Joker the muchdiscussed new movie featuring Joaquin Phoenix as DCs dark Clown Prince creates a neverbeforeseen origin story for the infamous supervillain Introduced as Arthur Fleck Phoenix embodies a man struggling with both mental illness and to find some sort of meaning in an existence that feels like it was doomed from the start

The pair expanded on Bill Fingers original Joker story adding an empathetic backstory that imagined the character as a failed standup comedian forced by circumstance into donning the Red

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The Batman took place just 2 years into the crimefighting career of Robert Pattinsons title character and saw him interact with the likes of Riddler Catwoman and Penguin But the Joker also

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The Jokers Various Origin Stories Explained News By Adam Holmes published 10 October 2019 MonsterVerse and Doctor Who lore Adam is a Senior Content Producer at CinemaBlend He started

The mystery of The Jokers origin story has propelled Batman lore for years but in recent times DC has seen fit to give The Jokers backstory a little more shape even as multiple

In Joker Arthur Fleck was a mentally ill resident of Gotham working as a clown and taking various jobs to make ends meetAs his mental health deteriorated following several bad beats in his life

The Dark Knight featured one of the best big screen versions of the Joker played by Heath Ledger whose backstory was a mystery however it was perfectly explained 15 years ago in an interview After the failures of Joel Schumachers Batman movies in the 1990s the Caped Crusader got a new chance on the big screen now with Christopher Nolan as director

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Before Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix unsettle audiences with Joker this Friday we lay out the various origin stories throughout the characters history dating back to the comics in 1940

The Killing Joke 1986s Batman The Killing Joke built on the basic framework of the Red Hood origin story but added tragic new layers This story suggests that Joker was once a chemical plant

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The Joker origin film will take place outside of the current canon and timeline which means its free to explore the DC canon with little concern about movies like Batman v Superman Dawn of

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