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The Joker's Silver Age transformation into a figure of fun was established in 1952's "The Joker's Millions". In this story, the Joker is obsessed with maintaining his illusion of wealth and celebrity as a criminal folk hero, afraid to let Gotham's citizens know that he is penniless and was tricked out of his fortune. [69]
The Joker is a character portrayed by Heath Ledger and the main antagonist in Christopher Nolan's 2008 superhero film The Dark Knight.Based on the DC Comics supervillain of the same name, he is depicted as a psychopathic criminal mastermind with a warped, sadistic sense of humor who defines himself by his conflict with the vigilante Batman.
Joker announces via television broadcast that he plans to give out $20 million at Gotham City's 200th anniversary parade, and challenges Batman to meet him there. Joker keeps his promise of giving away the money, before releasing an airborne toxic version of Smylex onto the crowd via parade floats, killing dozens of people.
Either way, Folie à Deux signals the dawn of a new era for the real Joker who killed Arthur, while our anti-hero ended up as but a mere societal outcast, a jester for humiliation the whole time.
Unlike much of the series, Gotham’s take on the Joker’s origin story was quite faithful to the comics. Monaghan’s Jeremiah Valeska fell into the pool of acid at the Ace Chemicals tower ...
(After all, “Joker” wasn’t just the title character’s origin story, but the Caped Crusader’s as well, revealing how Arthur’s actions led to Bruce Wayne witnessing his father’s murder.)
Joker is the first live-action theatrical Batman film to receive an R rating from the Motion Picture Association. [a] Joker premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2019 and was theatrically released in the United States on October 4. The film's critical reception was mixed but was a box office success and set ...
Roger Stoneburner makes a brief appearance as the Joker in the pilot of the WB’s Charmed-style Birds of Prey series, which starred Dina Meyer as Barbara Gordon (a.k.a. Batgirl) and Ashley Scott ...