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The Joker debuted in Batman #1 (April 1940) as the eponymous character's first villain, about a year after Batman's debut in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). The Joker initially appeared as a serial killer and jewel thief, modeled after a joker playing card with a mirthless grin, who killed his victims with "Joker venom," a toxin that left ...
Thus, her first appearance is technically "Joker's Favor", her first appearance in a comic book was The Batman Adventures #12 and her first appearance in the regular DC Comics continuity was Batman: Harley Quinn. Similarly, Firestar first appeared in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends #1, which adapted
Batman's nemesis, the Joker, was introduced around the same time, in Batman #1 (Spring 1940). Though Kane claimed he and writer Bill Finger came up with the idea for the Joker, most comic historians credit Robinson for the iconic villain, modeled after Conrad Veidt in the 1928 film, The Man Who Laughs. [7]
The Batman Gallery #1 Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture: Published in conjunction with the film Batman Returns. [319] Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 January 1993 [320] Batman/Dark Joker: The Wild: 1993 Published under the Elseworlds logo. ISBN 978-1-56389-111-3 [321]
In 2024 alone, two of the most infamous Batman villains are coming to both the big and small screen with Joker: Folie à Deux, a sequel to 2019's Joker, and The Penguin, a Max show featuring the ...
The Joker: Batman #1 (Spring 1940) Batman's nemesis; conned Snapper Carr into turning over his key to League headquarters and ambushed the team with the weapons of their greatest foes, fighting the group to a standstill.
[1] It tells the story of Batman's first encounter with the Joker in post-Zero Hour continuity. The plot is based on the Joker's original introduction in Batman #1 (1940). The title is a reference to Victor Hugo's novel The Man Who Laughs, whose main character was one of the original inspirations for the Joker. [2]
By contrast, I find artistic value in marginal voices and moral ambiguity, from Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” to a film like “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.” ... Take the Joker/Batman ...