The Many Deaths of the Joker, Part 1
Batman #4, Winter 1940
Batman #5, Spring 1941
Batman #7, October-November 1941
Batman #9, February-March 1942
Batman #12, August-September 1942
Joker Death Tally:
4 deaths by falling, 3 of those possible drownings
1 death by express trainLabels: Joker
posted by Brandon Bragg at 6:31 PM
7 Comments:
Batman saying "You just can't trust that guy!" about the Joker is the new leader in my continuing search for BEST THING EVER, followed closely by "GOOD HEAVENS! The Train!"
10/05/2006 10:49 PM
I start to see why Alan Moore's Joker stand-in in Promethea turned out to be a series of robots. Because after all those deaths, that's actually the MORE likely explanation.
10/06/2006 12:19 AM
I LOVE how Batman is just so...so cavalier about the possible death of the Joker. He THINKS he might be dead, but finding out for sure would take some time and effort, and what the heck...it's Miller time!
10/06/2006 12:31 PM
I do like how Batman and Robin evolve from indifference to the Joker's fate to cheerful optimism.
You just don't get character development like that anymore.
10/06/2006 5:36 PM
Chris: That is pretty great. If I ever start up that Batman themed reggae band I've always dreamed about, "GOOD HEAVENS! The Train!" will be the title of my first album.
Steven: That does make a lot more sense now that you say that.
Sally: He's the Batman. He's got to get to teachin' Robin how to hunt down and trap those tasty cave-rats.
Keeper: You can start to see the slow slide from grim, violent death towards a puch to the face and some jail time in these stories. I'm not sure the Joker dies at all throughout most of the fifties and sixties.
Keeper:
10/08/2006 11:32 AM
Here, I do not really imagine it is likely to have effect.
7/28/2011 9:10 AM
This won't succeed in actual fact, that is what I believe.
10/15/2011 2:01 PM
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