The joker is a comic book supervillain owned by dc comics, who primarily appears as a member of batmans rogues gallery. This book is a complete history of the greatest comic book villain of all time. The villainous twosome have been apart for a while the joker gone for a year after having his face cut off. He was created by bob kane, bill finger and jerry robinson. Some people get disfigured, but never lose their whole face. The joker has been absent from gotham city for over a year. The joker and his face departed for the first time. Do we know why he did it or is it just one of his crazy shenaningans. Why does the joker want to kill all of batmans best. Escaping the asylum without a face, joker practically. The jokers new face is revealed in comic art is part of the jokers new. Detective comics vol 2 1 november 2011 cover of detective comics vol 2 1 november 2011.
Joker sets about reclaiming his criminal empire against two face with the help of killer croc. The dark knight owes its tone to the comic books that. In the beginning of the new 52 joker got his face cut off for the lols. I think rejection losing someone people you love, or getting hurt all the.
What is the scariest version of the joker in comic books. In gotham, it was cut off by a man who wanted to impersonate jeremiah. The gun that jonny gives joker at their first meeting is the same one joker uses to shoot jonny in the face at the end. If you havent, read hush, happens right before under the red hood, much better book overall, art is epic in it and so it batman. Batman and the joker, the two greatest comic book characters ever created in the history of comic books.
Batman comics that inspired dark knight, according to. Since the joker is simply the joker he believes that batman is batman with or without the costume and has no. After the wedding, joker attempts to cut off batgirls limbs, intending to store. How can batman protect his city and those hes closest to. The 7 most twisted joker moments in comic book history youtube. Dollmaker sent him to cut off jokers face, but joker only wanted dollmaker to do it.
If you go back and take a look at the joker s journey in the comic books, he is so much darker than all of those performances combined. The joker is one of the most iconic characters in comic book history. Jerome takes his face back from dwight and puts it back on in the worst way possible. Kane and robinson claimed responsibility for the joker s design, but. This, ladies and germs, is why the joker of dcs new 52 is awesome. Of course im going to throw in when he cut off his own face and then wears it as a mask. A recent history of the joker s face elusive punch bowl. Gotham jerome valeskajoker staples his face back on. Death of the family is a 23issue comic book story arc first. Oswald cobblepot is never addressed by his real name or his criminal identity, the penguin. What i then did was come up with a story about why that exactly happened. The joker and his face have been through a lot over the years, but in the past three years his face alone has been through more than ever. This is why the joker is one of the most messed up. Its just batgirls creative team took it to some weirdly stalkery places and none of the other creators got that personal even red hoods.
A recent history of the jokers face elusive punch bowl. She gained the attention of robin dick grayson, as she later claimed to be the daughter of the catwoman, the scarecrow, the riddler and the penguin. Of course, joker s main claim to fame is how director todd phillips and star joaquin phoenix strip away many of the comic book conventions to create a deep character study which just so happens. Not too much to say here, this is a great story arc, the joker returns after cutting off his own face, with it pinned into. She deduced robins identity and he revealed that she was duela dent, two face s daughter. Finally the third would have to be when joker cut off his own face to prove to batman that even with out the mask he is still batman,and joker is still joker without his face. Dollmaker sent him to cut off jokers face, but joker only wanted dollmaker to do. Then dollmaker cuts off his face and afterward they pin it to the wall and escape. A villainous romance rekindled in suicide squad usa today. That was from the 89 batman movie, which is hardly the original story.
The joker dc comics the joker by posted on deviantart batman most amazing joker art from death of the family with his face held on by metal clips after having it sliced off by the doll maker in detective comics. The last time he was seen, the joker was captured and sent to arkham asylum. There is a famous quote from the comics where joker says if im going to have a past, i prefer it to be multiple choice. But even for a man whos committed a lifetime of murder, hes more dangerous than ever before. Safe to say, his appearance is already creepier, more deranged and unhinged than other comic book adaptations of the c. The joker leaves his face pinned to the wall and escapes. In the comics joker s face isnt cut up at all, hes just got a big goofy smile on his face.
Duela dent first appeared as the joker s daughter in the batman family series of comic books. Just the layer of flesh was removed, resulting in a joker face mask of sorts. The joker is a supervillain created by bill finger, bob kane, and jerry robinson who first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book batman april 25, 1940, published by dc comics. However, joker willingly cut off his face in death of the family. Joker wanted harley to cut off her face like he did, but harley wasnt all about. When i first read death of the family, i thought it was really stupid how joker chopped off his own face for laughs. When he showed back up again a year later he did a bunch of creepy things with his face to all of the bat family, not just batgirl.
Brian hibbs, one of the leading comic book retailers in the direct market, cofounder of comicspro and the man who created the final order cut off system after a successful class lawsuit against. The character was created by artist bob kane and writer bill. Batman is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Joker presented pictures he took of barbara that show joker took off her clothes and quite possibly. Detective comics in which the face removal occurred has since left the book. Lets suspend reality and say this could happen in real life. Rereading this 4 years after i first picked it up, the book still retains its in this one off noncanon book, writer brian azzarello and artist lee bermejo, both extraordinary artists, imagine a more realistic take on joker partly in. Joker batman batman metal joker art batman dark batman the dark knight arte dc comics joker dc comics joker comic comic book characters this commissioner wanted the batman who laughs, which is the new batman joker cenobite mashup happening over in dc metal. The following comes from tony daniel the writer artist of the new 52 detective comics via his facebook page. Thinking about it, the joker could have his own scariest moments list. The personality, the murders, the malicious laughter, and his smiling face. The option he liked the best was the joker having his face cut off. Joker had his face cut off at the beginning of the new 52 in 2011.
I can think of two possible answers, choose your pic. Would that skin grow back from the remaining flesh border left around his scalp, ears and chin. Here are ten reasons why the joker is one of the most messed up villains of all time. Art du joker le joker batman harley quinn et le joker the joker spiderman joker comic comic book characters comic character comic books art the characters in the books, television shows and movies that we love as children somehow seem to stay with us for the rest of our lives. Joker only ever refers to him as abner as a sign of disrespect. Kane and robinson claimed responsibility for the joker s design while acknowledging fingers writing contribution. In which comics is the joker actually scary or horrifying. It starts with wearing his own severed face as a mask, and it only gets worse from there.
Jerome getting his face cut off, and then subsequently wearing it as a flesh mask, mirrors the joker doing the same thing in batman. In comic books recently, the joker had his face cut off at joker s request by another character. Could the joker actually survive having his face cut off. Wayne is the mask, when most comic book movies are criticised for having. In the latest comic book legends revealed, discover the strange story of how joker ended up losing his face at the start of the new 52. Serving as a villain and often a nemesis for batman across stories set in gotham city, the dc comics legend has never been. And after facing off against his two greatest enemies, the joker and two face for the final time, batman finds himself in mortal combat with his former ally, superman, in a battle that only one of them will survive. In the newest batman universe, the joker cut off his own face only to then wear it as a mask, all to prove a point. The 7 most twisted joker moments in comic book history. Why does the joker remove his face and make batman wear it. What are the jokers feelings for harley quinn in the dc new 52. The dollmaker uses his surgical skills to cut the skin cleanly off of the jokers face, as some form of rebirth. Joker was suspected of being partially lobotomized by the dollmaker and left in a vegetative state or so thats what the crooked me.
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