Batman finally kills the Joker

Batman’s greatest foe has returned for one last gag. But this time, not even the Joker is laughing. In their last encounter, the Dark Knight failed to live up to Joker’s grand plans, so now the Joker is deadly serious. The games are over. And everything is on the table. In their most intense, physical showdown ever, nothing is sacred to the Joker—the Dark Knight's family, friends, allies, home base and those he holds most dear... everyone is a target. The Clown Prince of Crime isn't staging a comedy, it's a dark tragedy.

▸ Who Is Batman: Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in the 27th issue of the comic book Detective Comics on March 30, 1939. In the DC Universe continuity, Batman is the alias of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy American playboy, philanthropist, and industrialist who resides in Gotham City. Batman's origin story features him swearing vengeance against criminals after witnessing the murder of his parents Thomas and Martha as a child, a vendetta tempered with the ideal of justice. He trains himself physically and intellectually, crafts a bat-inspired persona, and monitors the Gotham streets at night. Kane, Finger, and other creators accompanied Batman with supporting characters, including his sidekicks Robin and Batgirl; allies Alfred Pennyworth, James Gordon, and Catwoman; and foes such as the Penguin, the Riddler, Two-Face, and his archenemy, the Joker.

Kane conceived Batman in early 1939 to capitalize on the popularity of DC's Superman; although Kane frequently claimed sole creation credit, Finger substantially developed the concept from a generic superhero into something more bat-like. The character received his own spin-off publication, Batman, in 1940. Batman was originally introduced as a ruthless vigilante who frequently killed or maimed criminals, but evolved into a character with a stringent moral code and strong sense of justice. Unlike most superheroes, Batman does not possess any superpowers, instead relying on his intellect, fighting skills, and wealth. The 1960s Batman television series used a camp aesthetic, which continued to be associated with the character for years after the show ended. Various creators worked to return the character to his darker roots in the 1970s and 1980s, culminating with the 1986 miniseries The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller.

DC has featured Batman in many comic books, including comics published under its imprints such as Vertigo and Black Label. The longest-running Batman comic, Detective Comics, is the longest-running comic book in the United States. Batman is frequently depicted alongside other DC superheroes, such as Superman and Wonder Woman, as a member of organizations such as the Justice League and the Outsiders. In addition to Bruce Wayne, other characters have taken on the Batman persona on different occasions, such as Jean-Paul Valley / Azrael in the 1993–1994 "Knightfall" story arc; Dick Grayson, the first Robin, from 2009 to 2011; and Jace Fox, son of Wayne's ally Lucius, as of 2021. DC has also published comics featuring alternate versions of Batman, including the incarnation seen in The Dark Knight Returns and its successors, the incarnation from the Flashpoint (2011) event, and numerous interpretations from Elseworlds stories.

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[comics_explained]

I'm leaving out bloom and epilogue since those will cause continuity errors once we get to Justice League Darkseid War.

[SlayerEndX]

Batman's final message: "Ha."

Leave it to him to take the last laugh from the Joker.

[shadow-griw]

The Batman new 52 should be its own animated series. I would love to see these stories live and breath as we get to watch a different batman hand his Rose gallery

[wolfman-updh]

Couple things.

1. Alfred's hand was reattached, and that was directly referenced in the comic.

2. Joker found the Dyanisium when he fell down that cavernous hole at the end of Death of the Family. That's why he survived that fall, that's why he has a new face. It healed him.

[saugustine]

I was never much of a Batman fan, but because of your videos on Court of Owls, Death of the Family, and Endgame, I'm really starting to change my mind. I think I'll go buy Scott Snyder's whole run for myself and see how it stacks up to your amazing videos.

[Sam_Kings]

I love how hyped you get about stories. It makes me hyped.

[oscrmc]

Scott Snyder new 52 Batman was the best thing coming out of new 52

[redhood]

2:08 you know your a good youtuber when your your own critic

[fafaaf]

Please do Batman Eternal. It's not just a story where Hush gathers all the Batman villains together on an assault. In fact it goes much deeper than that and really asks fundamental and truly enjoyable questions about the nature of Batman as well as his philosophy. Overall, I consider it one of the best Batman stories ever written and would love it if you did it on your channel.

[atikuso]

When Rebirth was first announced and they had that promotional art of the heroes all reaching out for that glowing hand... that was Alfred's missing hand xD

[fafaaf]

I disagree with your observation of the Joker being a "buffoon" or a "goof". That was the Silver Age Joker characterization and indeed, he is still extremely silly but to me, the Joker has always been the greatest Batman villain. Even though villains like Bane, Ra's Ah Ghul, Two-Face, Penguin, Black Mask, etc. are capable of much more impressive feats, the Joker was always an extremely philosophical character and has always to me represented a dark reflection of Batman. Indeed, they are very similar. They are both normal humans who use nothing but their intelligence, instinct, determination and wit to rise above normal humans and ascend to the level of gods. They both suffered "one bad day" which led to them taking the roles they have now. However, from that one day, they drew opposite conclusions. Joker came to the conclusion that life is meaningless and random, there is no order but only chaos in the world. He became a reflection of that dark world. That's why in his eyes, he's the only sane one. The "normal" person is insane because they try to find meaning inside a meaningless world thus doing action that make no sense such as living and enjoying life while the Joker is "sane" because his actions are absurd in such and absurd world. It's why the clown motif works so well and why ridiculous schemes like Joker-fish fit so well. He makes no sense because the world makes no sense. Batman is just the opposite. He also realized from the day that his parents died that the world was chaotic. However, instead of accepting the chaos of the world like the Joker he choose the fight the chaos and try to find some underlying meaning throughout all the absurdity, and if he's unable to do that, then he'll create his own meaning and his own future. In essence, they represent the philosophies of Nihilism and Existentialism. Both philosophies accept that there is no inherit meaning to the universe but Nihilism takes this to mean that we should do do nothing and accept the futility of life while Existentialism posits that we must instead create our own meaning. The Joker is simply Batman if he accepted the absurdity of the world. Batman is simply the Joker if he chose to fight the Chaos instead of giving in. It is this absolute devotion to their philosophies, that allows them to exceed human bounds and become a villain that is so terrifying that even other, more powerful villains fear him and a hero that has saved the entire planet multiple time respectively. It is also their philosophies that draw them to each other in their eternal battle, each trying to prove the other wrong and never succeeding. Their "game" of crimes and imprisonment is both interesting and never ending because in reality, neither philosophy is correct, but neither is wrong either. The two forces are symbols for aspects that humanity encounter everyday. The Joker is a symbol for that dark par of humanity claiming that everything you do is meaningless, that you shouldn't adhere to the order that is forced by society but instead go with the natural randomness of thing. Batman is the part of humanity that fights, fights for order, for meaning, and for the future. The part that represents humanities acceptance for the harsh and uncaring world but nonetheless is willing to surpass that world and become something greater. As long as humanity retains these aspects, the battle of Batman v. Joker can never truly end, at least not with only one remaining. Neither can live while the other survives. There's more that I can go into such as the Joker's obvious intelligence despite him seemingly being insane and his possibly Marxist themes but overall, that is the beauty of the character of the Joker and his battle with Batman.

[bamboom]

So Batman Asks the Mobius Chair What is the jokers name?
its says There are 3 jokers
Batman says No the cant be
WHY THE FUCK IS HIS NEXT QUESTION NOT What are all of their names?

[jacobvalentine]

Redhood wearing a mask over he's mask

[SauceyFredo]

Joker is actually really smart tho, he seems to have an expert comprehension of psychology and chemistry

[shadowwriter]

I've always thought Endgame took place before Darkside War

[soup]

Man, that last image is so iconic. The knight slaying the dragon of chaos. So good :) Someones read up on their myths. Also... I loove the Dionysium / Joker thing!

[gregorywatson]

Even though you're ignoring Jim Gordon RoboBunny stuff, I was hoping you'd cover We Are Robin/Robin War. That series was great.

[jamesbunt]

If it were me, I would have Batman use magic to fight Superman, since that works on everyone, and the Kryptonite ring has been used for the last 30 years, they need to give it a rest.

[swiftswalow]

can we take on minute to look at the fact that in the "death" of batman and joker in this comic batman have a joker card stuck in his eye just like joker had a beatarang stuck in his eye in the dark knight returns?

[icowrich]

Batman has defeated Superman without kryptonite before. Often it's by trickery. One time, he just told Superman (upon first meeting) that if Superman touched him, sensors on his suit would be triggered an an innocent person would die. Superman could tell that Batman wasn't lying (one of Supe's powers), and so he did would not throw a punch. Batman subsequently escaped.

The trick was that Batman had planted a micro-bomb on his own person, and the innocent person at risk was...Batman himself! So, technically, he was telling the truth, but he wasn't actually being as villainous as he let on. Brilliant!