Post by joker51087 on Apr 17, 2006 23:06:45 GMT -5
The Joker is definitely Batman's Greatest Villian, and through the years he has had many different origins. The Joker has been my favorite villian for as long as I can remember, and I'm just curious to see what people think is the best explanation of how he came to be. Here are elaborations of the choices for the poll:
1)The Original/Golden Age Version- A villian known as the Red Hood plummeted into a vat of chemicals during a crime foiled by the Batman. We know nothing of his life before the accident, except that he was a criminal.
2)The Killing Joke Version- Desparate to fund his pregnant wife, a failing comedian is convinced by some thugs to be the Red Hood in a Red Hood robbery. Thinking the plant had lesser security, the Red Hood and his gang are confronted by the Batman, and the Red Hood falls into a vat of chemicals. His life is completely changed by "one bad day."
3)Batman The Movie Version (1989) A gangster named Jack Napier is double crossed by his boss Grissam when he finds out Napier is having an affair with his wife. Grissam alerts the cops that Napier is head to Axis Chemicals, and the Batman confronts the goons as well as Napier. Jacl fires a gun at Batman, but the bullet richochets and hits Napier in the face. As he falls over the railing, Batman tries to pull him up, but Jack falls into the acid below, turning his hair green and skin white. The grin on his face is attributed to cheap plastic surgery in a very famous scene.
4)Batman The Animated Series Version- This one is pieced together from episodes of BTAS and Mask of the Phantasm. Jack Napier (it's said in the show, trust me) was a failing comedian who turned to crime for reasons unknown to us. He was a member of the a Gotham mob, and was involved in the mureder of Andrea Beaumont's father. Like the other origins, he fell in acid, turning him into the Joker.
5)Joker's tell-all to Harley (most certainly false)- Growing up, the Joker had an alcoholic father who beat him. His fondest memory is seeing the clowns at the circus, and in Harley's words, he's "just a boy trying to make the world laugh at his antics"
6)Keep it a mystery. "I like my origins to be mutiple choice."
7) Paul Dini and Alex Ross Version- A gang boss who took the fall into acid.
1)The Original/Golden Age Version- A villian known as the Red Hood plummeted into a vat of chemicals during a crime foiled by the Batman. We know nothing of his life before the accident, except that he was a criminal.
2)The Killing Joke Version- Desparate to fund his pregnant wife, a failing comedian is convinced by some thugs to be the Red Hood in a Red Hood robbery. Thinking the plant had lesser security, the Red Hood and his gang are confronted by the Batman, and the Red Hood falls into a vat of chemicals. His life is completely changed by "one bad day."
3)Batman The Movie Version (1989) A gangster named Jack Napier is double crossed by his boss Grissam when he finds out Napier is having an affair with his wife. Grissam alerts the cops that Napier is head to Axis Chemicals, and the Batman confronts the goons as well as Napier. Jacl fires a gun at Batman, but the bullet richochets and hits Napier in the face. As he falls over the railing, Batman tries to pull him up, but Jack falls into the acid below, turning his hair green and skin white. The grin on his face is attributed to cheap plastic surgery in a very famous scene.
4)Batman The Animated Series Version- This one is pieced together from episodes of BTAS and Mask of the Phantasm. Jack Napier (it's said in the show, trust me) was a failing comedian who turned to crime for reasons unknown to us. He was a member of the a Gotham mob, and was involved in the mureder of Andrea Beaumont's father. Like the other origins, he fell in acid, turning him into the Joker.
5)Joker's tell-all to Harley (most certainly false)- Growing up, the Joker had an alcoholic father who beat him. His fondest memory is seeing the clowns at the circus, and in Harley's words, he's "just a boy trying to make the world laugh at his antics"
6)Keep it a mystery. "I like my origins to be mutiple choice."
7) Paul Dini and Alex Ross Version- A gang boss who took the fall into acid.
