When he surfaces in the nearby reservoir, he removes the hood and sees his reflection: bleached chalk-white skin, ruby-red lips, and emerald green hair. Only in movies and cartoons does Joker have an official real name, the aforementioned Jack Napier. "[193] Complex, CollegeHumor, and WhatCulture named the Joker the greatest comic book villain of all time[181][135][194] while IGN listed him the top DC Comics villain in 2013,[195] and Newsarama as the greatest Batman villain. Batman è arrivato a una protesta a Filadelfia in cerca di agenti di polizia corrotti. [171] Joker represents the master, who creates rules and defines them, who judges others without needing approval, and for whom something is good because it benefits him. He also used the corpse of Alfred Pennyworth as one of these puppets, simply as a final resort to get under Batman's skin. The conflict focuses on the fate of Batman in this world, with the Joker torturing and killing his adversary every day, only to bring him back to life and do it over and over again. The March 2007 issue of Wizard magazine had a two-page article (pgs 42 & 43) in which various comic book writers and artists were asked to give their favorite moments with The Joker. [107][109] During the evolution of the DC Universe, interpretations and versions of the Joker have taken two main forms. [113], The Joker is obsessed with Batman, the pair representing a yin-yang of opposing dark and light force; although it is the Joker who represents humor and color and Batman who dwells in the dark. The reign of terror ends when Batman and Dredd arrive to capture the spirits of Death, Fear, Fire and Mortis and force the Joker's spirit to return to Gotham. Jack injures Lorna Shore (whom Bruce Wayne is dating), leading Batman to disfigure his face with a Batarang. In flashbacks to Batman: Streets of Gotham, there was a boy known as Sonny who had gone over to Martha Kane's clinic at a foster home, who treated him kindly, and then ended up witnessing a horrific crime by some mobsters and got his jaw broken and infected with a laughing virus, with Kane's clinic saving him again. He survived but the chemicals had radically changed his body resulting in chalk-white skin, emerald green hair, and a bizarre ruby-red grin. Finger found a photograph of actor Conrad Veidt wearing make-up for the silent film The Man Who Laughs, and it was from this photograph that the Joker was modeled. [25][52] Unlike The Dark Knight Returns, The Killing Joke takes place in mainstream continuity. The Joker ends up having the entire room set on fire, however Batman releases the pipes above to douse the fire. [141] A 1976 issue of Batman Family introduced Duela Dent as the Joker's daughter, though her parentage claim was later proven to be false. The Joker also likes to corrupt his enemies in various media and that is perfectly shown in the Dark Knight movie, when he manipulated Harvey Dent into getting revenge on those who were involved in Rachael's death just so that he can pledge more anarchy. He then arranges a meeting for Batman at the chemical plant, where he states his motives: He's going to kill both his own allies and Batman's allies so they can only focus on each other and be the best villain and hero, respectively, they can be. After learning that Catwoman was going to marry Batman, Joker lured them to a church where a wedding was taking place, murdering all of the attenders just before they arrived. He talks to a waitress, Harleen Quinzel, who convinces him to find something to live for. Thomas e Martha Wayne pare avessero avuto un altro figlio prima di Bruce, nato con un disturbo mentale e per questo era stato ricoverato in un ospedale psichiatrico. He injects himself with a serum given to him by the Joker, believing it will make him immortal, but it kills him. The Joker looked at Bruce, and at the card, and clearly identifies the situation, but shows no reaction, choosing to ignore it entirely. The note is shown, bearing only the word "Ha". [182][205] The Jokermobile was a popular toy; a Corgi die-cast metal replica was successful during the 1950s, and in the 1970s a Joker-styled, flower power-era Volkswagen microbus was manufactured by Mego. Suddenly, Batman is attacked by Wonder Woman, who is determined to kill him. His appearance in the relaunched DC universe has changed relatively little. The Joker says no matter how deep you go with the other members of the family, you'll only find weaker people, nothing like the face they put on to the public. This influence was referenced in the graphic novel Batman: The Man Who Laughs, a retelling of the first Joker story from 1940. The Joker denied this, saying he was worried that Wayne was the target of a serial killer. [53], In the 1988 story "A Death in the Family", the Joker beats Jason Todd with a crowbar and leaves him to die in an explosion. Joker's fight gradually forced Batman to call the entire Batman Family to round up all the criminals and take away his illegally acquired resources. Like the trickster, the Joker alternates between malicious violence and clever, harmless whimsy. [28] The Silver Age introduced several of the Joker's defining character traits: lethal joy buzzers, acid-squirting flowers, trick guns, and goofy, elaborate crimes. Bruce is later seen caring for Alfred in Wayne Manor, whilst trying to arrange a meeting with the Bat family. Batman e Joker sono perciò due poli opposti, ma essendo entrambi dei freaks, degli outsiders, sono comunque legati tra loro, addirittura necessari l’uno per l’altro. The two agree to an alliance, which is quickly dissolved when the two disagree on killing methods; Joker favors theatrical methods of murder, while Carnage prefers numbers and immediacy in planning his murder sprees. He was also sane enough to realize when he actually committed a crime or not, as evidenced by the Joker: Devil's Advocate arc where he was to be placed on death row because several people had died of Joker venom from licking postage stamps, and he explains even after being sentenced to death row that he considered himself innocent of the crime because even he wouldn't stoop down as low and simply as just placing joker venom on stamps for people to die from licking it, and would have operated on a much smarter level given his credentials of a criminal mastermind, something that even Batman agreed with. After Jason Todd returns to life and takes over his killer's old Red Hood identity during the lead-up to Infinite Crisis, Jason asserts that the Joker was not quite as crazy as he leads people to believe. This is a false hope, however, as Batman will always be there to rid the city of turmoil, no matter how much pain it causes the Joker. [53] After Batman rescues Gordon and subdues the Joker, he offers to rehabilitate his old foe and end their rivalry. Joker also appears in the Static Shock episode "The Big Leagues". He remains a large presence until the series' conclusion, though showrunner Bruno Heller has refused to state whether he becomes the Joker or inspires another person to do so. [228][229] Ledger won a posthumous Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance, the first acting Oscar ever won for a superhero film. Later, Gorilla Grodd takes over the Joker's tribe and is told by Monsieur Mallah to ditch the humans and form a society together, which results in Gorilla Grodd killing Mallah by smashing the brain case over his head after being insulted. During the Darkseid War the restored Batman acquires the Mobius Chair and asks "What's the Joker's real name?" [10][11], Robinson credited himself, Finger, and Kane for the Joker's creation. Both versions are voiced by Richard Epcar, reprising his role from Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. "Baddies to the Bone: The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time". The Joker was the chosen alias of Jack Napier, a mob enforcer whose appearance was radically altered by chemicals and botched plastic surgery.Joker became Batman's first great enemy after he attempted to take control of the city from the mob and committed mass random murders.. Joker and Batman shared a secret past that made them greater enemies than either first realized. Introduced as a psychopath with a warped, sadistic sense of humor, the character became a goofy prankster in the late 1950s in response to regulation by the Comics Code Authority, before returning to his darker roots during the early 1970s. I tuoi bambini amano i cartoni di Batman e cerchi tanti disegni di Batman da colorare? [33] O'Neil said his idea was "simply to take it back to where it started. [114] The Joker is typically seen in a purple suit with a long-tailed, padded-shoulder jacket, a string tie, gloves, striped pants and spats on pointed-toe shoes (sometimes with a wide-brimmed hat). However, the Joker has proven to be very skilled in the area of martial arts as well, this being proven when beating Batman once in a fight without "cheating". Tutoring her into making his venom, he took her on as his next henchwoman, Punchline, though simply to replace Harley Quinn. He escaped to Wayne Manor, where he aided Damian Wayne against several assassins. The Joker locks Jason and his mother in the warehouse where the assault took place and blows it up just as Batman arrives. Batman rescues Gordon and tries one final time to reach the Joker, offering to rehabilitate him. Batman finds a cave rigged with Joker's explosives and housing a pool of Dionesum, the healing fluid that grants Joker his regenerative abilities. "[6][69] A story about the Joker's origin appeared in Detective Comics #168 (February 1951), nearly a decade after the character's debut. The Joker has cheated death numerous times, even in seemingly inescapable and lethal situations. In 2013, DC Comics reissued the series as a trade paperback. Batman rallies his family and several of his greatest foes to band together against the Joker to save the city they all share. Before Bruce became Batman, the Red Hood was hired by a pre-Riddler Nygma to attack Bruce Wayne, leading to him becoming a fixation. This take on the character has taken prominence since. In the one-shot Underworld Unleashed, the Trickster remarks, "When super-villains want to scare each other, they tell Joker stories.". The character was popular, and was adapted into the comics as the Joker's romantic interest in 1999. It is suggested that the Joker is sane, and feigns insanity to avoid the death penalty. After the Joker is arrested once more, he underestimates the current Robin (Damian Wayne), by trying to win the Boy Wonder's pity before the Clown Prince of Crime begins his attempts on killing the young hero. That characterization continued through the late-1950s and 1960s before the character became again depicted as a vicious, calculating, psychopathic killer. The Joker's appearance is similar to the standard likeness in the comics. Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson are credited with creating the Joker, but their accounts of the character's conception differ, each providing his own version of events. Meanwhile, his place in Gotham City was taken by his old henchman, Gaggy, during Gotham City Sirens. In this story, the Joker is obsessed with maintaining his illusion of wealth and celebrity as a criminal folk hero, afraid to let Gotham's citizens know that he is penniless and was tricked out of his fortune. [73] Broken by his experience, Batman's experiences of death are transferred to Superman by the Spectre so he can heal mentally. "[17], Years after the end of the 1966 television series, sales of Batman continued to fall and the title was nearly cancelled. When the Injustice League is surrounded by the JLA and Young Justice teams, he manipulates the plants into a suicide assault, releasing Joker Venom spores into the air before being knocked out by Batman. As the show's popularity waned, however, so did that of the Batman comics. The miniseries also reveals that Batman knows the Joker's identity, and has kept it secret out of knowledge it would put his wife and son in danger. For the next several appearances, the Joker often escaped capture but suffered an apparent death (falling off a cliff, being caught in a burning building, etc. In Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #145, the Joker became sane when Batman put him in one of Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Pits after being shot, a reversal of the insanity which may come after experiencing such rejuvenation. [118][119] Many of the Joker's acts attempt to force Batman to kill; if the most orderly and self-controlled of humans can murder, anyone is capable of becoming a monster like the Joker. [75] The Joker kills Alexander Luthor, Jr. in Infinite Crisis (2005) for excluding him from the Secret Society of Super Villains, which considers him too unpredictable for membership. [204] The Joker is one of the few comic book supervillains to be represented on children's merchandise and toys, appearing on items including action figures, trading cards, board games, money boxes, pajamas, socks, and shoes. [167] The Joker rejects material needs, and his first appearance in Batman #1 sees him perpetrate crimes against Gotham's wealthiest men and the judge who had sent him to prison. It is revealed that Bruce Wayne had been exposed to the Dionesium pool being restored to life with no memory of his previous life. Their relationship often resembles that of an abusive domestic relationship, with the Joker insulting, hurting, or even attempting to kill Quinn, who remains undaunted in her devotion. [5][9][15], The Joker debuted in Batman #1 (April 1940) as the eponymous character's first villain, about a year after Batman's debut in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). The Joker has a vicious, sadistic and ruthless mind of physically and mentally torturing his enemies or puppets. Soon afterwards Harley Quinn learns of her puddins 'death' and literally betrays the Suicide Squad, orchestrates a massive prison break in Belle Reve Penitentiary, deactivates her nanite bomb, and kidnaps two guards before hijacking a car and driving off to Gotham City to retrieve the Joker's face and avenge his death. Fleck's mental instability causes him to create an alternative personality as Joker, delving into crime and mayhem. In the 90's cartoon series Jack Napier is also used, but later retconned into being one of his various aliases. "[139][113], The character's arsenal is inspired by his nemesis' weaponry, such as batarangs.
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