Joker (Earth-DKR)

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Contents 1 History 1.1 The Return 2 Notes 3 See Also 4 Recommended Reading 5 Links and References 5.1 Footnotes

History

See also: All-Star Batman and Robin

Little is known about the early life of the Joker, save that he was a psychopathic serial killer. In one of his earliest recorded accounts, the Joker spent an evening in a hotel room with a woman named Donna Gugina. After a night of love-making, he brutally attacked her, crushing her larynx and strangling her to death. All the while however, he professed his undying love for her. ^[1]

He later contacted one of his colleagues, Selina Kyle - the Catwoman.

The Return

See also: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Well into his fifties, the Joker spent ten years at Arkham Asylum in a near catatonic stupor. When news hit the wire that his arch-nemesis the Batman had come out of retirement, the Joker's conscious mind resurfaced and he decided that it was time for him to come out of retirement as well. ^[2]

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Notes

• Writer Keith Champagne has stated that the Superman of Earth-31 featured in Countdown: Arena is the Superman that appeared in Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. ^[3] Originally, this reality was not provided with an official nomenclature, and it was accepted that the events from Batman: Year One, Dark Knight Returns and All-Star Batman all took place within separate continuities. It was retroactively established that all of Frank Miller's Batman works, including Year One, take place in the same continuity.^[4]

See Also

• Discuss Joker (Earth-DKR) on the forums
• Appearances of Joker (Earth-DKR)
• Character Gallery: Joker (Earth-DKR)
• Quotations by Joker (Earth-DKR)
• Images featuring Joker (Earth-DKR)

Recommended Reading

• All-Star Batman and Robin Vol 1
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Links and References

• The Joker at Wikipedia

Footnotes

1. ↑ All-Star Batman and Robin #8
2. ↑ Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1
3. ↑ Augie De Blieck Jr. (December 28th, 2007). The Commentary Track: "Countdown: Arena" #4 w/ Keith Champagne. Comic Book Resources. Retrieved on October 15 2008.
4. ↑ Peter Sanderson (February 6, 2006). IGN: Comics in Context #119: All-Star Bats. IGN.com. Retrieved on October 15 2008.