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This article contains spoilers forBatman#98 .
This week’sBatman#98 ultimately reveals why the Joker call for hoi polloi around him like Harley Quinn and Punchline . The current " Joker War " plot of ground has visualise the Clown Prince of Crime unleash his endgame plan upon Gotham . WhenSuperman revealed his mysterious individuality to the earthly concern , the Joker believed the pattern of the game were changing . In his view , it was only a matter of time before Batman follow suit - and that would ruin all their fun . So the Joker decided to strike first .
He ’s amount faithful than anyone bar Bane to breaking the Bat . The Joker successfully steal the Wayne portion , and he ’s used it to wed Gotham ’s legal scheme in naut mi . All Wayne Industries ' resource - including Batman ’s customs vehicles - have been repurposed for various Joker gangs . Worse still , Batman himself was dosed up on a new reading of the Joker toxin , one brewed by his modish wring Punchline . Naturally , " Joker War " is a pure opportunity to explore the Joker ’s nous - particularly given Harley Quinn , a former shrink , is a major participant in this tarradiddle .
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Batman#93 seesHarley Quinn and Punchline engage in their much - anticipated rematch , and Harley reveals just why the Joker always needs hangers - on like herself and Punchline . According to Harley , the Joker has never truly have it off anyone other than Batman , and everything he does is about his obsession with the Dark Knight . Batman has his Bat - Family around him , and so the Joker has to assay to produce his own twisted mirror image of it . He does n’t unfeignedly understand the relationships that bind humankind together , but rather he mimics them and mocks them .
Harley Quinn is uniquely equipped to understand the Joker . She was his devotee , his pawn , his dupe ; but she is also a trained psychologist who had a hopeful career in advance of her before she fly into the Joker ’s orbit . Batman#98 indicate she has lose none of that lancinate edge , but has alternatively used her expertise to think about her old fire . She ’s undeniably correct in her interpreting , because the Joker has never shown any existent philia for anyone . Batman is the only one he ’s bothered about , and indeed it was only when Batman established a Bat - Family around him that the Joker began twisting people around into sidekicks and servants .
Of course , this is a truthPunchlinecannot accept . She is still enthral with the Joker , head over heels in love with the life history of rabidness he has depict her into . But Harley ’s word clearly sting her , and she respond in the only fashion she knows how - with violence . No amount of scrap will dispel this truth , though ; that the only one the Joker has ever really manage about isBatman .