DC changes the essence of the Joker with the truth behind the origin of his most iconic phrase
Although he does not have any powers like the most dangerous villains in the DC Universe, the joker He has always stood out for being a villain who really spread terror among the citizens of Gotham. Somehow, joker He has always tried to prove that anyone can become a twisted monster like him if they just have a bad day. However, new information casts doubt on whether the joker do you really believe this or do you just It is part of one of his thousands of mental games.
DC changes the essence of the Joker with the truth behind the origin of his most iconic phrase
Readers can see the shocking origin of this characteristic thought of the joker in the comic Batman #147. In this story, the Dr. Captiowho has become the new director of Zur-En-Arrh's version of Arkham Asylum, is training with Riddler and comments that it is easy to push people down a dark path, since all it takes to change people's perception of the world It's a bad day.
Although it may seem at first that the phrase cannot mean anything, in reality it has enormous repercussions for The Joker's philosophy that has defined the villain during years. It makes even more sense if we know that both the joker as Dr. Captio They share a deep history together, with the second being the one who actually trained the joker in everything he knows how to do in the present.
One of the defining characteristics of joker It was that belief that a bad day could change anyone. An idea that he has strongly defended in its more than 80 years of history. All of this has been related to the fact that batman He also had a bad day, which meant a very important change in his life. Although some reasons have already been shown as to why this was an erroneous thought, the most important thing now is that This philosophy wasn't even the Joker's idea..
Only after Daniel Captio Finding the Joker was when he became the dangerous villain we know today. This seems to extend even to the philosophy of jokersince it is the Dr. Captio who uses exactly the same words years later. Daniel Captio He is an expert on the human mind and was also involved in the creation of the personality of Zur-En-Arrh that is destroying Batman. He was the person in charge of creating the joker to be the perfect threat to batmanbut it is also the responsible for Joker's most radical ideas.
The comic Batman #147 It is now available.
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