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The New 52 Joker is dope. When a redesign goes right.
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Can we all agree that Joker's "Justice League" look is his best design?
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Skellig Gra
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Absolutely
I think the context of the face-ripping is pretty cool
It was all for one big, sick joke...just to show Batman how much he means to him
just not perfectly executed
That also gave us Angry Breakup Joker, which was awesome
It also gave us Death of the Family which I consider to be up there in the top echelon of Batman stories.
The "Batman" Only DOTF was pretty great...
It's the tie-ins which were the problem, Joker was suddenly omnipresent
Yeah, that's the one I'm referring to, I didn't read any of the tie-ins so I can't really say if they were good or bad.
More_Badass
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What stories is this Joker in?
The Silver
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In terms of animation yeah he's my favorite design, Batman Beyond movie was some peak Joker.
Alright, GAF, time to start hitting me with best Joker comic stories, the more obscure the better, I've read my fair share of the "big" Batman stories like Dark Knght Returns and Death in the Family.
Alright, GAF, time to start hitting me with best Joker comic stories, the more obscure the better, I've read my fair share of the "big" Batman stories like Dark Knght Returns and Death in the Family.
Lord Error
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I would say the Killing Joke Joker is the one design that first comes to my mind when I think of the character.
As for live actors, it's 50:50 between Nicholson and Ledger. They have both been incredibly memorable for me.
As for live actors, it's 50:50 between Nicholson and Ledger. They have both been incredibly memorable for me.
MrCunningham
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If you are going to include all of the animated Jokers, you also need the Joker from the 1977 The New Adventures of Batman series and the Super Friends Joker...
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The Joker's design changed a lot during all of the different variants of the Super Friends.
But overall, The Joker has always been represented well in animated and live action media. Out of the animated designs, the original TAS design is still my favourite, with the Return of the Joker design being my second favourite. All of the live action actors (not including Suicide Squad since it is not out yet) that have played the Joker in the past did the character justice. They are all different from each other and always bring something new to the table.
I think these shots make his version look terrifying and creepy
I wasn't a fan of the initial Joker images at all. But watching the trailers for Suicide Squad, Leto's performance has been winning me over and I can't wait to see more.
SapientWolf
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His insanity allows him to perform incredible feats of strength too.
I don't think the faceless Joker was Snyder's idea, afaik it came from someone else (a Detective Comics volume and not Snyder's Batman run if I'm not mistaken).
Coriolanus
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Hmm, they seem to have gone for a douglas netchurch calm, detached malkavian kinda madness. Good move.
By being fucked in the head to the point where he can almost completely ignore pain.
King Tubby
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I'm a bit biased here but I consider the BTAS Joker with yellow sclera the definitive Joker.
The worst? How
There is a tie-in to Snyder's Joker run Batman and Robin Vol. 2 #15 by Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. It's Damien Wayne by himself facing off against the Joker at a zoo. Joker has such a great look. He straight up looks demonic and horrifying. I think that may be my favorite look. I love that issue.
The Silver
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Yeah already read all of Snyder's Joker stuff.
Astral Dog
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I just dont like the Origins Joker, that dumb grin looks silly, his model looks weird and dialogue off, that scene with Bane when he destroys the building annoyed me.
After watching a bit more he gets much better but still something looks/sounds off
After watching a bit more he gets much better but still something looks/sounds off
Astral Dog
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Recently, this shoot left an impression, an unique take because his face looks different watching the lights (his jaw is shorter and nose looks different, like when he was before the accident) plus he looks soop happy
Holy Christ, that's terrifying.
This looks great but those tattoos really kill the overall design.I think these shots make his version look terrifying and creepy
Any close up shot of this jokers face will completely be ruined by seeing the stupid damaged tattoo on his forehead.
I mean look at this. He looks awesome but that stupid damaged tattoo is so distracting.
It's a what if story, but I've always had a thing for Alfred Joker.
Also, wasn't Martha Wayne the Joker as well in a what if story?
Alfred as the Joker is from What Happened to The Caped Crusader if I recall. It's an interesting idea, I'm not crazy about how the final mouth is drawn, but otherwise, I can dig it.
Marth Joker is part of an Elseworld's story where Bruce was the one who was shot, turning Martha into the Joker and Thomas into a more Punisher-esque Batman.
Valjean Lafitte
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Just gonna post different Joker designs because these kind of threads need images for reference.
It breaks my heart that to an entire generation this knife-wielding hobo is the Joker.
When Marvel gets the rights back.
It's a what if story, but I've always had a thing for Alfred Joker.
Also, wasn't Martha Wayne the Joker as well in a what if story?
Flashpoint...
Strangelove77
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Ledger Joker, TAS Joker and Arkham Joker are my favorites.
I was never a fan of any of his comic designs. Weird, I know.
I was never a fan of any of his comic designs. Weird, I know.
psynergylover
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wesleyshark
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The whole arc was fantastic, and I felt had a fitting ending during Superheavy. Snyder nailed the writing, and Capullo captured it all in those panels.
Purple Cheeto
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Nolan's movies were pretty trash representations of all the characters.
Coriolanus
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eh, lucius was alright. dent was pretty decent too, if memory serves.
nckillthegrimace
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It annoyed me that all of his schemes involved timers or countdowns instead of crazy Joker shit. Hey Nolan, you accidentally filmed the Clock King.
anybody remember this "Joker"
dude could give batmman da hands
I liked that character but they fucked up making him the Joker, he should've been a brand new character.
Almost no one talks about that Batman series but I liked it a lot.
Valjean Lafitte
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foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
But that's how Joker's been defined for pretty much as long as he's been around.
Is this very early batman? The art looks really well done in quite a few of those panels and modern looking
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I've always been partial to the Alex Ross treatment
Still amazing how this isnt a photo but a drawn picture.
BKatastrophe
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Actually Clock King wouldn't have been a bad choice for Nolan to use. Same goes for Penguin, Riddler, or Hugo Strange.
Shambalakan
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It reminds me of Batman Vs Dracula.anybody remember this "Joker"
dude could give batmman da hands
Didn't like the designs, but this scene was nice! (spoilers):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIzcIKEAB9w
TheRedSnifit
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Naw, it's from a 2005 Dark Detective book. I just picked it because it came out not too long before Dark Knight.
Here's an older one:
Still pretty clean and self-aggrandizing.
Tizoc
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Gotham central
PataHikari
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I dislike these designs that make him deliberately creepy.
Part of what I love about DCAU Joker, and an important part of his character imo, is that he can be genuinely funny.
If he can't make you laugh one scene and be horrified the next he just doesn't work. Making him super creepy undermines that.
Part of what I love about DCAU Joker, and an important part of his character imo, is that he can be genuinely funny.
If he can't make you laugh one scene and be horrified the next he just doesn't work. Making him super creepy undermines that.
Just wait till ICP Joker.
MrCunningham
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Next Joker is going to be a juggalo that fell into a vat of chemicals.
I never really cared for the Jokers animated look originally, I did like it more in Batman Beyond RotJ because he felt actually like a threat. People will say he was creepy and even stalked a guy for a year and took pictures of him and his family but I would point out in the end the guy who was nothing remotely remarkable had the Joker crawling back in fear begging for Batman to save him. Also another episode he got hung upside down with his pants pulled down and people laughing their ass off at him. Yeah, being called the Joker was so right because being a joke was all he was.
The comics has recently been given him some good looks, some good designs and he's definitely feeling like a real threat, a true force of nature that the Batman has to struggle against. That the Joker is truly unpredictable and you don't know what he might do, that what he does is truly horrifying because it doesn't make sense in the rational sense. That he can be so nice and charming and in a blink be something different.
The comics has recently been given him some good looks, some good designs and he's definitely feeling like a real threat, a true force of nature that the Batman has to struggle against. That the Joker is truly unpredictable and you don't know what he might do, that what he does is truly horrifying because it doesn't make sense in the rational sense. That he can be so nice and charming and in a blink be something different.
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