he may be the Clown Prince of Crime but
this villain has to be taken seriously
cut the clowning and Joker welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origins of the Joker
that’s my cue
as with most comic book characters
they’re often reimagining in different
versions to a characters past an earlier
video we did looked in detail at the
origin provided in 1988’s The Killing
Joke
but today we’re expanding and updating
our original origin video to include
additional storylines and versions of
the character we will explore the events
that unfolded in 1951 s Detective Comics
number 168 2004 s Batman Gotham Knights
number 54 2007 s Batman confidential
number 7 and 10 2010 s brave in the bolt
number 31 and 2013 s Batman number 23
and 24 you wanna know what cut these
scars the Joker is one of the most
iconic super villains in comic books a
twisted genius with a desire for chaos
and seemingly random motivation what do
you believe in huh what are you blind
I believe whatever doesn’t kill you
simply makes him
stranger while he has sometimes been
played for laughs the Joker is as
ruthless as he is insane
his complete disregard for human life
makes him an especially deadly and
terrifying foe
although the Joker’s true origin has
been subject to debate we’re using 1951
s Detective Comics number 168 as a
starting point what the hell is that I
made it you made it yeah so what is it
Maya hood thought it would uh you know
spice things up in this story Batman is
teaching a criminology course because
the 50s and recounts an unsolved case
from earlier in his career a criminal
named to the Red Hood whose head and
face were completely disguised by a
starlet covering was conducting a crime
spree when Batman confronted him at a
playing card Factory the Red Hood
escaped by diving into a vat of chemical
waste years later Batman learned that
the Red Hood had been a lab worker who
decided to earn a fortune through theft
when he escaped from the VAT of chemical
waste he found that his skin lips and
hair had been discolored and thus the
Joker was born Alan Morris landmarked
The Killing Joke expanded significantly
upon this origin story originally
portraying the Joker as a failed
stand-up comic named Jack with a
pregnant wife who needed money
when thugs offered to pay him to wear a
red hood and help them with a heist he
agreed which eventually led to him
falling into a vat of chemicals and his
new life of crime in a 2004 story arc
some more information came to light in
this retelling Jack tried to back out of
that heist at the behest of his wife
instead the criminals threatened to kill
her if he didn’t help them he did so and
again that led to his chemical bath
in this telling the thugs blamed jack
for the scheme going wrong and so they
hired a crooked cop to torch his
apartment with his wife in it it was
apparently this last development which
drove Jack truly insane a different take
on the story came along in a 2007 look
at Batman’s early days in this retelling
the Joker was already a brilliant
criminal highly intelligent and a
brilliant strategist his every criminal
endeavor was successful and so he had
become bored I just love to get down and
dirty okay boys it’s night time a
sociopath he had no regard for human
life
and because he was so bored he was ready
to end his own life but then Batman
started his crusade in Gotham City and
Joker found himself with a new purpose
in life complete with thrill and
challenge why do you want to kill me I
don’t want to kill you what would I do
without you
Batman was working to hunt him down but
he was not working alone you see he had
enlisted the help of a local gang Lord
to help him
the soon-to-be Joker had moved in on
that gangsters territory so when the
gangster caught up with him he paid him
back good at the end of their
confrontation the gangster unleashed a
torrent of anti-psychotic drug waste on
the would-be super villain and you know
the rest
Joker and as you can see I’m a lot
happier there have been hints throughout
the years that the Joker came from a
less than ideal family life
a 2010 story in which the atom had to
enter the Joker’s brain to cure him of a
rare disease took a peek into his early
life readers learned that as a child
young Joker had expressed violent
tendencies towards some of the kids he
went to school with when the young
Joker’s parents argued over what to do
about their son he calmly trapped them
in their house and set it on fire
DC’s revamp of their lineup with the new
52 project meant that a new Joker was
needed to in this retelling the Joker
was brought up by his abusive aunt
uniess and was once again bullied by
school mates as an adult he became the
Red Hood and let a whole gang of
criminals wearing Red Hood
Jones but we gotta go it turned out that
his inspiration for this life of crime
came for the killing of Bruce Wayne’s
parents the randomness of their deaths
and the fear it created inspired him to
eventually found his own criminal empire
at this time Bruce was fighting against
the Red Hood but not as Batman just yet
he was wearing a simple range of
disguises in order to hide his identity
however after a brutal beating by the
Red Hood
Bruce was inspired to become Batman he
confronted the Red Hood gang at a
chemical plant and snared their leader
as he attempted to escape do you see
what’s coming here when the railing they
were on collapsed Batman tried to rescue
the Red Hood however the Red Hood
voluntarily jumped into the sea of
chemicals below him secured that he
would survive and be back stronger than
ever
no other villain has quite reached the
notoriety and infamy of the Clown Prince
of Crime which explains his popularity
in other media the yin to Batman’s yang
the into his super-ego Joker is the
perfect foil for the Dark Knight and
even at his most maniacal and evil
there’s something perversely fascinating
about the Harlequin of hate hey I am the
world’s first fully functioning
homicidal artist are you a fan of Gotham
City’s most distinguished and disturbing
resident The Joker for more awesome
comic book origins be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com and now focus it’s time
for who do you trust
hubba hubba hubba money money money who
do you trust
this villain has to be taken seriously
cut the clowning and Joker welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we will explore
the comic book origins of the Joker
that’s my cue
as with most comic book characters
they’re often reimagining in different
versions to a characters past an earlier
video we did looked in detail at the
origin provided in 1988’s The Killing
Joke
but today we’re expanding and updating
our original origin video to include
additional storylines and versions of
the character we will explore the events
that unfolded in 1951 s Detective Comics
number 168 2004 s Batman Gotham Knights
number 54 2007 s Batman confidential
number 7 and 10 2010 s brave in the bolt
number 31 and 2013 s Batman number 23
and 24 you wanna know what cut these
scars the Joker is one of the most
iconic super villains in comic books a
twisted genius with a desire for chaos
and seemingly random motivation what do
you believe in huh what are you blind
I believe whatever doesn’t kill you
simply makes him
stranger while he has sometimes been
played for laughs the Joker is as
ruthless as he is insane
his complete disregard for human life
makes him an especially deadly and
terrifying foe
although the Joker’s true origin has
been subject to debate we’re using 1951
s Detective Comics number 168 as a
starting point what the hell is that I
made it you made it yeah so what is it
Maya hood thought it would uh you know
spice things up in this story Batman is
teaching a criminology course because
the 50s and recounts an unsolved case
from earlier in his career a criminal
named to the Red Hood whose head and
face were completely disguised by a
starlet covering was conducting a crime
spree when Batman confronted him at a
playing card Factory the Red Hood
escaped by diving into a vat of chemical
waste years later Batman learned that
the Red Hood had been a lab worker who
decided to earn a fortune through theft
when he escaped from the VAT of chemical
waste he found that his skin lips and
hair had been discolored and thus the
Joker was born Alan Morris landmarked
The Killing Joke expanded significantly
upon this origin story originally
portraying the Joker as a failed
stand-up comic named Jack with a
pregnant wife who needed money
when thugs offered to pay him to wear a
red hood and help them with a heist he
agreed which eventually led to him
falling into a vat of chemicals and his
new life of crime in a 2004 story arc
some more information came to light in
this retelling Jack tried to back out of
that heist at the behest of his wife
instead the criminals threatened to kill
her if he didn’t help them he did so and
again that led to his chemical bath
in this telling the thugs blamed jack
for the scheme going wrong and so they
hired a crooked cop to torch his
apartment with his wife in it it was
apparently this last development which
drove Jack truly insane a different take
on the story came along in a 2007 look
at Batman’s early days in this retelling
the Joker was already a brilliant
criminal highly intelligent and a
brilliant strategist his every criminal
endeavor was successful and so he had
become bored I just love to get down and
dirty okay boys it’s night time a
sociopath he had no regard for human
life
and because he was so bored he was ready
to end his own life but then Batman
started his crusade in Gotham City and
Joker found himself with a new purpose
in life complete with thrill and
challenge why do you want to kill me I
don’t want to kill you what would I do
without you
Batman was working to hunt him down but
he was not working alone you see he had
enlisted the help of a local gang Lord
to help him
the soon-to-be Joker had moved in on
that gangsters territory so when the
gangster caught up with him he paid him
back good at the end of their
confrontation the gangster unleashed a
torrent of anti-psychotic drug waste on
the would-be super villain and you know
the rest
Joker and as you can see I’m a lot
happier there have been hints throughout
the years that the Joker came from a
less than ideal family life
a 2010 story in which the atom had to
enter the Joker’s brain to cure him of a
rare disease took a peek into his early
life readers learned that as a child
young Joker had expressed violent
tendencies towards some of the kids he
went to school with when the young
Joker’s parents argued over what to do
about their son he calmly trapped them
in their house and set it on fire
DC’s revamp of their lineup with the new
52 project meant that a new Joker was
needed to in this retelling the Joker
was brought up by his abusive aunt
uniess and was once again bullied by
school mates as an adult he became the
Red Hood and let a whole gang of
criminals wearing Red Hood
Jones but we gotta go it turned out that
his inspiration for this life of crime
came for the killing of Bruce Wayne’s
parents the randomness of their deaths
and the fear it created inspired him to
eventually found his own criminal empire
at this time Bruce was fighting against
the Red Hood but not as Batman just yet
he was wearing a simple range of
disguises in order to hide his identity
however after a brutal beating by the
Red Hood
Bruce was inspired to become Batman he
confronted the Red Hood gang at a
chemical plant and snared their leader
as he attempted to escape do you see
what’s coming here when the railing they
were on collapsed Batman tried to rescue
the Red Hood however the Red Hood
voluntarily jumped into the sea of
chemicals below him secured that he
would survive and be back stronger than
ever
no other villain has quite reached the
notoriety and infamy of the Clown Prince
of Crime which explains his popularity
in other media the yin to Batman’s yang
the into his super-ego Joker is the
perfect foil for the Dark Knight and
even at his most maniacal and evil
there’s something perversely fascinating
about the Harlequin of hate hey I am the
world’s first fully functioning
homicidal artist are you a fan of Gotham
City’s most distinguished and disturbing
resident The Joker for more awesome
comic book origins be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com and now focus it’s time
for who do you trust
hubba hubba hubba money money money who
do you trust
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