $17.2 B $155 B $395.3 B   $82.8B
35 RBC David McKay Banking Canada Toronto, Ontario 1864 85,000 $50.9 B $10 B $1,116.3 B $87.7 B $87.7B $50.9B
36 Walt Disney Robert Chapek Media United States Burbank, California 1923 223,000 $74.8 B $10.4 B $200.9 B $195.3 B   $74.8B
37 China Life Insurance Heng Xuan Su Insurance China Beijing 2003 103,826 $103.7 B $8.5 B $536.2 B $60.3 B $60.3B $103.7B
38 Intel Bob Swan Semiconductors United States Santa Clara, California 1968 110,800 $75.7 B $22.7 B $147.7 B $254 B   $75.7B
39 Facebook Mark Elliot Zuckerberg IT Software & Services United States Menlo Park, California 2004 44,942 $73.4 B $21 B $138.4 B $583.7 B   $73.4B
40 CVS Health Larry J. Merlo Retailing United States Woonsocket, Rhode Island 1892 290,000 $256.8 B $6.6 B $224.3 B $80.4 B   $256.8B
41 Nestlé Ulf Mark Schneider, Masaru Nakamura Food, Drink & Tobacco Switzerland Vevey 1866 291,000 $93.1 B $12.7 B $132.1 B $304.1 B $304.1B $93.1B
42 BNP Paribas Jean-Laurent Bonnafé Banking France Paris 1848 202,876 $128 B $8.7 B $2,429.9 B $39.2 B $39.2B $128B
43 Nippon Telegraph & Tel Jun Sawada Telecommunications Services Japan Tokyo 1952 303,351 $109.6 B $7.9 B $211.1 B $83 B $83B $109.6B
44 HSBC Holdings Noel Quinn Banking United Kingdom London 1865 235,000 $67.2 B $3.8 B $2,917.8 B $105.3 B $105.3B $67.2B
45 Bank of Communications Ren Deqi Banking China Shanghai 1908 88,906 $66.6 B $11.2 B $1,422.1 B $47.1 B $47.1B $66.6B
46 TD Bank Group Bharat B. Masrani, Koji Ogishima Banking Canada Toronto 1955 46,871 $44.8 B $9.3 B $1,102 B $75.8 B $75.8B $44.8B
47 Goldman Sachs Group David Michael Solomon Diversified Financials United States New York, New York 1869 38,300 $53.9 B $7.4 B $1,090 B $63.4 B   $53.9B
48 Morgan Stanley James Patrick Gorman Diversified Financials United States New York, New York 1935 60,431 $53 B $8.3 B $896.8 B $62.1 B   $53B
49 Pfizer Albert Bourla Drugs & Biotechnology United States New York, New York 1849 88,300 $50.7 B $15.8 B $167.5 B $212.8 B   $50.7B
50 Tencent Holdings Hua Teng Ma IT Software & Services China Shenzhen 1998 62,885 $54.6 B $13.5 B $137 B $509.7 B $509.7B $54.6B
51 IBM Arvind Krishna IT Software & Services United States Armonk, New York 1911 383,800 $76.5 B $9 B $153.4 B $111.5 B   $76.5B
52 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Nobuyuki Hirano Banking Japan Tokyo 2012 119,390 $60.1 B $5.4 B $2,893 B $51.8 B $51.8B $60.1B
53 General Electric H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. Conglomerates United States Boston, Massachusetts 1878 205,000 $99.9 B $6.3 B $262 B $59.5 B   $99.9B
53 Rosneft Igor Ivanovich Sechin Oil & Gas Operations Russia Moscow 1993   $126.9 B $10.9 B $208.5 B $48.1 B $48.1B $126.9B
55 Santander Tim Wennes Banking United States Wilmington, Delaware 2013 196,419 $89.2 B $7.3 B $1,709.2 B $37.1 B $37.1B $89.2B
56 Anheuser-Busch InBev Carlos Alves de Brito, Masahiro Morimoto Food, Drink & Tobacco Belgium Leuven 1977 171,915 $52.3 B $9.1 B $238.3 B $89.9 B $89.9B $52.3B
57 Industrial Bank Yiping Tao Banking China Fuzhou 1988 63,044 $50.2 B $9.2 B $1,045 B $49 B $49B $50.2B
58 Sony Kenichiro Yoshida Consumer Durables Japan Tokyo 1946 114,400 $79.2 B $6 B $208.3 B $78.7 B $78.7B $79.2B
58 Reliance Industries Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani Oil & Gas Operations India Mumbai 1966 194,056 $84.8 B $6.2 B $147.2 B $123.8 B $123.8B $84.8B
60 Sinopec Yong Sheng Ma Oil & Gas Operations China Beijing 2000 402,206 $369.2 B $3.3 B $254.8 B $76.6 B $76.6B $369.2B
61 Chevron Michael K. Wirth Oil & Gas Operations United States San Ramon, California 1879 48,200 $140.1 B $2.9 B $237.4 B $171.8 B   $140.1B
62 Siemens Joe Kaeser Conglomerates Germany Munich 1847 385,000 $97.4 B $5.9 B $171 B $75.4 B $75.4B $97.4B
63 Cigna David Michael Cordani Drugs & Biotechnology United States Bloomfield, Connecticut 1981 73,700 $154.5 B $4.9 B $157 B $72.8 B   $154.5B
64 AXA Group Thomas Buberl Insurance France Paris 1852 99,843 $150 B $4 B $850.8 B $42.3 B $42.3B $150B
65 Shanghai Pudong Development Guo Fu Gao Banking China Shanghai 1992 58,253 $50 B $8.6 B $1,029.3 B $44.2 B $44.2B $50B
66 AIA Group John Cai, Keng Hooi Ng Insurance Hong Kong Hong Kong 1919 23,000 $40.9 B $6.6 B $280.3 B $111.8 B $111.8B $40.9B
66 Softbank Masayoshi Son Telecommunications Services Japan Tokyo 1981 76,866 $87.4 B $2.9 B $362.6 B $89.7 B $89.7B $87.4B
68 Novartis Vasant Narasimhan Drugs & Biotechnology Switzerland Basel 1996 103,914 $48.6 B $12.2 B $123.1 B $193 B $193B $48.6B
69 Deutsche Telekom Timotheus Höttges Telecommunications Services Germany Bonn 1995 210,533 $90.1 B $4.3 B $207.1 B $69.2 B $69.2B $90.1B
70 Petrobras Roberto da Cunha Castello Branco Oil & Gas Operations Brazil Rio de Janeiro 1953 57,983 $78.9 B $10.2 B $230.2 B $43.5 B $43.5B $78.9B
71 Procter & Gamble David S. Taylor Household & Personal Products United States Cincinnati, Ohio 1837 97,000 $70.3 B $5 B $118.6 B $291.8 B   $70.3B
72 Japan Post Holdings Hiroya Masuda Insurance Japan Tokyo 1871 245,922 $112.3 B $4.7 B $2,680.2 B $32.7 B $32.7B $112.3B
73 LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Bernard Arnault, Antonio Federico Belloni Household & Personal Products France Paris 1987 32,680 $60.1 B $8 B $108.3 B $194.3 B $194.3B $60.1B
74 Roche Holding Severin Schwan Drugs & Biotechnology Switzerland Basel 1896 97,735 $61.9 B $13.6 B $85.8 B $297.4 B $297.4B $61.9B
75 BMW Group Oliver Zipse Consumer Durables Germany Munich 1916 133,778 $116.6 B $5.5 B $271.3 B $38.9 B $38.9B $116.6B
76 Zurich Insurance Group Mario Greco, Norikatsu Nagino Insurance Switzerland Zurich 1872 54,030 $71.8 B $4.1 B $381.9 B $47.4 B $47.4B $71.8B
77 CITIC Zhen Ming Chang Trading Companies Hong Kong Hong Kong 1979 287,910 $72.3 B $6.9 B $1,063.9 B $30.3 B $30.3B $72.3B
78 Itaú Unibanco Holding Candido Botelho Bracher Banking Brazil São Paulo 1944 95,000 $52 B $6.9 B $408.8 B $41 B $41B $52B
79 China State Construction Engineering Xiang Ming Wang Construction China Beijing 2007 335,038 $203 B $6.1 B $292.3 B $30.7 B $30.7B $203B
80 MetLife Michel A. Khalaf, Yasuo Goto Insurance United States New York, New York 1868 49,000 $69 B $5.9 B $746.3 B $32.8 B   $69B
80 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Jun Ohta Banking Japan Tokyo 2002 86,659 $48.4 B $6.4 B $1,954.8 B $36.4 B $36.4B $48.4B
82 Cisco Systems Charles H. Robbins Technology Hardware & Equipment United States San Jose, California 1984 75,900 $51.6 B $11.1 B $90.4 B $179.7 B   $51.6B
83 Honda Motor Takahiro Hachigo Consumer Durables Japan Tokyo 1948 219,722 $142.4 B $4.3 B $188.5 B $42.6 B $42.6B $142.4B
84 Commonwealth Bank Matthew Comyn Banking Australia Sydney 1911 48,238 $27.3 B $7 B $688.8 B $72.6 B $72.6B $27.3B
85 Bank of Nova Scotia Brian Johnston Porter Banking Canada Toronto 1832 101,813 $34.8 B $6.4 B $872.6 B $48.7 B $48.7B $34.8B
86 Raytheon Technologies Gregory J. Hayes, Yusuke Tanaka Aerospace & Defense United States Waltham, Massachusetts 1922 243,200 $77.1 B $5.5 B $139.7 B $56.1 B   $77.1B
87 PepsiCo Ramon Luis Laguarta Food, Drink & Tobacco United States Purchase, New York 1965 267,000 $68.2 B $7.2 B $85.1 B $183.6 B   $68.2B
88 American Express Stephen J. Squeri Diversified Financials United States New York, New York 1850 64,500 $46.8 B $5.5 B $186.1 B $73.5 B   $46.8B
89 General Motors Mary Teresa Barra Consumer Durables United States Detroit, Michigan 1908 164,000 $137.2 B $6.7 B $228 B $31.9 B   $137.2B
90 China Minsheng Bank Wanchun Zheng Banking China Beijing 1996 58,900 $48.5 B $7.8 B $959.2 B $32.8 B $32.8B $48.5B
91 British American Tobacco Jack Marie Henry David Bowles Food, Drink & Tobacco United Kingdom London 1902 59,989 $33 B $7.3 B $186.8 B $88.8 B $88.8B $33B
92 Merck & Co. Kenneth C. Frazier, Hiroshi Fujiwara Drugs & Biotechnology United States Kenilworth, New Jersey 1891 71,000 $47.9 B $10.1 B $84.4 B $200.3 B   $47.9B
93 BHP Group Mike Henry Materials Australia Melbourne 1885 60,644 $45.8 B $9.4 B $102.3 B $107.1 B $107.1B $45.8B
94 Oracle Safra Ada Catz IT Software & Services United States Redwood City, California 1984 136,000 $39.8 B $10.8 B $96.7 B $167 B   $39.8B
95 Brookfield Asset Management Bruce Flatt Diversified Financials Canada Toronto 1997 151,900 $69.1 B $2.8 B $324 B $51.3 B $51.3B $69.1B
96 Coca-Cola James Quincey Food, Drink & Tobacco United States Atlanta, Georgia 1886 86,200 $37.2 B $10 B $94 B $197.1 B   $37.2B
97 Enel Francesco Starace Utilities Italy Rome 1962 68,253 $86.6 B $2.4 B $192.4 B $69.4 B $69.4B $86.6B
97 GlaxoSmithKline Emma N. Walmsley Drugs & Biotechnology United Kingdom Middlesex 2000 99,437 $44.7 B $6.8 B $104.6 B $104.4 B $104.4B $44.7B
99 LukOil Vagit Yusufovich Alekperov Oil & Gas Operations Russia Moscow 1991   $116.3 B $9.9 B $95.7 B $41.2 B $41.2B $116.3B
100 China Vanke Jiu Sheng Zhu Construction China Shenzhen 1984 131,505 $53.5 B $5.6 B $245.3 B $37.6 B $37.6B $53.5B
101 Banco Bradesco Octávio de Lazari, Jr. Banking Brazil Osasco 1943 97,321 $62 B $5.7 B $337.9 B $31.3 B $31.3B $62B
102 Bayer Werner Baumann Drugs & Biotechnology Germany Leverkusen 1863 103,824 $49.9 B $4.8 B $137.7 B $64.7 B $64.7B $49.9B
103 US Bancorp Andrew J. Cecere, Kunio Yamada Banking United States Minneapolis, Minnesota 1929 69,651 $25.9 B $6.4 B $542.9 B $55.5 B   $25.9B
104 Mitsubishi Takehiko Kakiuchi Trading Companies Japan Tokyo 1950 79,994 $140.8 B $4.8 B $167 B $32.4 B $32.4B $140.8B
105 Anthem Gail Koziara Boudreaux, Yasuhiro Matsubara Drugs & Biotechnology United States Indianapolis, Indiana 1944 70,600 $109.3 B $4.8 B $82.4 B $70.8 B   $109.3B
106 Home Depot Craig A. Menear Retailing United States Atlanta, Georgia 1978 415,700 $110.2 B $11.2 B $51.2 B $236.1 B   $110.2B
107 BASF Martin Brudermüller Chemicals Germany Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1865 117,628 $66.5 B $8.8 B $101.3 B $47 B $47B $66.5B
108 Taiwan Semiconductor Che Chia Wei Semiconductors Taiwan Hsinchu 1987 46,968 $37.8 B $13 B $77.5 B $265.5 B $265.5B $37.8B
109 UBS Sergio P. Ermotti Banking Switzerland Zurich 1998 68,601 $34.2 B $4.8 B $1,098.1 B $38.4 B $38.4B $34.2B
110 Unilever Alan Jope, Takaaki Okamoto Household & Personal Products Netherlands Rotterdam 1929 149,867 $58.2 B $6.3 B $72.7 B $130.6 B $130.6B $58.2B
111 Country Garden Holdings Tzar Kuoi Li Construction China Foshan 1992 101,784 $70.1 B $5.7 B $273.8 B $27.8 B $27.8B $70.1B
112 EDF Jean-Bernard Lévy Utilities France Paris 1955 164,727 $79.8 B $5.1 B $340.4 B $24.7 B $24.7B $79.8B
113 China Citic Bank Bi Mingqiang Banking China Beijing 2014 57,045 $49.3 B $7.1 B $991.4 B $23.9 B $23.9B $49.3B
114 Rio Tinto Jean-Sébastien Jacques Materials United Kingdom London 1954 46,007 $43.2 B $8 B $87.8 B $75.5 B $75.5B $43.2B
115 Lloyds Banking Group António Mota De Sousa Horta-Osório Banking United Kingdom London 1985 77,754 $64.3 B $3.1 B $1,104.7 B $28.6 B $28.6B $64.3B
116 Prudential Financial Charlie F. Lowrey, Jr., Ryo Higuchi Diversified Financials United States Newark, New Jersey 1875 51,511 $64.9 B $4.1 B $896.6 B $24.7 B   $64.9B
117 Sanofi Paul Hudson Drugs & Biotechnology France Paris 1994 100,409 $40.4 B $3.3 B $126.5 B $122.5 B $122.5B $40.4B
118 Credit Agricole Dominique Lefebvre Banking France Montrouge 1894 75,423 $74.3 B $4.8 B $1,984.2 B $21.9 B $21.9B $74.3B
119 AbbVie Richard A. Gonzalez Drugs & Biotechnology United States North Chicago, Illinois 2013 30,000 $33.3 B $7.8 B $89.1 B $121.4 B   $33.3B
120 Iberdrola José Ignacio Sánchez Galán Utilities Spain Bilbao 1901 28,750 $39.7 B $4.1 B $136.6 B $62.5 B $62.5B $39.7B
121 Hon Hai Precision Yang-wei Liu Technology Hardware & Equipment Taiwan New Taipei 1974 1,000,000 $172.8 B $3.7 B $110.8 B $35.9 B $35.9B $172.8B
122 KDDI Tomonari Sato Telecommunications Services Japan Tokyo 1984 41,996 $47.8 B $5.9 B $86.5 B $66.9 B $66.9B $47.8B
123 Enbridge Albert Monaco Oil & Gas Operations Canada Calgary 1949 11,300 $37.5 B $4.3 B $125.9 B $62.2 B   $37.5B
123 Manulife Roy Gori Insurance Canada Toronto 1999 35,000 $58.3 B $4.2 B $592 B $24.5 B $24.5B $58.3B
125 Intesa Sanpaolo Carlo Messina Banking Italy Torino 1925 88,682 $41.3 B $4.7 B $916.1 B $27.3 B $27.3B $41.3B
126 CNOOC Ke Qiang Xu Oil & Gas Operations Hong Kong Hong Kong 1999 18,703 $33.6 B $8.8 B $108.8 B $50.6 B $50.6B $33.6B
127 Westpac Banking Group Peter Francis King Banking Australia Sydney 1817 33,288 $26 B $4.8 B $611.9 B $38.4 B $38.4B $26B
127 Dell Technologies Michael Saul Dell Technology Hardware & Equipment United States Round Rock, Texas 1984 165,000 $91.9 B $4.6 B $118.9 B $31.6 B   $91.9B
129 Medtronic Geoffrey Straub Martha Health Care Equipment & Services Ireland Dublin 1949 90,000 $31.1 B $5.3 B $92.8 B $130.8 B   $31.1B
130 China Pacific Insurance Yan Hong Pan, Takashi Kayamoto Insurance China Shanghai 1991 111,247 $55.8 B $4 B $215.7 B $30 B $30B $55.8B
131 SAIC Motor Zhi Xin Chen Consumer Durables China Shanghai 1995 216,360 $121.1 B $3.7 B $121.9 B $31.3 B $31.3B $121.1B
132 Bank of Montreal Darryl White Banking Canada Toronto, Ontario 1817 45,513 $29.1 B $4.4 B $665.2 B $32.6 B $32.6B $29.1B
132 Caterpillar Donald James Umpleby, III Capital Goods United States Deerfield, Illinois 1925 102,300 $51 B $5.3 B $75.9 B $63 B   $51B
134 Chubb Evan G. Greenberg Insurance Switzerland Zurich 1985 33,000 $34 B $3.7 B $173.1 B $48.8 B   $34B
135 Itochu Masahiro Okafuji Trading Companies Japan Tokyo 1858 119,796 $103.1 B $4.9 B $104.6 B $29.6 B $29.6B $103.1B
136 Walgreens Boots Alliance Stefano Pessina Retailing United States Deerfield, Illinois 1901 342,000 $138.7 B $3.5 B $90 B $38 B   $138.7B
137 VINCI Xavier Huillard Construction France Rueil-Malmaison 1910 192,282 $54.6 B $3.6 B $102.3 B $45.5 B $45.5B $54.6B
138 Bristol-Myers Squibb Giovanni Caforio Drugs & Biotechnology United States New York, New York 1887 30,000 $26.1 B $3.4 B $129.9 B $137.6 B   $26.1B
139 PNC Financial Services William S. Demchak Banking United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1983 51,918 $21.5 B $5 B $445.5 B $45.2 B   $21.5B
140 Generali Group Philippe Donnet Insurance Italy Trieste 1831 71,936 $91.9 B $3 B $578.6 B $22.5 B $22.5B $91.9B
141 Visa Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. Business Services & Supplies United States San Francisco, California 1958 19,500 $23.5 B $11.9 B $74.8 B $383.9 B   $23.5B
142 Costco Wholesale Walter Craig Jelinek Retailing United States Issaquah, Washington 1976 254,000 $158.4 B $3.8 B $48.8 B $133.8 B   $158.4B
143 United Parcel Service David P. Abney Transportation United States Atlanta, Georgia 1907 495,000 $74.8 B $4.3 B $57.9 B $81.3 B   $74.8B
144 Duke Energy Lynn J. Good Utilities United States Charlotte, North Carolina 1904 28,793 $25.1 B $3.7 B $163.6 B $62.1 B   $25.1B
145 Lockheed Martin Marillyn A. Hewson Aerospace & Defense United States Bethesda, Maryland 1912 110,000 $61.1 B $6.2 B $49.2 B $109.1 B   $61.1B
146 HDFC Bank Aditya Puri Banking India Mumbai 1994 98,000 $20.7 B $3.8 B $209 B $73.1 B $73.1B $20.7B
147 Allstate Thomas Joseph Wilson, II Insurance United States Northbrook, Illinois 1931 46,290 $44.3 B $4.8 B $121.1 B $32.2 B   $44.3B
148 China Everbright Bank Haijiao Ge Banking China Beijing 1992 45,618 $35.6 B $5.5 B $737.6 B $22.3 B $22.3B $35.6B
149 Charter Communications Thomas M. Rutledge Media United States Stamford, Connecticut 1993 95,100 $45.8 B $1.7 B $150.6 B $104 B   $45.8B
150 SAP Christian Klein, Jennifer B. Morgan IT Software & Services Germany Walldorf 1972 100,330 $31.1 B $4.7 B $69.1 B $142.4 B $142.4B $31.1B
151 Tokio Marine Holdings Satoru Komiya Insurance Japan Tokyo 2002 40,848 $48.5 B $2.6 B $224.5 B $33 B $33B $48.5B
152 CK Hutchison Tzar Kuoi Li Conglomerates Hong Kong Hong Kong 2014 30,000 $38.2 B $5.1 B $155.4 B $28.6 B $28.6B $38.2B
153 Honeywell International Darius Adamczyk Conglomerates United States Charlotte, North Carolina 1885 113,000 $36.7 B $6.1 B $58.7 B $100.4 B   $36.7B
154 China Evergrande Group Hai Jun Xia Construction China Shenzhen 2006 125,526 $69.4 B $2.5 B $316.8 B $23.5 B $23.5B $69.4B
155 American International Group Brian Duperreault Insurance United States New York, New York 1919 46,000 $50.1 B $3.3 B $525.1 B $21.9 B   $50.1B
156 Orange Stéphane Richard Telecommunications Services France Paris 1991 138,038 $47.3 B $3.4 B $123 B $32.3 B $32.3B $47.3B
157 América Móvil Daniel Hajj Aboumrad Telecommunications Services Mexico Mexico City 2000 189,448 $52.3 B $3.5 B $81.1 B $40.5 B $40.5B $52.3B
158 Abbott Laboratories Robert B. Ford Health Care Equipment & Services United States Abbott Park, Illinois 1888 107,000 $32.1 B $3.5 B $66.8 B $162.9 B   $32.1B
159 Bank of New York Mellon Thomas P. Gibbons Banking United States New York, New York 1965 48,400 $20.8 B $4.5 B $468.2 B $33.2 B   $20.8B
160 Credit Suisse Group Thomas Gottstein Banking Switzerland Zurich 1982 47,860 $32.8 B $4 B $860.1 B $22 B $22B $32.8B
161 Capital One Financial Richard Fairbank Business Services & Supplies United States Mclean, Virginia 1994 51,900 $31.1 B $2.8 B $396.9 B $29.5 B   $31.1B
162 Amgen Robert A. Bradway Drugs & Biotechnology United States Thousand Oaks, California 1980 23,400 $23.9 B $7.7 B $61.7 B $140.6 B   $23.9B
163 Truist Financial Kelly S. King Banking United States Charlotte, North Carolina 1872 59,000 $17.2 B $3.5 B $506.2 B $50.3 B   $17.2B
164 ANZ Shayne Elliott Banking Australia Melbourne 1968 39,060 $23.9 B $2.9 B $703.8 B $31.3 B $31.3B $23.9B
165 Equinor Eldar Sætre Oil & Gas Operations Norway Stavanger 1972 21,412 $60.3 B $1.8 B $118.1 B $46.4 B $46.4B $60.3B
166 Mitsui Tatsuo Yasunaga Trading Companies Japan Tokyo 1947 43,993 $65.5 B $3.7 B $114.3 B $24.1 B $24.1B $65.5B
167 Oversea-Chinese Banking Samuel Nag Tsien Banking Singapore Singapore 1932 29,706 $24.9 B $3.6 B $365.7 B $28.3 B $28.3B $24.9B
168 China Shenhua Energy Ji Ping Yang Materials China Beijing 2004 75,620 $35 B $6.1 B $80.8 B $35.6 B $35.6B $35B
169 Exelon Chris Crane Utilities United States Chicago, Illinois 1999 32,713 $33.8 B $2.9 B $125 B $36.1 B   $33.8B
170 PTT Chansin Treenuchagron Oil & Gas Operations Thailand Bangkok 1978   $71.5 B $2.9 B $82.9 B $31.3 B $31.3B $71.5B
171 State Bank of India Rajnish Kumar Banking India Mumbai 1806 257,252 $51.1 B $2 B $559.9 B $22.6 B $22.6B $51.1B
172 Poly Developments & Holdings Group Ping Liu Construction China Guangzhou 1992 56,811 $31 B $4 B $148.3 B $27.5 B $27.5B $31B
173 Lowe's Marvin R. Ellison Retailing United States Mooresville, North Carolina 1946 320,000 $72.1 B $4.3 B $41 B $79.1 B   $72.1B
174 China Telecom Rui Wen Ke Telecommunications Services China Beijing 2002 281,215 $54.4 B $3 B $101 B $27.9 B $27.9B $54.4B
175 Southern Company Thomas A. Fanning Utilities United States Atlanta, Georgia 1945 27,943 $20.8 B $3.5 B $118.9 B $60 B   $20.8B
176 L'Oréal Jean-Paul Agon Household & Personal Products France Clichy 1909 87,974 $33.4 B $4.2 B $49.2 B $162.5 B $162.5B $33.4B
177 BlackRock Larry Fink Diversified Financials United States New York, New York 1988 16,200 $15.1 B $4.2 B $168.6 B $77.9 B   $15.1B
178 Linde Stephen F. Angel Chemicals United Kingdom Guildford 1879 79,886 $28.2 B $2.3 B $86.6 B $96.6 B   $28.2B
179 Canadian Imperial Bank Victor Dodig Banking Canada Toronto 1867 45,157 $21.6 B $3.9 B $508.2 B $26.4 B $26.4B $21.6B
180 NextEra Energy James L. Robo Utilities United States Juno Beach, Florida 1984 13,900 $17.2 B $3.5 B $120.6 B $113.1 B   $17.2B
181 Barclays James E. Staley Banking United Kingdom London 1896 80,800 $28.8 B $2.6 B $1,790.9 B $23.1 B $23.1B $28.8B
182 Deere & Company John C. May, II Capital Goods United States Moline, Illinois 1837 73,500 $38.9 B $3.3 B $71.8 B $45.5 B   $38.9B
183 Union Pacific Lance M. Fritz, Christophe Weber Transportation United States Omaha, Nebraska 1862 37,483 $21.6 B $6 B $62.2 B $108.4 B   $21.6B
184 Thermo Fisher Scientific Marc N. Casper Health Care Equipment & Services United States Waltham, Massachusetts 1960 75,000 $25.6 B $3.7 B $58.7 B $132.2 B   $25.6B
185 Deutsche Post Frank Appel Transportation Germany Bonn 1995 499,461 $70.9 B $2.9 B $61 B $36.7 B $36.7B $70.9B
186 Gilead Sciences Daniel P. O'Day Drugs & Biotechnology United States Foster City, California 1987 11,800 $22.6 B $5 B $59.7 B $105.8 B   $22.6B
186 Phillips 66 Greg C. Garland Oil & Gas Operations United States Houston, Texas 2012 14,500 $107.4 B $3.1 B $58.7 B $32 B   $107.4B
188 Mondelez International Dirk van de Put Food, Drink & Tobacco United States Deerfield, Illinois 1903 80,000 $26 B $3.7 B $63.6 B $73.4 B   $26B
189 Hyundai Motor Mong-Koo Chung, Won-Hui Lee Consumer Durables South Korea Seoul 1967 70,032 $90.5 B $2.3 B $163.3 B $20.1 B $20.1B $90.5B
190 Qatar National Bank Abdulla Mubarak Nasser Al-Khalifa Banking Qatar Doha 1977   $15.9 B $3.9 B $264.9 B $43.7 B $43.7B $15.9B
191 NAB - National Australia Bank Ross McEwan Banking Australia Melbourne 1858 34,370 $21.4 B $2.3 B $567.8 B $32 B $32B $21.4B
192 Legal & General Group Nigel David Wilson, Saburo Kogo Insurance United Kingdom London 1836 10,971 $85.2 B $2.3 B $735 B $15.3 B $15.3B $85.2B
192 Broadcom Hock E. Tan Semiconductors United States San Jose, California 1991 19,000 $22.7 B $2.6 B $81 B $108.6 B   $22.7B
194 ING Group Ralph Hamers Diversified Financials Netherlands Amsterdam 1991 56,196 $20.5 B $5.4 B $1,001 B $21.4 B $21.4B $20.5B
195 3M Michael F. Roman Conglomerates United States St. Paul, Minnesota 1902 96,163 $32.3 B $5 B $46.2 B $87.4 B   $32.3B
196 Target Brian C. Cornell Retailing United States Minneapolis, Minnesota 1902 368,000 $78.1 B $3.3 B $42.8 B $54.9 B   $78.1B
197 Marathon Petroleum Michael J. Hennigan Oil & Gas Operations United States Findlay, Ohio 1887 60,910 $123.4 B $2.6 B $98.6 B $20.9 B   $123.4B
198 Progressive Susan Patricia Griffith Insurance United States Mayfield Village, Ohio 1937 41,571 $39.1 B $3.6 B $56.3 B $45.2 B   $39.1B
198 Hitachi Toshiaki Higashihara Conglomerates Japan Tokyo 1910 295,941 $82.9 B $1.8 B $94.6 B $29.3 B $29.3B $82.9B
200 DBS Piyush Gupta Banking Singapore Singapore 1999 28,000 $14.5 B $4.3 B $451.6 B $36 B $36B $14.5B
201 ConocoPhillips Ryan M. Lance Oil & Gas Operations United States Houston, Texas 1875 10,400 $29.5 B $3.6 B $65 B $45.3 B   $29.5B
202 UniCredit Jean Pierre Mustier Banking Italy Milano 1870 94,514 $28.8 B $3.6 B $960.5 B $17.2 B $17.2B $28.8B
203 Philip Morris International André Calantzopoulos Food, Drink & Tobacco United States New York, New York 1847 73,500 $30.2 B $7.6 B $37.5 B $116.2 B   $30.2B
204 China Railway Group Zong Yan Zhang Construction China Beijing 2007 282,256 $122.9 B $3.2 B $151.6 B $14.8 B $14.8B $122.9B
205 Accenture Julie Spellman Sweet IT Software & Services Ireland Dublin 1989 492,000 $44.7 B $5 B $33.5 B $118 B   $44.7B
206 Munich Re Joachim Wenning Insurance Germany Munich 1880 39,662 $36.1 B $1.4 B $317.2 B $31.1 B $31.1B $36.1B
207 Royal Bank of Scotland Alison Marie Rose-Slade Banking United Kingdom Edinburgh 1968 62,900 $23.5 B $4.5 B $957.8 B $16.8 B $16.8B $23.5B
208 Banco do Brasil Ruben de Freitas Novaes Banking Brazil Brasilia 1971 96,889 $42 B $3.8 B $359.5 B $14.7 B $14.7B $42B
209 McDonald's Christopher Kempczinski Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure United States Chicago, Illinois 1955 205,000 $20.8 B $5.8 B $47.5 B $139.5 B   $20.8B
210 China Resources Land Yong Tang Construction Hong Kong Hong Kong 1994 38,087 $21.6 B $4.1 B $109.4 B $29.3 B $29.3B $21.6B
211 China Railway Construction Shao Jun Huang Construction China Beijing 1948 293,884 $116.8 B $2.8 B $154.4 B $14.9 B $14.9B $116.8B
212 Saudi Basic Industries Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan Chemicals Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1976   $37.3 B $1.5 B $83.4 B $59.8 B $59.8B $37.3B
213 Aviva Maurice Ewen Tulloch Insurance United Kingdom London 1990 31,181 $89.5 B $3.2 B $593.1 B $12 B $12B $89.5B
214 General Dynamics Phebe N. Novakovic Aerospace & Defense United States Reston, Virginia 1952 102,900 $38.8 B $3.4 B $53.7 B $37.5 B   $38.8B
215 MS&AD Insurance Yasuyoshi Karasawa Insurance Japan Tokyo 2008 41,467 $50.6 B $2.6 B $220.1 B $16.7 B $16.7B $50.6B
216 PICC Jianmin Miao Insurance China Beijing 1949 198,457 $78.2 B $3.2 B $158.5 B $14.5 B $14.5B $78.2B
217 Aflac Dan Amos Insurance United States Columbus, Georgia 1955 11,729 $22 B $2.9 B $151.6 B $26.9 B   $22B
218 Travelers Alan D. Schnitzer Insurance United States New York, New York 1853 30,800 $31.8 B $2.4 B $109.4 B $25.6 B   $31.8B
218 E.ON Johannes Teyssen Utilities Germany Essen 1929 78,948 $45.9 B $1.8 B $118 B $26.1 B $26.1B $45.9B
220 Prudential Mike Wells Insurance United Kingdom London 1848 18,125 $94.5 B $767.5 M $440.4 B $36.9 B $36.9B $94.5B
221 Eli Lilly David A. Ricks Drugs & Biotechnology United States Indianapolis, Indiana 1876 33,625 $23.1 B $5.5 B $39.3 B $148 B   $23.1B
222 Kraft Heinz Company Miguel Patricio Food, Drink & Tobacco United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2015 37,000 $25.2 B $1.9 B $104.1 B $37.1 B   $25.2B
223 Sunac China Holdings Meng De Wang Construction China Tianjin 2003 50,834 $25.3 B $3.8 B $137.9 B $20.7 B $20.7B $25.3B
224 Charles Schwab Walter William Bettinger, II Diversified Financials United States San Francisco, California 1986 19,700 $11.5 B $3.5 B $370.8 B $48.6 B   $11.5B
225 HCA Healthcare Samuel N. Hazen Health Care Equipment & Services United States Nashville, Tennessee 1968 280,000 $51.7 B $3 B $45.4 B $37.2 B   $51.7B
226 Danaher Thomas Patrick Joyce, Jr. Conglomerates United States Washington, District of Columbia 1969 60,000 $19.9 B $2.6 B $62.1 B $113.9 B   $19.9B
227 Schneider Electric Jean-Pascal Tricoire Capital Goods France Rueil-Malmaison 1836 134,291 $30.4 B $2.7 B $50.5 B $50.4 B $50.4B $30.4B
228 Société Générale Frédéric Oudéa Banking France Paris 1864 138,240 $47.8 B $2.8 B $1,522.5 B $12.4 B $12.4B $47.8B
229 Midea Group Hong Bo Fang Consumer Durables China Foshan 1968 114,765 $39.9 B $3.4 B $40 B $52.9 B $52.9B $39.9B
230 Dai-ichi Life Insurance Koichiro Watanabe Insurance Japan Tokyo 1902 62,938 $62.6 B $1.8 B $560.8 B $14.4 B $14.4B $62.6B
231 ENGIE Claire Waysand Oil & Gas Operations France Paris 1946 170,000 $67.2 B $1.1 B $179.4 B $26.2 B $26.2B $67.2B
232 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Michael Mark Manley Consumer Durables United Kingdom London 2014 191,752 $121.1 B $3.2 B $110.1 B $13.8 B $13.8B $121.1B
233 Volvo Group Martin Lundstedt Consumer Durables Sweden Gothenburg 1927 103,985 $43.4 B $3.1 B $55.6 B $26.3 B $26.3B $43.4B
234 Seven & I Holdings Dong Ning Zhang Food Markets Japan Tokyo 2005 53,993 $61 B $2 B $55.6 B $29.3 B $29.3B $61B
235 Humana Bruce Dale Broussard Drugs & Biotechnology United States Louisville, Kentucky 1961 46,000 $67.7 B $2.6 B $34.6 B $50.5 B   $67.7B
236 Longfor Group Holdings Ming Xiao Shao Construction China Beijing 1993 26,316 $21.7 B $2.6 B $93.6 B $29.8 B $29.8B $21.7B
237 AstraZeneca Pascal Soriot, DVM Drugs & Biotechnology United Kingdom Cambridge 1999 70,600 $26.2 B $1.5 B $57.2 B $137.7 B $137.7B $26.2B
238 JD.com Qiang Dong Liu Retailing China Beijing 1998 178,927 $83.4 B $1.8 B $37.3 B $53.6 B   $83.4B
239 Air Liquide Benoît Potier Chemicals France Paris 1902 67,200 $24.5 B $2.5 B $49 B $60 B $60B $24.5B
240 Fresenius Stephan Sturm Health Care Equipment & Services Germany Bad Homburg 1912 294,134 $39.6 B $2.1 B $75.2 B $23.8 B $23.8B $39.6B
241 Northrop Grumman Kathy J. Warden Aerospace & Defense United States Falls Church, Virginia 1939 90,000 $34.3 B $2.3 B $43.2 B $55.1 B   $34.3B
242 Mizuho Financial Koji Fujiwara Banking Japan Tokyo 2003 59,132 $35.9 B $831.1 M $1,874.9 B $29.8 B $29.8B $35.9B
243 Sun Life Financial Dean A. Connor Diversified Financials Canada Toronto 1865 22,719 $24.6 B $2 B $226.1 B $20.1 B $20.1B $24.6B
244 Nike John J. Donahoe, II Household & Personal Products United States Beaverton, Oregon 1964 76,700 $41.3 B $4.3 B $26.2 B $135.6 B   $41.3B
244 Inditex Carlos Crespo González Retailing Spain A Coruña 1963 176,611 $31.6 B $4.1 B $31.5 B $79.3 B $79.3B $31.6B
246 Gree Electric Appliances Hui Huang Consumer Durables China Zhuhai 1991 85,222 $28.8 B $3.6 B $40.3 B $46.7 B $46.7B $28.8B
247 Central Japan Railway Kouei Tsuge Transportation Japan Nagoya 1987 28,706 $17 B $3.7 B $89 B $31.2 B $31.2B $17B
248 Danone Emmanuel Faber Food, Drink & Tobacco France Paris 1899 102,449 $28.3 B $2.1 B $50.9 B $45 B $45B $28.3B
249 PayPal Daniel H. Schulman Business Services & Supplies United States San Jose, California 1998 23,200 $17.5 B $2.5 B $51.3 B $144.3 B   $17.5B
250 Cathay Financial Chang Li Insurance Taiwan Taipei 2001 56,764 $24.2 B $2 B $335.5 B $17.7 B $17.7B $24.2B
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Ghost Mutt
Dallas, US
★★★★★ 2
Not that great
Huge "The Simpsons" fan. I watched all the episodes and read a lot of the comics and enjoy most. This one however was quite boring. Turns out I'm just not a big fan of Chief Wiggum. I really enjoyed The "Homer" and "Bart" book. But not this one. Maybe if you love Wiggum you'll love it. If you're not too fond of him then I wouldn't buy it.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2013
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Justine
Carnegie, US
★★★★★ 3
Good for my collection.
Format: Hardcover
This was another quick and entertaining read. This instalment wasn't as enjoyable as some of the other books but it was still good. I'm glad to have it in my collection.
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Vance
Chelsea, US
★★★★★ 5
Alan Moore Does it Right, and Bolland Art Revision is Amazing
Format: Hardcover
The Killing Joke was a comic spawned shortly after the work of Frank Miller, and is probably the comic that established The Joker as one of the most important fictional villains of the 20th century. Batman had become a well thought out, complex character in recent years, primarily due to the work of skilled writer Frank Miller. Batman had been brought into a gritty, modern world of comic books, but I always felt that Miller's The Dark Knight Returns failed to bring the antagonistic Joker into a new light...well it did, but not in the way the character was meant to be. Alan Moore, with the help of Brian Bolland's stunning artwork helped bring to life what is widely accepted as today's standard for the famous Harlequin of Hate. He's crazy, he kills people simply for his own twisted sense of humor, but always has a very zany, cartoonish attitude, which I felt was lacking in Miller's interpretation, where Joker seemed much too serious in appearance, dialogue, and action. The Joker presented in this graphic novel truly is a fiendish jester of fate, who for the most part is truly frightening, but never really acts like anything more than a loon. Bolland's art is very helpful in this aspect, not only bringing the Joker's exaggerated, skeletal body to life, but making it perhaps the most anatomically correct Joker ever seen, while still following the style of the 1970s Joker appearances. The story revolves around the long struggle between Batman and his foe, and their never ending conflict. Joker, having escaped from Arkham Asylum (again), has decided to prove that one bad day can transform any sane man into a monster, such as himself. Taking possession of an old carnival he's ready to do whatever it takes to prove his point, with the assistance of a circus freak show. Meanwhile The Dark Knight questions himself on how this fight will end; coming to the realization that sooner or later one of them would kill the other, unless they tried to reason it out. A hopeless plan by our hero, but he has to at least try a single time to reason with his arch-nemesis, just so he can say he tried. While Batman leads the hunt for the psychotic clown, Joker decides to prove his theory, kidnapping Commissioner Gordon, and shooting Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) through the spine (she never walks again). This is one of the most villainous acts in the history of comics; simply because of how pointless the shooting was, considering Barbara wasn't even in the character of Batgirl. She was just a bystander who Joker decided to use as a tool for his plot. Everyone is a puppet, or tool in his mind. He does this act all of this while wearing a stereotypical beach-going tourist's attire, complete with a large camera, the only exception being his wide-brimmed, purple hat, which conceal his eyes. These are the eyes of a madman, and in one of the comic's final pages his eyes are concealed in shadow once again, before they come out and you see him for the hopeless case he truly is. The story sets the stage for the most widely accepted Joker back-story through a series of flashbacks, showing him as a failed comedian with a pregnant wife, and soon winds up assisting criminals, and falling victim to tragedy. The character is shown to have had one bad day and that is how he ended up as the smiling super villain who has plagued Gotham City for decades. Of course this back-story isn't necessarily true, being that it comes from flashbacks spawned from Joker's mind, and as he famously states in his confrontation with Batman "If I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice!" Gordon's capture and torture leads to a fight between these two iconic characters, where Batman tries to see if it is possible to reason with Joker logically, but the villain doesn't even try to lie about what is obviously in store for them. He can never be reasoned with, and won't stop until he's dead, and Batman refuses to kill him so it's a sick cycle that goes round and round. In the end of The Killing Joke the roller coaster has only been reset and it will only be a matter of time before Joker is back on the streets, killing again with some new, random scheme which will only make sense to him alone, depending on the mood he's in at the time, or which version of his past he remembers. Alan Moore's story is sick, it's disturbing, and doesn't fail to leave the reader in a state of awe. The only problem is that by the end you crave for more! The story practically brings you to the point of begging for a sequel, or expansion which will probably never come. This is a one-shot story, and should remain that way, or else the original's impact may be lost. I don't have a single friend who doesn't think The Killing Joke is one of the most twisted, sick, most perfect stories of the comic medium. It's short, but it delivers a powerful punch! Brian Bolland's art makes this short graphic novel a masterpiece, providing some of the best art ever seen in the characters' long history, only rivaled (in my opinion) by the art of Alex Ross. Joker really is frightening to look at here, because he doesn't look like a real person in most aspects, but Bolland manages to make this character incredibly believable in appearance, without taking any liberties of changing the body type into something more universal. The tall, skeletal body of the 1970s comics is preserved for the most part, except for the narrowing of the chin, which improves the look even further (hence why it's universally used in today's comics). Recently I got the hardcover anniversary edition of The Killing Joke, with the artwork being edited by Brian Bolland, and re-colored by Bolland personally the way he intended it to be seen. I must say that I love the changes to the colors, more so than the cheery, bright colors of the original, which I felt distracted from Bolland's line-art, because the colors were way too traditional comic book, not fitting the intensity of the art. These colors are dark, gritty, and really captures to mood of the story more effectively than the bright colors of the original release. I especially love the flashbacks being in black and white, except for concentrating on objects that reflect the color red, which leads up to him taking on the garb of The Red Hood, before his first confrontation, leading to his ultimate disfigurement and insanity. This is a seriously talented artist and I only wish he was presented with more opportunities to draw these characters. Batman and Joker look their very best in these images, and I'd be hard pressed to find a comic with better consistency of art quality. The Killing Joke is one, if not THE best story in the history of Batman comics, and rightfully earns my rating of 10/10 stars.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2008
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trashcanman
Los Angeles, US
★★★★★ 5
One REALLY bad day.
Format: Hardcover
"The Killing Joke" is widely considered to be the be-all-end-all of Joker stories, so what better way to pay homage to the greatest comic book villain of all time near the eve of his re-unveiling in than by reviewing his definitive story? This is the comic that (sort of) revealed the origin of The Clown Prince of Crime, humanizing him to an extent never before, and truly examined -with pictures rather than words- the antagonistic symbiosis that exists between Joker and his arch nemesis, The Batman. A beloved Gotham regular will never be the same and another will be put through hell before this story is done. Oh, and there are creepy little henchmidgets as well. Gotta love the henchmidgets. The art is outstanding, the storytelling superb, and the character examinations are vital to understanding both combatants. The "one bad day" premise highlights the "two sides of the same coin" argument that Batman and Joker are in fact more alike than dissimilar. As if Bruce Wayne took a right when his arch-nemesis took a left. The controversial ending leaves little doubt as to Alan Moore's take on the debate, and I like it like that. While many critics have strongly resisted both the comparison and the somewhat sympathetic look at The Joker's past, the truth is that every great character -villain or hero- needs that sort of intricacy to their story to remain relevant in the world of modern fiction. Comics are no longer for children and adults realize that the world is seldom black and white, that all monsters were once men, and that unspeakable darkness and insanity resides deep inside each human mind. It can take years of suffering to bring them out or it can take one bad day. One bad day could ruin your very existence and everything you were; it's a frightening reality that cannot be overlooked while reading this comic. The more the reader is willing to ponder the ideas put forth by this story, the more you are likely to appreciate "The Killing Joke". An outstanding achievement in storytelling any way you look at it. I was tempted to knock this down to four stars because with this book you are buying a single issue of a comic for what you could easily pay for a full trade paperback or graphic novel of equal quality like, say, Frank Miller's , which is so good it may very well cure cancer (can you prove it doesn't?). But the fact is no Batman fan should be without "The Killing Joke" and I would rather stick to reviewing based on quality rather than haggling over price. The bonus story at the end (written and illustrated by TKJ artist Brian Bolland) is a killer little mini-comic that serves as a perfect companion piece to the main story and definitely sweetens the pot for those wondering if they should get this hardcover edition. "The Killing Joke" is an absolute mindless must-have for fans of the comic book medium and even more so if you claim to be a follower of The Caped Crusader or his twisted nemesis. End of story.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2008
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Z. Shinder
Carnegie, US
★★★★★ 5
Alan Moore does it again
Format: Hardcover
Batman: The Killing Joke is by far one of the greatest one-shot graphic novels ever written, Moore is fortunate that it was of such caliber as to deserve inclusion in the mainstream Batman canon. The Joker is the single most evil non-superpowered being in the DC universe, and almost nothing is known about who he was before becoming the arch-nemesis of Batman. While curiosity abounds for fans, even more prefer that he maintain this aura of mystery since it is believed that his pre-villain life was not one that would have been considered anything worth writing about; it is because of he IS the Joker that he means anything in the DCU at all. All that aside, Alan Moore - the creative genius behind such works as , , , , and many others - took a chance and in 1988 presented the comic community with what DC has accepted as the official Joker origin story. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD The Killing Joke is about madness. The Joker has escaped from Arkham Asylum and is setting about a new and truly evil scheme; unrivaled since he murdered Jason Todd/Robin #2 in . While Batman is frantically trying to track him down, the Joker has purchased a dilapidated carnival (like something you'd expect to find in a 21st century teen slasher flick, but in his hands is decidedly worse) and is now off to secure his "main attraction". Later at the home of Commissioner Gordon, Barbara answers the door to find a sick fixed smile shooting her through her spine, crippling her; after several off-color disabled jokes, Gordon is kidnapped and spirited away to the the Joker's carnival of horrors. (Moore and DC received a hailstorm of praise and criticism for rendering Batgirl a parapellegic, but the decision stuck and arguably many good, if not great, stories came from it.) Gordon regains consciousness to find himself being stripped down by a host of sideshow freaks and lead at the Joker's behest to a House of Horrors ride filled with the Joker's own snap-shots of Barbara fully undressed and in pain and filled with the Joker and his cronies singing a sardonic song about lunacy (GOD I WISH I KNEW THE TUNE!!!); all of this intended to drive Gordon insane. Batman uncovers the Joker's plot and rushes to the carnival to stop him; a chase ensues through a booby-trap-laden house of mirrors in which the Joker states that he's proven his point with Gordon's unquestionable descent into madness: "All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy!" The joker goes on in his analysis with Batman, stating that he too is crazy, but won't admit it and tries to get him to accept it. The final confrontation between them is left a mystery, but it is clear that the Joker - after decades of campy portrayals - has most definitely re-earned the title of most evil comic book villain. Throughout the story, the Joker offers flashbacks to his life before becoming the monster he is today. He was once a technician at the ACE Chemical Plant who quit his job to become a stand-up comedian. Unfortunately he fails miserably and worries about how he's going to support his very pregnant-in-the-late-trimester wife and soon-to-arrive baby. He decides to make fast, easy money by throwing in his lot with criminals looking to rip off a playing card company next door to the chemical plant and he offers his services to get through unnoticed. So as to protect his own identity, the gangsters present him with his disguise: The Red Hood. While in discussion for the crime, a couple of cops show up to tell him that his wife has died while operating a defunct bottle heater. In his shock, he tries to back out of the crime since he no longer has a reason to go through with it; but the gangsters hold him to it. Later on, they break into the plant, but everything goes wrong as the cops show up and take down the gangsters and that Batman appears to apprehend who he believes to be the Red Hood. Whether he jumped, fell or was pushed is unclear, but the man landed in a vat of chemicals that washed him out of the factory. When he reaches shore and removes his disguise and sees his reflection in a puddle of rainwater, he begins to laugh, turns and reveals himself as the Joker. At the end of this story follows another one from the mini-series called here "An Innocent Guy" about a man - clearly disturbed, making the judgment that if anyone is to truly live a life devoted to good, then they must commit an act of evil to know that that is what they really want. After laying out his basic concept, he arrives at the conclusion that he must kill Batman. He lays out his plan in disturbing detail and closes with the a that after this one act of evil, he can go on to live a thoroughly good life and go to heaven when he dies. Masterfully written by Alan Moore and beautifully illustrated by Brian Bolland, Batman: The Killing Joke is a must have for all comic collectors.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2009

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