A number of other versions of his origins have subsequently followed since Killing Joke that almost entirely reimagine the character’s backstory, including him as a criminal mastermind who invented the Red Hood persona (Paul Dini and Alex Ross’ Case Study), and another who established the Red Hoods as a gang, pre-disfigurement (Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Zero Year).Īrthur Fleck is the character’s real name in Todd Phillips’ Joker, a 2019 origin-story take on the villain that portrays him as a down-and-out, struggling stand-up comedian who has trouble holding a job as a clown-for-hire. In Pushback, it’s suggested that Joker’s wife was murdered by a corrupt cop, while Payback claims that Jack is the villain’s real name.ĭue to the Joker himself being an unreliable narrator, there is no monolithic origin story to the character. For instance, Batman: Three Jokers asserts that his wife wasn’t killed, but rather ran away with the help of police, in order to escape the man whom she thought would be an abusive father to her child, with the police later telling Joker that she tragically died. A number of other subsequent comic books have either referenced or expanded on Moore’s Killing Joke, making it the closest thing to canon, but it still varies quite a bit from title to title.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |