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Joker continuity is a bit messy by design. Ever since the Clown Prince of Crime declared that he “preferred multiple choice” in Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s seminal 1988 comic Batman: The Killing Joke, it’s been very tough to nail down just what is true and what isn’t about the villain’s origin story. Was the Joker once a failed comedian who went mad after criminals murdered his family and he fell into a vat of chemicals? Maybe. Or was he originally a crime boss known as the Red Hood? Is his real name actually Jack?
Multiple choice has mostly worked well for the Joker, who is meant to be Gotham’s embodiment of true evil. The fact that his story is indecipherable and ultimately unknowable makes him that much scarier of a threat for Batman. But things are getting a little too convoluted now.
Joker continuity is a bit messy by design. Ever since the Clown Prince of Crime declared that he “preferred multiple choice” in Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s seminal 1988 comic Batman: The Killing Joke, it’s been very tough to nail down just what is true and what isn’t about the villain’s origin story. Was the Joker once a failed comedian who went mad after criminals murdered his family and he fell into a vat of chemicals? Maybe. Or was he originally a crime boss known as the Red Hood? Is his real name actually Jack?
Multiple choice has mostly worked well for the Joker, who is meant to be Gotham’s embodiment of true evil. The fact that his story is indecipherable and ultimately unknowable makes him that much scarier of a threat for Batman. But things are getting a little too convoluted now.
- 2/6/2024
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
DC Comics “Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Battle Lines” #1, available August 29, 2033 is written by Chip Zdarsky, Tini Howard and illustrated by Mike Hawthorne and Adriano Di Benedetto:
“…a coordinated effort in ‘Gotham City’ has led to a reduction in violent crime, but at what cost? Villains scatter as their lives begin to crumble under a new regime.
“And as ‘Batman’ recovers from his epic battle through the ‘Multiverse’ and the horrors of ‘Knight Terrors’, one name runs through his mind: ‘Catwoman’…”
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“…a coordinated effort in ‘Gotham City’ has led to a reduction in violent crime, but at what cost? Villains scatter as their lives begin to crumble under a new regime.
“And as ‘Batman’ recovers from his epic battle through the ‘Multiverse’ and the horrors of ‘Knight Terrors’, one name runs through his mind: ‘Catwoman’…”
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- 8/5/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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