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hildrynprime · 2 years

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#batman #harley quinn the animated series #batman: europa #batman: the killing joke #batman: white knight #batman: the enemy within #telltale batman #batjokes #joker #*

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gigachad-joker · 2 years

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The Joker: A Comic Masterlist

Disclaimer: This list will be subject to changes (comic addition and comic removal), as well as possible changes to its labeling system as this list is continually adjusted. If you see that a certain comic is missing please message me and make sure to include the comic's official title, number, and series of origin. The timeline organization of both single issue and collected editions is based on biased research.

Single issues with several following numbers are to be read as a collected edition.

This list will also include a link to where the comics below can be read for free.

Batman Comic's 1940 to 2011

These single-issue comics follow the familiar formula of, 'hero catch's villain'. In my opinion, they really showcase Joker's goofiness and criminal intelligence.

Batman #1, Batman #4, Batman #5, Batman #7, Batman #11

Batman #16, Batman #23, Batman #37, Batman #40

Batman #44, Batman #55, Batman #73, Batman #148

Batman #163, Batman #251, Batman #286, Batman #291

Batman #294, Batman #321, Batman #450, Batman #451

Batman #496, Batman #546, Batman #563, Batman #570

Batman #596, Batman #614, Batman #625, Batman #643

Batman #650, 649, 648 (Jokers more, 'there in the background')

Batman #655, Batman #663

BATMAN R.I.P: #676, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682

Batman Detective Comics 1937 - 2011

Batman DC #124, Batman DC #128, Batman DC #149, Batman DC #168

Batman DC #180, Batman DC #193, Batman DC #332, Batman DC #341

Batman DC #338, Batman DC #365, Batman DC #475, Batman DC #476,

Batman DC #532 Batman DC #569, Batman DC #570, Batman DC #617,

Batman DC #623 Batman DC #661, Batman DC #737, Batman DC #740,

Batman DC #741, Batman DC #781 Batman DC #826,

Batman DC #870, 869, 867, 866

Batman DC #875, Batman DC #879, Batman DC #880,

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Gotham Central

Issues #12-15

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Batman Confidential

Issues #7-12 Link to comic Here

Batman: The Man Who Laughs

Batman The man who laughs explores the idea of what would Batman and Joker's relationship look like if it had continued from Batman #1.

Link to comic Here pgs 1-70

Joker #1-15 2021 AND The Joker: Clown Prince of Crime (1975-76) series

The Joker: Clown Prince of Crime Series is a spin-off series with other villains such as Lex Luther, The Riddler, The Creeper, and more.

Joker 2021 #1-15 is a different series following the events of Infinite Frontier #1 involving Jim Gordon getting contracted to kill the Joker. To best understand this series I would suggest reading Batman: The Killing Joke, Joker War, and Black Mirror first.

This link will give you access to both collected editions.

Batman: The Killing Joke

Originally released in 1988, Batman: The Killing Joke was adapted from the 1951 short story The Man Under The Red Hood. This comic was also adapted into an animated movie in 2016.

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Batman: A Death In The Family

A Death in the Family begins when Batman relieves Jason Todd of his crime-fighting duties. Jason begins a search for his biological mother but ends up being tortured by The Joker. This leads to his presumed death.

Link to comic Here

The Three Jokers

The Three Jokers is a 'spiritual' successor to Batman: The killing Joke and Batman: A Death In The Family. Batman, Batgirl, and Red Hood (now Jason Todd) explore a lead on The Joker, who, as the title suggests may have been 3 different men this whole time.

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Batman Europa

Batman is about to be taken out by a virus that has no cure and his only salvation is The Joker.

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Singular Stories

Batman: Cacophony

The major plotline is that someone has taken the Joker's poison and created a new club drug called Chuckles. It's taking over the street scene.

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Jokers Last Laugh

Joker finds out he has cancer and starts a riot

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Batman: Joker Switch

Joker gets a joke played on HIM! TW: Body horror

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Batman: Dark Detective

Joker attempts to run for president

Link to comic Here

Batman: Joker Times

Joker agrees to be psychoanalyzed on live TV

Link to comic Here

Batman: I, Joker

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BATMAN NEW 52 2011 - 2015

Batman New 52 carries multiple Joker storylines. Below I have sectioned them out for your consumption:

Death Of The Family: Batman New 52: #13 - #17

Batman Zero Year starts #21 and we see Joker's first appearance in Zero Year in issue #23.1 and then again in #24. Batman Zero Year then ends and

Batman Endgame begins at #34 - 40.

From #41 - #52 onward we begin Batman: Superheavy and start to tell the story of Mister Bloom. This storyline also leads to the amnesia of Bruce Wayne and the retired Joker storyline.

Link to full comic Here

Batman Detective comics faces of death VOL 1

Batman Faces of Death: #1 pgs 1-30 (Joker gets his face cut off by Dollmaker)

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Batman: Death Of The Family (Extra)

This version of Death Of The Family also contains Detective Comics 16-17, Catwoman 13-14, Batgirl 14-16, Red Hood and the Outlaws 15-16, Teen Titans 15, Nightwing 15-16, Batman and Robin 15-17, Batman 17.

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Batman: Zero Year ARC 2

Arc 2 of Batman's Zero Year is titled Secret city. We delve into Bruce Wayne’s past with the Red Hood Gang and his run-ins with aspiring District Attorney Harvey Dent!

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Arkham Unhinged

I have never read this and do not know what it is about but it seems to have a similar format to Legends of The Dark Knight.

Joker is in issues: #7-9, #26-31, #35-37

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Legend of the dark knight (1989-2021)

These are stories that can be told anywhere in the timeline, past, present, and future.

The 2021 run: Joker is in issues 2 and 3

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The 2015 run: Joker is in issues, #4-6, #7-10,

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The 1989 run: Joker is in issues, #50, #65-68, #105-106, #142-145, #162-163, ##200

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BATMAN: REBIRTH 2016

Batman Rebirth carries out multiple Joker storylines. Below I have sectioned them out for your consumption:

Batman Rebirth: #25

Batman Rebirth #26-32 The War of Jokes and Riddles'

Batman Rebirth #48-50 The Best Man

Batman Rebirth #66

Batman Rebirth #86-91 Their Dark Designs (this leads into the Joker war)

Batman Rebirth #93 - #101, The Joker War

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Journey to the joker war is just a fun little prelude to the joker war #1023 and 1024

The Joker War (Extra scenes)

As part of the Batman: Rebirth series Joker manages to steal Bruce Wayne’s fortune. With his newfound riches, he proceeds to take over Gotham city leading to an epic, explosive, battle.

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Joker war collateral damage, the aftermath of the joker war.

Doomsday Clock

Doomsday Clock is a story about what happens when Doctor Manhattan, in all his logic and power, becomes aware of the inherently illogical, nonlinear main DC continuity

Joker shows up in issues; 4-7

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2019 Onward...

Batman: Last Knight On Earth

This is not part of any series and is under a black label meaning its not part of the DC continuum

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Joker Killer Smile

Joker gets psychoanalyzed.

Link to comic Here

The Joker Presents: A puzzle box

The G.C.P.D have a mysterious corpse, a magical box, and a murderer's row of the city's most dangerous villains sitting in a jail cell. Now all they need to figure out is what exactly happened.

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The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing

The world once again holds its breath as The Joker strikes again! But how far is he willing to go this time?

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nfcomics · 21 days

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BRIAN BOLLAND • BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE AND OTHER STORIES • ART GALLERY EDITION [Sept 2024]

• Quantities are subject to allocation based on orders received by ordering deadline.

#BRIAN BOLLAND • BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE AND OTHER STORIES • ART GALLERY EDITION #Batman: The Killing Joke #Brian Bolland #Batman #Joker #The Killing Joke #Night Flight Comics #Comic Mail Orders #NFComics

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distort-opia · 5 months

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Hi!

I love your meta posts and I was curious about your opinions on the killing joke’s adaptions, I’m talking mainly about the movie and the novel.

Something that really bugs me is the way the story is considered, rightfully, misogynistic in its treatment of Barbara but every sigle time someone tries to “fix” it they are only capable of making it even worse.

I read the novel version recently and it was so bad 😭 not only they added an incel type character that Joker recruits (he straight up says “nice guys like us”, which is just cringe but at least he was being manipulative here) and made him witness Barbara’s torture (btw she forgives him at the end of the story…), they also strongly implied that she was raped and generally made the whole thing even more humiliating by setting up a camera that live shared a video of her, while naked and bleeding to death, all over Gotham ( coupled with disgusting comments on how the footage looks at first like a porn). These exemples are just the tip of the iceberg! The book is filled with sexualised female characters, sexist remarks and the decision to add Harley just to paint her as a dumb horny woman surrounded by incompetent people that ignore the fact that she is clearly having sex with her patient.

At the end, the authors have the nerve to dedicate the novel to women…

I feel like this is the same thing that happened with modern versions of Jarley, they just write Joker more and more abusive and Harley without any kind of agency (ex. the new origin story with the bleached skin…ugh) to make her story more feminist. At this point It’s not even funny to read a comic that feature both of them :(

Sorry for sending you such a negative ask 🥲

To conclude on a more positive note, I love your fics and I can’t wait to read more! 💞

To be honest I don't have much to add, I entirely agree! You've written great commentary. I also did not even read the novel adaptation of TKJ precisely for the reasons you outlined; I was told how shitty it was. But fucking hell, I did not know the full extent of it. As you said, they keep trying to "fix" Barbara's treatment in TKJ but they just keep making it so much worse... And a similar thing is happening with Harley, because DC wants her to be a hero now-- so her previously darker traits must be either erased or completely attributed to Joker's Evil, Abusive influence. It's indeed pretty infuriating, both for Harley fans and Joker fans.

(And thank you, glad you like my writing!)

#I will not ever read that book. got pissed off just from reading your description #sigh. anyway back to our regularly scheduled program of pretending certain stories don't exist!#asks #joker #batman: the killing joke #rape mention #abuse mention #discussion of rape #fandom negativity

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sslimbo · 3 months

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#Batman: The Killing Joke #2016 #dc #dc comics #joker #the joker #Batman #the killing joke

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standardquip · 2 months

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The Apple Doesn't Fall Far

Contains color-coded subtitles. Made in 2021.

cw spoilers, death

It's about the very strained paternal relationship between Jason and Batman and (probably) mental illness.

Also on ao3.

Video + Audio: Batman: Assault on Arkham, Bad Blood, Death in the Family (interactive), Hush, The Killing Joke, Under the Red Hood, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Batman vs Robin, Young Justice Audio only: Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4), Supernatural (TV) Music: Balmorhea – Remembrance Work time: ~27 hours Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

I used https://audiostrip.co.uk/ to help isolate the vocals for the spoken parts.

I was watching a ton of Jason Todd AMVs and one of the things I disliked was the inconsistency between the voices used. So for this video, I decided to use only Jensen Ackles’ voice, who voiced Jason in the original Red Hood movie as well as played Dean Winchester in the “Supernatural” show.

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danielladigitalbunny · 3 months

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A scene recognised in the game from what we know as The Killing Joke.

#Batman #Batman: The Killing Joke #Batman: Arkham Knight #The Joker #gaming

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inhousearchive · 2 years

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House-ad for The Killing Joke (1988). Art by Brian Bolland.

#the killing joke #batman: the killing joke #batman #joker #the joker #brian bolland #alan moore #dc #dc comics #house ad #house-ad #80s #dcedit #comicedit #comicsedit

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studiotriggerfan397 · 4 months

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In my opinion, this is the very BEST Alan Moore ending in his entire body of work. 100%

Do you think Batman killed The Joker? Or did he have him sent back to Arkham?

#DC Comics #Batman: The Killing Joke #Alan Moore #Brian Bolland #Batman #The Joker

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mad-prophet-of-the-airwaves · 2 years

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Rest in peace, Kevin Conroy (1955-2022).

#kevin conroy #rest in peace #batman: the animated series #batman: mask of the phantasm #the new batman adventures #batman & mr. freeze: subzero #batman beyond #batman beyond: return of the joker #justice league #justice league unlimited #batman: arkham city #batman: assault on arkham #batman: arkham knight #batman: the killing joke

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ransiquack · 1 year

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GOD the killing joke is such a good concept if only it wasn't

FUCKING STUPID AND

DONE WRONG‼️

#the killing joke #batman #the joker #B man tagging is not making sense 2 me en #I love Barbara Gordon too much to put up with this bull #I love how gay it feels 2 me tho #Batjokes #...#Yes #batman: the killing joke #Fuck tkj #so much potential #and for what

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hildrynprime · 1 year

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Kevin Conroy as Batman/Bruce Wayne 🦇

#batman #kevin conroy #superman: the animated series #injustice #injustice: gods among us #injustice 2 #batman: arkham #batman: arkham city #batman: the killing joke #*#gif*#5x540x300

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red-in-web · 1 year

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#joker #dc joker #Batman: The Killing Joke

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nfcomics · 7 months

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BATMAN THREE JOKERS TP • cover art • Jason Fabok [Oct 2023]

Thirty years after Batman: The Killing Joke changed comics forever, superstars Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok reexamine the myth of who, or what, is The Joker! Batman, Batgirl, and Red Hood--all past victims of The Joker--work together to solve the mystery of why not one but three different Jokers (each seemingly the genuine article) are terrorizing Gotham! Collects BATMAN: THREE JOKERS #1-3.

(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Jason Fabok

#BATMAN THREE JOKERS TP #Jason Fabok #Brad Anderson #Geoff Johns #Batman #Joker #Gotham #Batgirl #Red Hood #Batman: The Killing Joke

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distort-opia · 8 months

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You ever think maybe, just maybe, The Killing Joke backstory was supposed to represent an idea rather than be taken literally? And maybe, just maybe, it was supposed to also showcase Joker creating memories instead of actually remembering??? THEN MAYBE other writers misinterpreting that story and making it canon SHOULD NOT be taken seriously?

I mean... yeah, I feel you. The Killing Joke wasn't ever meant to be part of main continuity when it was written. Moore wrote it the way he did because, at the time, he thought he had the freedom to do whatever he wanted with the characters, which resulted in more drastic decisions. It was the sheer popularity of the story that made DC incorporate it into main continuity, with very far-reaching consequences. So yes, Joker's backstory in TKJ was never meant to be taken at face value.

However, I also think that at this point in time... the overall debate regarding it is a bit moot? Besides the fact that authorial intent does not signify ultimate authority on intepretation, TKJ is canon. It has been for decades, and not the kind of canon you can easily ignore, but the kind that impacted many other stories and characters and plotlines. We can personally believe that writers misinterpreting Joker's backstory from TKJ and canonizing it is stupid, but it's been either directly alluded to or downright canonized ever since the 90s. So I think that, as fans, we are very much entitled to scorn what DC has done with TKJ when it comes to Joker's character and ignore it for personal headcanons or stories... but we've also got to acknowledge the reality of canon.

#sigh. I don't like everything DC has done with this either #but considering TKJ as something self-contained at this point in time. after so many years of it being very much not that #may restrict your interpretations and understanding of canon #asks #joker #batman: the killing joke

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miravayl · 1 year

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3-4 months ago I arranged a DC marathon for myself, now I decided that I will share here what I read/watched and my assessment of it.

The marathon consists of two parts: the first is reading comics, the second is watching movies/series/animated series.

Here is what I managed to read:

Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade (2016) 9/10

Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour (2021) 9/10

(This comic was created based on the animated series that I did not watch, but due to the fact that I often saw moments from this comic, I could not help but read it!)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986) 6/10

Batman: Year One (1987) 9/10

Batman: The Killing Joke (1988) 9/10

John Constantine: Hellblazer (1988) 10/10

Cosmic Odyssey (1988) 10/10

Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (1989) 10/10

#DC #DC marathon #comic #Batman: Year One #John Constantine: Hellblazer #Batman: The Killing Joke #Cosmic Odyssey #Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth #Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour #Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade

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