In "To Laugh and Die in Metropolis" (1987) the character kidnaps Lois Lane, distracting Superman with a nuclear weapon. In 1951, Finger wrote an origin story for the Joker in Detective Comics #168, which introduced the characteristic of him formerly being the criminal Red Hood, and his disfigurement the result of a fall into a chemical vat. This Joker had no eyebrows and his hair was slicked back, exaggerating his forehead and making his eyes more frightening. If you aren't aware of this meme - or have just come to accept you probably aren't deep enough into the internet to get it - don't worry, that's the . Plus, green is way too bold for me to maintain past a day. He brought in a playing card, which we used for a couple of issues for him [the Joker] to use as his playing card. This version featured bright green hair in locs, blazing red eyes, jagged yellow teeth, black fingerless leather gloves, a lavender patterned tunic and blue jeans. 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He said he created the character as Batman's larger-than-life nemesis when extra stories were quickly needed for Batman #1, and he received credit for the story in a college course:[12], In that first meeting when I showed them that sketch of the Joker, Bill said it reminded him of Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs. He tried but lost the war, and I never blamed him." A glint pushed through the waterworks. He is driven by the symbology of disorder, the ideology of chaos; not . Although the police protect his first announced victim, millionaire Henry Claridge, the Joker had poisoned him before making his announcement and Claridge dies with a ghastly grin on his face. Beginning with Batman #251's "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge", the character returns to his roots as an impulsive, homicidal maniac who matches wits with Batman. And that was the Joker! Joker's full appearance. Jerry Robinson, creator of the Joker", "The Joker: The Nature of Batman's Greatest Foe", "R.I.P. The miniseries also reveals that Batman knows the Joker's identity, and has kept it secret in order to protect the criminal's wife and son. The flood of chemicals (used in anti-psychotic medication) alters his appearance and completes his transformation. In the three-issue spinoff series Flashpoint: Knight of Vengeance (August-October 2011), we see how Martha's grief and despair play out -- including her slashing her cheeks into a wicked grin. Completing the look, he also had a mouthful of metal caps on his teeth and an array of tattoos all over his face, arms and torso, including the word "Damaged" just below the hairline. [135][136], The Joker has no inherent superhuman abilities. This appearance is such a fundamental aspect of the character that when the 2004 animated series The Batman placed the Joker in a straitjacket, it quickly redesigned him in his familiar suit. Jerry Robinson had absolutely nothing to do with it, but he'll always say he created it till he dies. Batman eventually defeats him, sending him to prison. I'll probably have to bleach it. He went barefoot, and had green fingernails and toenails. So I want to temporarily dye it in the same manner. [92], "They've given many origins of the Joker, how he came to be. He also sports a tan trenchcoat. "No Man's Land Endgame: Part 3 Sleep in Heavenly Peace". Todd's death haunts Batman, and for the first time he seriously considers killing the Joker. In the Beyond era, the Joker appears yet again, making the futuristic Batman Terry McGuiness question the many ways that's possible. The character was created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, and first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book Batman on April 25, 1940. Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for the Joker's design while acknowledging Finger's writing contribution. [2][6] These adaptations of the character have been received positively[19] on film,[198][199] television,[200] and in video games. Most Bizarros, including Bizarro No. [107], The Joker's popularity (and his role as Batman's enemy) has involved the character in most Batman-related media, from television to video games. [164] The Joker possesses abnormal body imagery, reflecting an inversion of order. [2][3], Robinson stated that it was his 1940 card sketch that served as the character's concept, and Finger associated that image with Veidt in the film. [95] The ending of Batman: Three Jokers establishes that the Joker's wife did not actually dierather, she fled to Alaska with the help of Gotham police and Batman because she feared her husband would be an abusive father; the police then told the Joker a story about her dying to protect her. Apparently Jerry Robinson or Bob, I don't recall who, looked at the card and they had an idea for a character the Joker. Like a psychopath, he lacks empathy, a conscience, and concern over right and wrong. [73], The 2000s began with the crossover story "Emperor Joker", in which the Joker steals Mister Mxyzptlk's reality-altering power and remakes the universe in his image (torturing and killing Batman daily, before resurrecting him). Typically, the "we live in a society" meme is connected to the Joker, either featuring the character himself or editing other people to look like the green-haired, red-lipped man.. Merry prankster. Despite being a drifter of sorts, Joker is surprisingly well-dressed. [36] Englehart outlined how he understood the character by saying that the Joker "was this very crazy, scary character. Did the Joker ever have a mustache? [188] The character has been the focus of ethical discussion on the desirability of Batman (who adheres to an unbreakable code forbidding killing) saving lives by murdering the Joker (a relentless dealer of death). [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). In addition to nods for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, Joker was also recognized in such below the line categories as Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Costume Design. babe, I still love you even if you can't tell that your hair is orange. "[208] The phrase "We live in a society" is commonly associated with the Joker in memes; it garnered particular notoriety after a trailer for the film Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) featured Joker saying the line. But through it all (or, well most of it) one thing has remained consistent: The man (mad or no) is very, very vain. In the end, the Joker turns out to be Tim Drake, unknowingly . At first it didn't look much like the Joker. The Joker sports green hair, pale white skin, bright red lips and almost too many teeth, modeled on actor Conrad Veight in the filmThe Man Who Laughs. I wanted somebody that would make an indelible impression, would be bizarre, would be memorable like the Hunchback of Notre Dame or any other villains that had unique physical characters. [182][211][212] The Joker then appeared in the animated television series The Adventures of Batman (1968, voiced by Larry Storch),[213] The New Adventures of Batman (1977, voiced by Lennie Weinrib)[214] and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985, voiced by Frank Welker). An unreliable narrator, the character is uncertain of who he was before and how he became the Joker: "Sometimes I remember it one way, sometimes anotherif I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice! The Joker initially appeared as a remorseless serial killer and jewel thief, modeled after a joker playing card with a mirthless grin, who killed his victims with "Joker venom," a toxin that left their faces smiling grotesquely. [117] Comics scholar Peter Coogan describes the Joker as trying to reshape reality to fit himself by imposing his face on his victims (and fish) in an attempt to make the world comprehensible by creating a twisted parody of himself. Leaving the newborn baby Lucy with her sister, Harley returned to Gotham only to realize that not only did the Joker not realize she was pregnant, he . Oracle: wdym my hair is literally blue tf. [72] He taunts Gordon, who shoots him in the kneecap. To be reborn, he has the Dollmaker flense away the skin from his face, and goes into hiding. [64][65], The conclusion of the 2020 "Joker War" storyline by writer James Tynion IV and artist Jorge Jimnez sees the Joker leave Gotham after Batman chooses to let him die. Robinson said that other contemporary villains used guns, and the creative team wanted the Jokeras Batman's adversaryto be more resourceful. When the Joker escapes, he attacks the Black Glove, burying its leader Simon Hurt alive after the supervillain considers him a failure as an opponent; the Joker is then defeated by the recently returned Batman. 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. [25], By 1954, the Comics Code Authority had been established in response to increasing public disapproval of comic book content. The dying is meant to appear amateur to show how the Joker does it himself. Ever since "The Man Behind the Red Hood" in Detective Comics (Volume 1) #168 (February 1951), we knew The Joker had pale white skin because of a chemical bath he took escaping from Batman. Bill Finger had a book with a photograph of Conrad Veidt and showed it to me and said, 'Here's the Joker.' [122] The Joker is the "personification of the irrational," and represents "everything Batman [opposes]. [58][59], The 1992 animated series introduced the Joker's female sidekick: Harley Quinn, a psychiatrist who falls forand ends up in an abusive relationship withthe Joker, becoming his supervillain accomplice. Add this board to my: Favorite Boards. Suicide Squad (2016) updated The Joker further for the 21st century. [179] In the 1999 one-shot comic Batman: Harley Quinn, the Joker decides to kill Harley, after admitting that he does care for her, that their relationship is romantic, and that these feelings prevent him from fulfilling his purpose. This story altered the Batman universe: instead of killing anonymous bystanders, the Joker murdered a core character; this had a lasting effect on future stories. In the Arkhamverse he apparently did. Psychotic entrepreneur. [143] In 2015, The Joker: A Serious Study of the Clown Prince of Crime became the first academic book to be published about a supervillain. After Jack injures Batman's girlfriend, Batman scars Jack's face with a permanent grin and betrays him to a group of mobsters, who torture him in a chemical plant. Joker's white face is never pure in color and more matte than glossy. The antithesis of Batman in personality and appearance, the Joker is considered by critics to be his perfect adversary. [173] 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. Jerry Robinson came to me with a playing card of the Joker. [98] In The Brave and the Bold #31, the superhero Atom enters the Joker's mind and sees the criminal's former self - a violent sociopath who tortures animals, murders his own parents, and kills for fun while committing robberies. Drawn with a purple jacket, green hair, a white face and a permanent rictus grin, the Joker went on to change subtly over the decades - getting realistic (the Gotham Central series), old (. [193] In 2009, the Joker was second on IGN's list of "Top 100 Comic Book Villains,"[194] and in 2011, Wired named him "Comics' Greatest Supervillain. [17][26], The character appeared less frequently after 1964, when Julius Schwartz (who disliked the Joker) became editor of the Batman comics. In his 70-year career of menace and mayhem, The Joker has often done his foul deeds with panache. [33] O'Neil said his idea was "simply to take it back to where it started. The 1992-1995 Batman: The Animated Series is a high-water mark in television animation and is fondly remembered by fans. "[195] Complex, CollegeHumor, and WhatCulture named the Joker the greatest comic book villain of all time[183][137][196] while IGN listed him the top DC Comics villain in 2013,[197] and Newsarama as the greatest Batman villain. [19][62] Capullo's Joker design replaced his traditional outfit with a utilitarian, messy, and disheveled appearance to convey that the character was on a mission; his face (surgically removed in 2011's Detective Comics (vol. Safuran said: Hate to disappoint you, but you're definitely going to need to bleach your hair if it's dark brown. However, the Joker has never been one for keeping decorum. [96] Other stories have expanded on this origin; "Pushback" suggests that the Joker's wife was murdered by a corrupt policeman working for the mobsters,[97] and "Payback" gives the Joker's first name as "Jack". [74] Broken by his experience, Batman's experiences of death are transferred to Superman by the Spectre so he can heal mentally. [99] Snyder's "Zero Year" (2013) suggests that the pre-disfigured Joker was a criminal mastermind leading a gang of Red Hoods. [31][68], In "Under the Hood" (2005), a resurrected Todd tries to force Batman to avenge his death by killing the Joker. If they had blue hair, it was due to them trying to counteract the orange cast. Frank Miller interpreted the character as fixated on death and uninterested in sexual relationships, while Robinson believed that the Joker is capable of a romantic relationship. Fox: . ", "The Joker: The True Evil of Batman's Greatest Foe", "Why Doesn't Batman Just Kill The Joker? ", Jerry Robinson, the Joker's creator[93], Although a number of backstories have been given, a definitive one has never been established for the Joker. I have seen joker mods with this insert but really can't understand why no one ever implement the lime green. [109][111] During the evolution of the DC Universe, interpretations and versions of the Joker have taken two main forms. The shift was criticized for moving away from tamer superheroes (and villains), but comic audiences were no longer primarily children. Fashion takeaway: the Joker wears slightly formal attire because the Red Hood did, too. [217][218] Batman's success led to the 1992 television series, Batman: The Animated Series. Instead, the Joker (flanked by an army of "Jokerized" supervillains) launches a final crime spree. He wears a white herringbone tweed blazer with wide lapels and padded shoulders, a white necktie and purple dress shirt with matching purple pegged pants, and purple boots with Cuban heels. The story is notable for the Joker taking on a (relative) god and the ease with which Superman defeats himit took only 17 pages. It doesn't just represent his hair but it also represents the green chemicals that Arthur Fleck Fell into which . I tried to get a sense of what Kane and Finger were after. Last edited on 28 February 2023, at 17:41, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, Barcelona International Comics Convention, The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, "Dark Knight Flashback: The Joker, Part I", "R.I.P. Generally speaking, superheroes utilize at least one primary color in their costume and/or design. And its version of The Joker, voiced by Mark Hamill, is a standout. [113][114] The other version, popular in comic books from the late 1940s to the 1960s and in the 1960s television series, is an eccentric, harmless prankster and thief. [175] The Joker has no defined origin story that requires him to question how he came to be, as like the Superman he does not regret or assess the past and only moves forward. [152] Batman #186 (1966) introduced the Joker's first sidekick: the one-shot character Gaggy Gagsworthy, who is short and dressed like a clown; the character was later resurrected as an enemy of his replacement, Harley Quinn. He is clad in asimple deep purple jumpsuit. [96], However, the Joker's unreliable memory has allowed writers to develop other origins for the character. [31], In the 1999 "No Man's Land" storyline, the Joker murders Commissioner Gordon's second wife, Sarah, as she shields a group of infants. [39] Because the Comics Code Authority mandated punishment for villains, each issue ended with the Joker being apprehended, limiting the scope of each story. [54] The novel is described by critics as one of the greatest Joker stories ever written, influencing later comic stories (including the forced retirement of then-Batgirl, Barbara Gordon, after she is paralyzed by the Joker) and films such as 1989's Batman and 2008's The Dark Knight. His technical genius is not limited by practicality, allowing him to hijack Gotham's television airwaves to issue threats, transform buildings into death traps, launch a gas attack on the city and rain poisoned glass shards on its citizens from an airship. [125], The Killing Joke (in which the Joker is the unreliable narrator) explains the roots of his insanity as "one bad day": losing his wife and unborn child and being disfigured by chemicals, paralleling Batman's origin in the loss of his parents. . [38][39][40] The complete series became difficult to obtain over time, often commanding high prices from collectors. Despite this body count, he is always found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to Arkham Asylum, avoiding the death penalty. [74][131] Given the opportunity to kill Batman, the villain demurs; he believes that without their game, winning is pointless. [241] The 2019 film Joker focuses on the origins of the Joker (named Arthur Fleck) as portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix. The only issue is that Heath Ledger's hair was much lighter than mine is right now before he dyed it. The Joker, with a planned release date of Oct. 4, 2019, stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a failed comedian in 1980s Gotham who becomes unhinged and launches a crime spree. He said that the name came first, followed by an image of a playing card from a deck he often had at hand: "I wanted somebody visually exciting. "[156] In 1995, the Joker fought his third major DC hero: Wonder Woman, who drew on the Greek god of trickery to temper the Joker's humor and shatter his confidence. [4] Beginning as a letterer and background inker, Robinson quickly became primary artist for the newly created Batman comic book series. "[8] He told Finger about his concept by telephone, later providing sketches of the character and images of what would become his iconic Joker playing-card design. When the grey has faded he was left with blonde hair. In Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, the Joker is described as capable of processing outside sensory information only by adapting to it. Joker is not the first time such a thing has been tried. With some difficulty -- as the Gotham Police are after him, seeing him as an an enemy and not an ally -- Batman deliversThe Joker to Arkham Asylum. [3] Finger said that he was also inspired by the Steeplechase Face, an image in Steeplechase Park at Coney Island that resembled a Joker's head, which he sketched and later shared with future editorial director Carmine Infantino. "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" has the Joker taking violent revenge on the former gang members who betrayed him,[33] while "The Laughing Fish" portrays him chemically disfiguring fish so they will share his trademark grin, hoping to profit from a copyright, and killing bureaucrats who stand in his way. [138] In 1942's "The Joker Follows Suit", the villain built his versions of the Batplane and Batmobile, the Jokergyro and Jokermobile (the latter with a large Joker face on its hood), and created a Joker-signal with which criminals could summon him for their heists. [85] At the end of the storyline, the Joker falls off a cliff into a dark abyss. [70] In this graphic novel, the Joker shoots and paralyzes Barbara Gordon, the former Batgirl, and tortures her father, Commissioner James Gordon, to prove that it only takes "one bad day" to drive a normal man insane. Joker. The story arc explores the symbiotic relationship between the Joker and Batman, and sees the villain shatter the trust between Batman and his adopted family. The reasons why the Joker was disguised as the Red Hood and his identity before his transformation have changed over time. [19], The character inspired theme-park roller coasters (The Joker's Jinx,[202][203] The Joker in Mexico and California,[204][205] and The Joker Chaos Coaster),[206] and featured in story-based rides such as Justice League: Battle for Metropolis. [120][121] Many of the Joker's acts attempt to force Batman to kill; to the Joker, the greatest victory would be to make Batman become like him. He tries (and fails) to prove that anyone can become like him after one bad day by torturing Commissioner Gordon, physically and psychologically. [116] 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). [238] Jared Leto portrays the Joker in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with Suicide Squad (2016);[239] Leto reprised the role in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021). The role was a defining performance in Nicholson's career and was considered to overshadow Batman's, with film critic Roger Ebert saying that the audience must sometimes remind themselves not to root for the Joker. [50] The Joker temporarily escapes justice when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini appoints him the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, giving him diplomatic immunity; however, when he tries to poison the U.N. membership, he is defeated by Batman and Superman. When I arrived he was holding a playing card. Evil incarnate. But I think he did in some Kevin Smith story. This Joker, however, is hyper-focused on the destruction of a civil society. ", "Mark Hamill returns as Joker in 'DC Universe Online', "New York Comic Con 2013: The Electrocutioner takes on the Dark Knight in 'Batman: Arkham Origins', "Warner Bros. [90] This revelation was the basis for the miniseries Batman: Three Jokers (2020), written by Geoff Johns with art by Jason Fabok. 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