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This clause contains spoilers forThe Three Jokers#1 .
Batman ’s former Robin , Jason Todd , could become the next Joker . Back in 2016 , writer Geoff Johns innovate a newfangled wrinkle in Batman ’s mythology . The Dark Knight took possession of the Chair of Metron , transubstantiate himself into the God of Knowledge . He could ask the chair anything , and it would reply . And so Batman asked an intriguing question : What is the Joker ’s existent name ? His mind was blow when the chair answer by telling him there is not one Joker - there are three .
It ’s taken a long time for Geoff Johns to get around to explore this mystery story , but this week eventually saw the spill ofBatman : The Three Jokers#1 . It confirmed there really are three Jokers - referred to as the Criminal , the Comedian , and the Clown - and they ’ve been working together all these years . But the Jokers correct the time was right to tip their script , launch simultaneous ten-strike across Gotham and drawing the attention of three members of the Bat - Family ; Batman himself , Jason Todd ’s Red Hood , and Batgirl . What succeed was a wonderfully moody storey in which all three members of the Bat - Family were forced to notice the psychological and strong-arm mark they had suffered at the Joker ’s hands .
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But what is the Jokers ' goal ? amazingly , it look as though it may be to make a quaternary Joker - Jason Todd himself .
Three Jokers Can Become Four
Back in 2016 , Geoff Johns ' revelation - there is not one Joker , but rather there are three - commit shockwaves through the fandom . From an out - of - universe perspective , it ’s a saucy strategy ; the Joker has been written by countless different writer over the decennary , and the portrayals have often run afoul , but now those issuing are neatly explain . There is one bare intellect the Joker ’s news report has seemed inconsistent , and his character reference arcs have n’t always gel ; it ’s because there have been three Jokers all along . fan were intelligibly a little mistrustful , because this is a dramatic rewrite of the Joker ’s backstory , and it will undoubtedly transform him going frontward . But , peculiarly enough , one question belong unasked : If there are multiple Jokers , why do there only have to be three of them ?
One fundamental panorama inThe Joker War#1 interpret the three Jokers gather to discourse their masterplan for Gotham City . According to the Criminal , who seems to be considered the chief of the Jokers , their goal is a simple one ; to make a better Joker . To that end , the Jokers have successfully acquire all the chemical substance they involve fromACE Chemicalsto make a fourth Joker - and , disturbingly , they seem to be already grooming their prey .
Red Hood Is Being Groomed As The Fourth Joker
One of the Jokers has been capture by the end ofThe Three Jokers , and Jason Todd and Batgirl are left guard him while Batman heads off after other Jokers . This is n’t a particularly heady decision from Batman , given he know both Batgirl and Jason Todd have stick out terribly at the Joker ’s helping hand . Batgirl had her back broken , whileJason would have been killedif not for a Lazarus Pit . And , by nature , when the Joker awakes he delights in taunting the two members of the Bat - Family . His attention is particularly focused on Jason Todd , though , and he suggests he wanted Jason to rise from the dead all along . " I mean , if I outright kill you , then there ’s no more chance to hurt you , " the Joker show out with his twisted logic . " And , in turn of events , him . " He ’s messing with Jason Todd ’s head - but the scene becomes progressively fascinating as the Joker dredges up point never tell before , of how Jason beg for his sprightliness to be spare back on the fateful day the Joker beat at him with a pry .
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" Do you hark back what you said to me while I was breaking your head in with that pry , " the Joker remembers , neglect Jason ’s instruction to shut up . " Because I cherish those words . I ’ll always care for them . ' Please , stop ! Pleeease ! If you let me live … I ’ll do anything you say . I ’ll be your Robin . ' " According to the Joker , that is just what Jason Todd became , even adopting the Joker ’s old assumed name as theRed Hood . To the Joker ’s pleasure , his words cue Jason Todd to perpetrate the trigger of a gun , with Batgirl ineffective - perhaps in part unwilling - to stop him . Jason Todd has eventually gotten his revenge on the Joker .
There ’s just one problem with this whole scene ; it feels improbably unreal . It ’s pretty readable the Jokers have orchestrated the whole thing , control one of them was captured by the Red Hood and then using another to suck up Batman away . The compass point , clearly , was to assure a conversation between Jason Todd and a Joker , and the Joker ’s delight suggests it was always intended to terminate in a murder . The whole point of the Joker ’s program is to get out Jason Todd . Given that ’s the case , and turn over the Jokers are seemingly focused on creating a new Joker , it ’s not hard to guess who they believe has the potential drop to become the Fourth Joker . They ’re grooming Jason Todd for that use .
Jason Todd Would Be The Ultimate Joker
According toThe Three Jokers#1 , there ’s a cause Batman has never been able to work out the Joker ’s true identity operator ; it ’s because the chemical substance he was submerge in have erased his fingerprints and warped his DNA , while that insane grin has forestall even dental records being used to identify him . In emblematical term , this demonstrates that a focus on the Joker ’s origination story is a misdirection ; it does n’t matter what a Joker was in the past , only what he is in the present tense . But Jason Todd would be a very different Joker , bring with him all the training and accomplishment he perfected when he trained under Batman and in the years since . He would be more effective than any Joker the Dark Knight has ever faced .
And , of row , there ’s another good sense in which Jason Todd would be the perfect Joker . To be the Joker is to be the one who tortures Batman , and Jason Todd ’s becoming the novel Clown Prince of Crime would give Batman ’s fondness . Should the Jokers succeed in their insane goal , they would win their greatest triumph against Batman - parcel out him a wounding from which he would never recover .
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