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What to do about The Joker?

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Murder is out of the question, Batman would easily put 2 and 2 together that the new mayor who promised to take care of the Joker gets elected and the Joker gets killed. Probably wouldn't be able to do it anyway.

Probably talk to Batman. Fucker must have SOME idea on what to do. He obviously keeps escaping.

Ask Superman to send him to the Phantom Zone is probably the easiest, he's committed enough murder and crime that it would be justified.

That idea of giving him to Batman and telling him he'll keep releasing him if he doesn't take him is a great one though, like, 'should actually be in a comic' great.
 
ConfusingJazz said:
Shoot him and sprinkle some crack on him.
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fucking brilliant

but really, i would go vigilante and kill the joker myself. then play an elusive game of cat and mouse between myself and the batman as he tries to apprehend his rivals killer.
 
DKehoe said:
Has there ever been a comic of Batman protecting Joker from someone trying to kill him?
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There was one comic where Batman saved the Joker from getting the death penalty because Joker was going to be killed for the one crime he didn't actually commit.
 
DKehoe said:
Has there ever been a comic of Batman protecting Joker from someone trying to kill him?
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yes, I forget teh name but it was one in 1988 or something where Joker is going to be executed by the state but batman finds out Joker didn't do it and they spare him.
 
LAUGHTREY said:
That idea of giving him to Batman and telling him he'll keep releasing him if he doesn't take him is a great one though, like, 'should actually be in a comic' great.
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Yeah I have no idea how a comic book writer would resolve that one, but it's a nice premise if I do say so myself.

I'm sure it's been played out in some capacity in continuity before, though. It's hard to have new ideas for characters this old.
 
Forkball said:
I don't know why they keep locking him up in dingy Arkham. Throw his ass in the phantom zone or something.
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thats not a good idea. that fucker has the ability to make people follow him. having a legion of super powered minions is a bad thing in the long run when he escapes.
 
JayDubya said:
Yeah I have no idea how a comic book writer would resolve that one, but it's a nice premise if I do say so myself.

I'm sure it's been played out in some capacity in continuity before, though. It's hard to have new ideas for characters this old.
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He escapes from Batman anyway, fuckers crazy dawg.
 
LAUGHTREY said:
He escapes from Batman anyway, fuckers crazy dawg.
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Well, he's got popularity-derived plot armor. Nothing's going to really stop him. At this point, just like Batman, you could throw him in a black hole or detonate an atom bomb at his feet and I wouldn't believe he was gone for good, despite the fact that he has no super powers to speak of.

At the very least this situation has some novelty to it and Batman might figure out something that works for a while longer than usual.
 
The joker is a mass murdering lunatic. He's by the book definition of a complete monster. THis man has proven time and time again he will never reform, and will never stop. He's getting a bullet to the back of his head at first chance. I don't care if I go to jail, or die I'll die knowing I ended this monsters reign of terror.
 
Am I right in understanding that, when The Joker believed Batman was dead, he became a sane, rational human being who wanted a home, a love and a life?

And it was only when Batsy proved to have surived, that the Joker went insane again?

So how about asking Batman to fake his death, lie low for a while, then restarting his work in a different costume with a new name.
 
Kinyou said:
Putting the Joker in a room full of sharp needles and scalpels could go very, very wrong
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AlimNassor said:
The joker is a mass murdering lunatic. He's by the book definition of a complete monster. THis man has proven time and time again he will never reform, and will never stop. He's getting a bullet to the back of his head at first chance. I don't care if I go to jail, or die I'll die knowing I ended this monsters reign of terror.
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Damn, son
 
AlimNassor said:
The joker is a mass murdering lunatic. He's by the book definition of a complete monster. THis man has proven time and time again he will never reform, and will never stop. He's getting a bullet to the back of his head at first chance. I don't care if I go to jail, or die I'll die knowing I ended this monsters reign of terror.
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Well, you should care here. Remember, in this situation you're Mayor of Gotham, and there's still Batman's whole rogue gallery to contend with. :P

Ashsturm said:
He's bleaching cats? Post his details on 4chan
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An unstoppable force versus an immovable object.
 
ReiGun said:
Well, you should care here. Remember, in this situation you're Mayor of Gotham, and there's still Batman's whole rogue gallery to contend with. :P
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Well, Batman catches them all eventually. They all get the same treatment. Wait until they're all locked up, then calmly walk cell to cell putting a .357 slug into their brain housing group.

Gotham rejoices.
 
WanderingWind said:
Well, Batman catches them all eventually. They all get the same treatment. Wait until they're all locked up, then calmly walk cell to cell putting a .357 slug into their brain housing group.

Gotham rejoices.
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What about Two-Face who is as much of a victim as anyone? Or Catwoman, who is usually represented as more of a thief than a killer?
 
Mama Robotnik said:
What about Two-Face who is as much of a victim as anyone? Or Catwoman, who is usually represented as more of a thief than a killer?
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The first gets two bullets. Just for the poetic symmetry. The latter only goes to Arkham in stories in which the writer is unaware of Blackgate. She wouldn't be locked up in an Asylum.
 
Mama Robotnik said:
Neither will everyone else when they realise The Joker actually brainwashed and drugged an innocent man to take his place, and was the mastermind that proposed the brutal execution in the first place.
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Like that has ever happened in the storyline, sheesh.
 
Stumpokapow said:
given that the joker has committed crimes that would get him the federal death penalty, the governor's opinion is moot. rehabilitation isn't a concern, possible innocence isn't a concern, escape from a maximum security facility apparently is--this is a no brainer case for the death penalty.
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Batman would stop you.
 
I confirm on the news that I promise to help Clayface by investing millions of dollars on scientists, they can research for an antidote to his condition. I attempt to negotiate a deal after Clayface inevitably confronts me about the legitimacy, since he desires the support of the scientists.

There’s a catch, he must disguise himself as different types of crooks and work himself through the criminal underworld until he reaches the current head quarters of the joker. Once there, Clayface locates Harley Quinn when she is not with joker and crushes her to death. As expected, Clayface then disguises himself as Harley Quinn and eventually stabs the joker from behind. This plan is risky, it would require as much secrecy as possible. Also it depends on using an unbalanced brute.
 
PounchEnvy said:
Let Carnage deal with Joker.
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damn, thats worse than the phantom zone idea. joker makes kletus look boringly sane. giving him a malleable weapon that will feed his bloodlust?
 
But Carnage almost killed Joker. :o But anyway aren't there some psychics that could scramble Joker's brain?

Or is Joker's brain so fucked up that it would have a reverse effect?
 
besada said:
Transfer him to a federal holding facility somewhere in Metropolis. Let him be Superman's problem.
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In "World's Finest", The Joker would have murdered Superman quite easily if it wasn't for Batman's interference.

Superman deals with some tough shit, but a kryptonite-armed Joker he was not ready for.
 
I agree with others. Let Batman figure it out. I'll build a new asylum to his specification and let him use it as a bat cave.
I'm sure he has some ideas and all the money I'd waste doing it wouldn't bother the citizens if they knew the crazy people would stay locked up.

If that looked shaky, I would hire a hero with actual powers to run the asylum. Maybe have a psychic warden and a "head guard" who was a leser super like Ultra Girl or whatever. It's a full time job. Batman is part-timing that shit, and we all know it.

The last resort, hold a contest among the capes, whoever can propose the best way to imprison the joker wins... I don't know. A genie.
 
King of the Potato People said:
I confirm on the news that I promise to help Clayface by investing millions of dollars on scientists, they can research for an antidote to his condition. I attempt to negotiate a deal after Clayface inevitably confronts me about the legitimacy, since he desires the support of the scientists.

There’s a catch, he must disguise himself as different types of crooks and work himself through the criminal underworld until he reaches the current head quarters of the joker. Once there, Clayface locates Harley Quinn when she is not with joker and crushes her to death. As expected, Clayface then disguises himself as Harley Quinn and eventually stabs the joker from behind. This plan is risky, it would require as much secrecy as possible. Also it depends on using an unbalanced brute.
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Mechanically I imagine this would work, but I suspect that if Clayface and a new Mayor were having meetings together, Batman would be keeping them both under constant bugging and surveilance.
 
Mama Robotnik said:
Superman deals with some tough shit, but a kryptonite-armed Joker he was not ready for.
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Say what? Where the fuck would he even get Kryptonite from? "Hey, Lex, lend me some of that green shit" "Fuck off ya loon"
 
Seriously, has there ever been a story as to why the hell Arkham still holds these guys? I would think the state and federal government would step in and shut the place down, and transfer the prisoners to better suited holding facilities. Or at least investigate the administrators.
 
Sickboy007 said:
Carnage? pffff...bring in deadpool
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They'd both get distracted and start telling increasingly lamer jokes and talk about panels and pages and stuff.


As for the OP, if I'm mayor of Gotham, I obviously have mob ties. So, I demolish Arkham, and use corrupt contractors to build a new, more secure facility. When I do, I put it so that, like, three cells have the capability to slam shut and squish whoever happens to be inside. Joker is put in a cell like that, Two-Face is manipulated into taking control of the asylum and acting as judge/jury/executioner. Shouldn't be too hard. Subtle psychological manipulation, delivered through "therapy". He flips a coin. Heads, he shoots Joker, and then a lowly tech squishes the Joker. Tails, same tech presses the squish button anyway.

Batman is distracted by Black Mask apparently releasing Bane halfway across town. BM wouldn't release Bane, it doesn't make sense. Thus, Bats is distracted by corralling Bane as well as solving the mystery of why Black Mask set him loose. Now, being Batman and all, he'll figure it out, but I'd wager that the timeframe works out so that Joker is dead before I'm brought to justice.

At my trial for murder, I get pardoned by the governor or president or whatever for eradicating a threat to national security, and ride a wave of popularity into re-election.


EDIT: I also support the let Batman figure it out plan. He is, after all, Batman. The above scenario is the first attempt to actually kill the Joker, which Bats won't do.
 
Green Scar said:
Say what? Where the fuck would he even get Kryptonite from? "Hey, Lex, lend me some of that green shit" "Fuck off ya loon"
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He found a chunk of it in Gotham completely by accident, mistaken for Jade by an ignorant museum curator. Being the genius that he is, The Joker correctly identified the material and took himself and Harley to Metropolis to meet Lex Luthor. They present him with a proposal: The Joker will kill Superman for one billion dollars.

In true The Dark Knight style, The Joker ends up nearly bringing the city to its knees by turning on his beneafactor, stealing and reprogramming his newly-manufactured army of war machines, causing general mayhem and havok, kidnapping Luthor and trying to destroy the entire city.

He also effectively traps Superman with the kryptonite, but Batman gets there and saves him before he dies from the poisoning.

Metropolis can't handle him.
 
Mama Robotnik said:
He found a chunk of it in Gotham completely by accident, mistaken for Jade by an ignorant museum curator. Being the genius that he is, The Joker identified the material and him and Harley visited Luthor in Metropolis with a proposal: The Joker will kill Superman for one billion dollars.

In true The Dark Knight style, The Joker ends up nearly bringing the city to its knees by turning on Luthor, stealing and reprogramming his newly-manufactured army of war machines, causing general mayhem and havok, kidnapping Luthor and trying to destroy the entire city.

He also effectively traps Superman with the kryptonite, but Batman gets there and saves him before he dies from the poisoning.

Metropolis can't handle him.
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Wow. That's, er, pretty amazing. Go Joker? :lol
 
Kill the Joker myself, claim temporary insanity. Get sent to Arkham, be out real soon, because that place leaks like a sieve.
 
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