I read these alot as a teen in the early 2000's at my local comic shop. And I'm a woman lol
@comicsus976311 ай бұрын
They're actually good comics once you start diving further into the story.
@paulpizzlewizzle Жыл бұрын
Hike
@MidnightIsolde Жыл бұрын
Also it is not make up. Other 1940s Joker stories make that evident. There's one where he impersonated himself on stage and wins an award for it. Then is asked to remove his make up but says he can't. It's his real face. There's another too, The Joker's Crime Circus in Batman #5 where he removes clown make up to reveal... his real clown face underneath. And others where he uses flesh colour makeup to disguise. In Batman #1, in the final panels when a doctor is checking him over after accidently stabbing himself, his upper body torso is shown and it's clown white like his face. So, Joker was shown to be permanently white from the start
@comicsus9763 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information, that explains some things.
@MidnightIsolde Жыл бұрын
The title is a play on the song, Laugh Town Laugh, which was a song for a Lon Chaney film and coveted by several 20s and 30s singers. In fact Joker actually sings part of it in The Joker's Crime Circus from Batman #5
@keirap6831 Жыл бұрын
this is so wild😅
@magicaltour1 Жыл бұрын
“Joker Walks the Last Mile” is one of my favorite Golden-Age Joker stories. His plan is actually brilliant! I’m surprised that one never got a remake or adaptation.
@comicsus9763 Жыл бұрын
It's a good story, but even the notion of seeing The Joker get executed would be viewed as too much, in my opinion. Sensibilities back then towards comic books were that they were for kids, so they wouldn't have been able to retell the story until the 70's maybe the 80's. By that time they were going much darker, but in a different way so adapting a golden age story where The Joker doesn't kill anybody would have been seen as to light of a story for the grittier Batman stories of that time. I don't think they would ever adapt or remake the story, because even now where it could be done the golden age Joker is just too different from the modern one.
@MidnightIsolde Жыл бұрын
@@comicsus9763I think it could be done as a one off. Like, a special issue or mini series that is intentionally in the style of golden age Joker. Just with better art and more detailed storytelling. Actually, Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers Joker owes a lot to the golden age Joker. Little details and indeed Rogers art style are homage to that, just a lot more developed in respect to the art and writing.
@comicsus9763 Жыл бұрын
Possibly, but I don't think so as there really isn't profit in such a story these days. Fans like us would enjoy the story sure, but like I said modern-day Joker is just too different and I don't think most people would gravitate to a toned-down Joker compared to all the things he is known for nowadays. @@MidnightIsolde
@Pikachu132 Жыл бұрын
New York is mentioned in the first panel. Gotham hadn't been invented yet, the city Bruce lived in had been unnamed until this issue where it's finally identified as New York.
@comicsus9763 Жыл бұрын
Cool, thanks for the information. we missed that when we were going through it.