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Summary
The biggest enigma in the DC Universe just make its darkest reply , with a fresh translation of theJoker’sorigin finally being revealed . Batman has drop decades attempt to solve the mystery of the Joker ’s origins , and while he ’s still looking for the response , DC has at long last clued lover into where the Clown Prince of Crime sincerely came from — at least in one dingy alternate - existence .
InBatman : City of Madness#3 by Christian Ward and Hassan Otsmane - Elhaou , Batman has to address the mystery of aC’thulu adaptation of himself shout out the Batman Below . While Batman traces the pedigree of the Batman Below to the Word of Amadeus Arkham , the true reveal explains the origins of the Joker as well .
To cure his son , Arthur , after the death of his mother and sister , Amadeus ends up making a deal with an Eldritch being . As with most Eldritch deals , this creature play a joke on Amadeus , dragging Arthur down into the Gotham Below . Amadeus is n’t alert to this , and the Eldritch being instead impart a copy of Arthur with Amadeus — who is reveal to have grown up to become the Joker.
Batman has faced many dark mirrors of himself over the years , but the Batman Below might be the dark reflection of the Caped Crusader yet .
DC’s New Joker Has Terrifying Ties to Arkham
TheJoker ’s origin is something DChas play with a lot over the class . His very first descent had him as a criminal who fell into a vat of acid to escape Batman , but then DC had a period where the newspaper publisher was adamantine that the cryptical villain had no ancestry at all . The Joker has been a failed comedian , a condemnable mastermind who was inspired by the Waynes ' deaths , and a creation by an evil speedster from another universe . Now DC has given a new multiversal interpretation of the Joker his darkest origin yet as an Eldritch monster , and it actually makes perfect sense .
The unknowable pandemonium of his origin is part of what makes the Joker so compelling , as he has multiple origins that often contradict one another . The appeal of cosmic revulsion is the fear of the unknowable , that there ’s something out there that is malicious for grounds that will never be sympathise — or worse , that the ground will drive someone mad . The Joker ’s status in this world as a cosmic devil plays perfectly not just into his unknowable origins , but also intostories likeThe Killing Jokeby Alan Moore and Brian Bolland , in whichthe Joker examine to squeeze someone to infer his need in rescript to drive them harebrained .
The Joker Will Haunt Gotham in Every Universe
Gotham is a somewhat terrifying place : full of savage criminals and one of the most corrupt police forces on the satellite , it ’s also often attacked by terrorist like Bane or Scarecrow . Despite all of that , the scariest part of Gotham City has always been the Joker . DuringBatman : Endgameby Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo , the Joker tried to shoot citizenry into thinking he was some ancient wickedness that was here before Gotham was made . While the Joker has n’t been around that long , there ’s no refuse that theJokeris an eldritch horror ghost Gotham .
Batman : City of Madness#3is available now from DC Comics !
BATMAN : CITY OF MADNESS # 3
