History Of The Joker

Today on Variant, we give you guys the history of one of the most well known villains ever created, The Joker! Plus, as always find out what comic books you should buy this week!
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#DC #Joker

[@redhairmarimo]

I recently read Death of The Family...dude. The Joker was beyond insane in that one. No one, not even Batman or Harley Quinn recognized him by this point because of how crazy he has gotten. Batman's fear of him in this comic was so palpable.

[@hatol614]

Batman: Order and Discipline vs Joker: Chaos and Madness Truly, the best rivalry in all of comics!

[@horselover500miller7]

🔪🔪🔪🔫🔫🔫🔫🔪🔪💶🔪💶💶💶🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪

[@ike4282]

Pfp checks out

[@seanlee566]

When I was young watching animated Batman cartoons like The Batman and Batman The Animated Series, it was very obvious to me that joker was the main villain. The Joker instilled the idea into me that the villain was always the polar opposite of the hero. The Joker was always smilling, 'light hearted', brighly dressed and pure evil. Whereas Batman was always unhappy, serious, dressed in dark and pure good. They are the perfect hero and villain counter parts.

[@glennrhee4466]

yeah, in the Batman joker appears in a lot of the episodes

[@sanjivinsmoke9154]

Batman isn't pure good though

[@DarkKnight-dz4ly]

🙄🙄Are you really a fan or watching or reading DC comics? Bro dont comment...Band wagon bro🙄🙄🙄Got out of here

[@YoungDavin]

Best of friends them thanks for the comparisons

[@wowisntitanamazinglyamazin9550]

@@DarkKnight-dz4ly lol

[@bentoby2123]

lol. Most importantly, "He lives to piss of Batman"

[@Cowgirlcadet]

yeah. LMAO dude.

[@gabrielgomez1395]

*off

[@calebdonovan7680]

Right

[@dadfather5079]

“Off”

[@mew0o000]

Lmfao rlly that’s just half he likes to piss on his sidekicks as well

[@MrBerry-er5ti]

Joker is my #1 favorite villain in all of DC.

[@bjombunud2]

Mr. Almighty Same here

[@cheekycody]

He’s my #2 or #3

[@swagmeister9559]

IKR HES SOO FUNNY AND SMART!!

[@devin_so_devious]

Agreed

[@Max-he3ji]

this guy looks like french montana settled down and made a family

[@michaelhudak9695]

Being the insanely huge Joker fan I am, you have no idea how happy I am you finally made this video...-sigh-..nerd-gasm

[@jesusrangel609]

Ha nerdgasm

[@bryanness1814]

*****

[@niceshirt8559]

The joker was part of the Circus act with the flying Grayson's. Killed his mother and was insane since he was a child.

[@june9914]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT WILL THE BATMAN DO?

[@june9914]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT WILL THE BATMAN DO?

[@JokerMan-rp2kf]

Joker is the BEST supervillain ever! In my opinion.

[@justinchea7863]

Joker Man8675 we got a joker d rider here

[@dann3bro412]

@@justinchea7863 stfu

[@andrewmolly162]

@@justinchea7863 aaa

[@JPQFilms]

Joker Man8675 couldn’t expect any less from a guy named Joker Man8675

[@ilovetweek000]

yes i figured that out

[@puddinmaster4704]

When I was younger I used to be a big fan of Batman.. But now that I'm an adult I started to admire Puddin more than B-man.

[@prettyinpink1192]

😍😍😍

[@maxblack8754]

There are actually three jokers

[@AdolfHitler-gn1yo]

Puddin Pop same and I'm not even an adult lol

[@jleo_.1803]

You mean killing people,manipulating and abusing Harley is better than Batman actually saving Gotham? Tf

[@superkamiguru7985]

@@jleo_.1803 these people are nuts...they probably need therapy or need to go out more often🤣

[@tonyjauregui3571]

Anyone come here after watching the Joker trailer

[@nobinobi361]

Hahaha

[@amiajoketoyouamiajoketoyou576]

Yup

[@johhnn143]

Guilty🙋

[@beth9350]

yea kinda more like a day after

[@ma_righthand3475]

Smh

[@undeadrocket101]

Killing Joke movie teaser just released guys! YEAH!!!!!

[@0AllThingsAwesome0]

the jokers full (and widely accepted) origin story a failed comedian and his pregnant wife struggled to make ends meet. the comedian had always prided himself on being a law abiding citizen but as the bills were piling up he saw no other option than robbery to pay for his wife's hospital fees. he dressed up as the red hood in order to protect his identity. during the robbery one thing lead to another which ended with batman accidentally throwing him into a vat of acid [now most versions of the jokers origin story depict his wife dying here, but that happens later] the comedian managed to survive his bath in the acid but this left his skin bleached. when the comedian next saw his wife, while she was initially scared she still loved him and managed to see past his looks. [there's a gap here where I can't work out cannon from... non-cannon? anyway some time passes and then] during another robbery a police officer impersonating batman interfered and shot the comedian in the face, the bullet went through one cheek and straight out the other, and split his lips so that his mouth opened at the bullet hole. he was taken to the hospital but the surgery was botched, leaving the comedian with a Chelsea grin scar. whilst in hospital the comedian was told his wife had gone into labour and unfortunately that neither her nor their son survived. the comedian immediately started to cry. but soon his cries turned into laugher this also explains why he turned Harvey dent into two-face; he wanted to prove that given the right circumstances anyone, no matter how noble, would fall

[@Darthpsychonis]

Most of that first part came from the Killing Joke (which again joker even says in that comic that it might not be his actually origin) but I have never heard of any of that other stuff you mentioned. The Joker being shot by the cop/batman imposter was something that happened in Grant Morrison's run leading up to Batman RIP, Joker was shot through the jaw and out the forehead (his grim was the result of the chemicals.) The only time I recall a bullet causing the smile was in Batman 89. But I have never heard of any version where he went from the the implied origin from the Killing Joke to return to his wife. Regardless the current canon in the Nu52 is that he was an already sadistic and cunning criminal master mind as the red hood before getting an acid dunk.

[@derpability2494]

Scared face joker isn't cannon

[@devin_so_devious]

I agree this is probably the most known and accepted (even though some of what you said isn't connected) but I like the concept that he has no legit origin

[@stanleysmooth]

My idea was that a stray batarang sliced the joker's mouth and gave him the iconic scars, it's never really been done, but it feels kind of cool.

[@Sweety-ts4re]

@@stanleysmooth This happen in the Comic "Lovers and Madmen". In this Story a criminal, named Jack, is bored by the typical criminal acts. At a robbery Batman interferes and from there on, Joker gets obsess to challenge Batman. He kidnaps Bruce’s actual girlfriend, so Batman throws in a fight his batarangs and spliced Jack's cheeks. So he gets in this story his smile. But it goes even further. Jack himself gets kidnapped by his gangster buddy's. They beat him up at Ace Chemicals (because of Jack's actions, Batman is after them). He tries to escape and one gangster starts shooting with his gun. A chemical vat, that hangs above Jack, gets hit by the bullets. So he get a chemical shower. His skin becomes after that white, his hair green. There are many origins. In the first one ever created, Joker reveals, that he was the red hood. After he gets attacked by Batman at Ace Chemicals, he jumped in a chemical vat (because his helmet allowed him to breath under water). When he arrived at home, he saw his face in a mirror and started laughing. Another origin, is the one from "Tim Burton's Batman". I also read an origin, in which Joker gots, in his childhood, every day some bleaching creme on his skin by his mother or auntie. I think I will really like the origin of the "Joker" film. It tooks the unlucky man, who always fails in his life from "The killing Joke" + he has already a mental illness. But it fully breaks out after the society done to much to him

[@Rascillion]

From a dude working in a comic shop, your show is spot on! I've started recommending your show to customers. Couldn't have summed up The Flash better myself. Looking forward to a History of Green Lantern. But, Infinity #6 wasn't out this week?

[@LucianZweiFawkes]

Ya I was like what? Avengers 23 came out today. I think Infinity comes out next week.

[@Topofthelistvideos]

***** Theres a new guy in the Marvel universe, hes name is D

[@deontaemitchell2859]

***** is joker real name jack white because in arkham knight spoiler alert batgirl dlc there are audio tapes and Edward Burke says there is this guy in a purple suit and at the end in one message he says jack white gives him meds so he can die along with his daughter and the cause of his death is a laughing gas med

[@zdhsayelle9257]

dude didnt you hqear his real name is jack happier

[@deontaemitchell2859]

jayelle ceballos listen to the audio tapes in arkham knight for the batgirl dlc then

[@ReaverMoggy]

Am I the only one who thinks a collab between Deadpool and The Joker would be genious?

[@EtoileAmirShizuyo]

Deadpool constantly breaking the fourth wall and Joker making jokes about Deadpool. I can see it.

[@ReaverMoggy]

Etoile Shizuyo Yes!

[@718jef]

that might be too much awesome for any man to withstand.lol

[@corbenic97]

Joker>Carnage when it comes to personality. That aside, Deadpool would treat them the same. Just not the same kind of expansiveness.

[@drasticallylower4666]

Now that you mentioned it, I say that would be a great idea

[@12MrDarkknight]

I love Death Of the family... the joker removing his own face was a moment to remember, literally!

[@FadhliFahmi]

who came here after watching the Joker film?

[@dominiclocandro1514]

Me

[@jadenalmeida721]

Me

[@sameer0308]

I haven't watched it yet.

[@user-rn4tt9gw2p]

Not me

[@redx10hall16]

Dis guy

[@ThatOneVlogChannel]

I actually have some type of sympathy for the joker. It isn't that he was a criminal from an early age like most of batman's villains. He just, in his words, had that "one bad day" that drove him to madness. The only thing that kept him alive for so long, I believe, was batman. It gave him someone who can understand him because once you remove the idea of good and evil they are both men who were driven to insanity

[@GlitchesvsBitches]

you are right but batman is the one who made him the joker.....if he wouldnt drop jack napier to the Container of Chemicals he would stay jack and didnt become the joker,so i dont think batman was the one kept him alive for so long what i think: BATMAN= JOKER if there is no batman there is no joker so.... yeah!

[@blakeyell8876]

***** I personaly don't agree the joker made batman when the joker killed batmans parents

[@ThatOneVlogChannel]

what batman universe are you talking about the joker was a comedian before he became the joker he wasn't a murderer did you even watch this video

[@GlitchesvsBitches]

blake yell you dont watched the video huh? he was a comedian and then beacuse he wasnt succeful his life become worse and worse...then his wife died and he needed money then he went to the factory and when he met batman he throw joker to the Container of Chemicals you dummy

[@blakeyell8876]

***** your reffering to the joker as jack naiper which is only staded in the movie and in the movie jack naiper/the joker is shown shooting batmans parents and yes iwatched the video

[@evanlindsay1049]

i love this channel i am a huge comic fan even though i can't really afford comics every week but u help me keep up with what is happening in the comic world. please post stuff more than once a week if u can because i love this channel

[@kjgraber3045]

Am I the only one who saw the irony within the "History of Joker" while wearing a batman shirt? XD

[@livingonamar]

I love watching all your videos since i found it 2 days ago, i'm addicted to this as much as playing video games, keep up the amazing work!

[@JawJX]

My favorite character of all timeee!!!

[@chrisdonald14]

Best villain of all time

[@jonn_mace_80_95_]

Naaaaaah. Joker is definitely one of the greateset villains of all time although I woud not say he's the greatest. He usually deserves to be in a Top 10 list but he should never be ranked #1. The highest ranking I would give him is #3. The reason why I say that is because there was so many times when Batman had the oppurtunity to kill Joker. However, due to Batman's sense of morality, he refuses to do it and lets him live. Lame.

[@-Floydimus]

jonn mace as far as I know batman doesn't kill joker is because if he kills him then joker wins (according to joker where he wants to prove that no one is pure even the batman) and just to not let him win he doesn't kill the joker. So I think Joker deserves No. 1 position. Also checkout the psychology behind Batman villans (related) video on youtube.

[@aceofknaves61]

jonn mace naaaaaahhhhhhh you’re wrong bruuuh

[@Goregasm913]

Love the deep back stories you guys do! On a sadder note I will forever remember Heath Ledger as the greatest joker to be played, even if it didn't follow the comic 100%; he did the role well and gave me more insight on Joker himself.

[@justAchanneification]

I love the joker in Flashpoint Paradox. It's not really canon, but in that universe, on that faithful night in Crime alley, Bruce is the one who is killed. His father, Thomas Wayne kicks the guys ass and his Mother goes insane with hysteria becoming the Joker. His father becomes a ruthless version of Batman and uses guns and hand to hand to fight. You only really see the joker once in the movie, but I really like the idea.

[@RizenLink]

I thought she was infected with Joker venom in that.

[@justAchanneification]

Well, I don't think she could be infected with Joker venom if there was no joker at the time.

[@RizenLink]

BearMan The entire timeline was distorted so the Joker could have been older. I don't know; that was just how I interpreted the scene.

[@jerome12o]

The flashpoint paradox is cannon, isn't it? I remember being told that that was how the new 52 was created, from that.

[@erfanashkan5925]

RizenLink it's said in the comic that she goes insane after killing the one who murdered her child

[@applesandpears]

After watching Joker and not knowing any knowledge of the guy, I have so much love for this Villain - he’s not a bad guy😢

[@labcoatproductions1303]

I like how I can watch a bunch of horror movies and sleep just fine but I watched this and had a nightmare about the Joker

[@andresfuertez8770]

U must like horror movies that are pg 13

[@Romefeller_]

You should starting doing like 2 videos a week, i know you might run out of heroes or stuff to talk about but like maybe wednesday a History of a hero then on friday like a Vs, or top 10, reviews? I dont know people just like watching you Arris!

[@HalJordan99]

This video does not contain a Joker laugh

[@Pavelski.]

Arris sounds like he's on Video & Arcade Top 10 hahaha, half expected him to go ... ALLLLLRIGHT, and after the break it's Letter time!

[@annacole8595]

He kinda does look like a jack

[@siamabedin5807]

Anna Cole he actually looks like a will

[@siamabedin5807]

Anna Cole will Napier

[@lonzai16]

He looks like a Haris

[@lonzai16]

Haris Napier

[@lashley723]

John doe

[@DemiGoat15]

You are the best comic youtuber

[@elimanning5718]

comicstorian is Good

[@xarisvinci7166]

+eli manning But arris is better

[@Sc0rpJoe]

+W4TCH_D0G And whats with NerdSync?

[@dylanr.976]

comics explained is the GOAT

[@ryannapier826]

One of the best parts of the dark knight returns was when the joker was running through the carnival, going on a shooting spree, killing everybody, and laughing all the way through.

[@sarikrana4215]

Love the Joker. Batman wouldn't be Batman without him.

[@The8Ronin]

One of your best vids yet i like that you mentioned the new 52 stuff

[@Goggle565]

+VariantComics i have death of the family

[@olguineb38]

I was watching another one of your videos that mentioned something about Jason Todd. Then I watched a history of Red Hood and a history of The Joker and all my questions are answered. Now to go back and finish the original video that I was watching. Thank you so much for all of your information!

[@jasonbean1176]

It's worthwhile to note that Joker is one of the few villains to have his own comic book series.:)

[@TheRealMagicBananaz]

Um....did anyone else notice that this backstory is also given when playing as the joker in Arkum origins? Well, except for the wife - dying part. But I expected something traumatic happened to him. It shows him as the red hood though, and the bat pushing him into a green swirling vat. I'm assuming thats the acid stuff. This makes so much sence now.... Which is why he likes batman so much. Bruce lost his parents, and the Joker feels he is the only person that understands his pain...that under different circumstances, he could have turned out the same as the joker.

[@TheRealMagicBananaz]

Speaking of.... Is the new Arkam series considered cannon? I assumed it was since most of the information given in the game was from the comics

[@-Ryodan]

Yeah the joker explains that one bad day can ruin your whole life

[@aliciascott2081]

It would be nice to see History of Harley Quinn.

[@melony91able]

There's already history on her:)

[@aliciascott2081]

melony91able Is it by Variant Comics? I wanted him to talk about it.

[@tonym8619]

Theres an episode in Batman the Animated Series from the 90's dedicated to explaining her origin. Episode is called "Mad Love" and the series was actually the one to create the character, and then later on it was incorporated into the comic books

[@kevindavis2315]

That was covered in the animated series

[@just_some_random9444]

He did make a history of Harley Quinn

[@Izhaaq996]

"Upset the Established Order Introduce the Anarchy and Everything Becomes Chaos" are the Best lines spoken by Joker........ :D

[@agentleman4610]

One thing I would love to see in all actuality is Joker being turned loose in the Marvel universe. I can hear the groans already but let me plead my case before you curse me. I think Joker turned loose would be such an epic and completely unhinging event for the heroes at large in the Marvel universe because they have never ran across a villain like him. I am a lover of both DC and Marvel, with my favorite heroes being Flash, Batman, Green Lantern, Hulk and Spider-Man. So I hold no biases or prejudices. But I think not even Cletus Cassidy was as bad as the Joker. Give the Joker time and a hero to focus on like say Tony Stark or Peter Parker or hell even have him poke the bear with Frank Castle or just the Marvel heroes as a whole and I think he could whip up something that would scar them for years to come. What do you think? Please be civil. 😃

[@thiccfactory2763]

so far the closest thing to him they've ran into has been Deadpool

[@agentleman4610]

The thing about Joker and Deadpool that none of the other villains can even touch is their random insanity. I mean, both do things just to do them. For Joker it's simply to cause chaos and "have fun". Deadpool because well he knows exactly what he is and therefore doesn't care (too much). Where Deadpool does differ however is that Deadpool has never done anything near the scope of the Joker simply for giggles or to prove an inconsequential point. Deadpool has almost always killed in order to complete an objective. Joker kills whenever he wants and whoever he wants sometimes for merely existing in the same room as him. The only people he refuses to kill are Harley and Batman. Now if he were let off the leash in the Marvel universe should he just go after the Marvel heroes as a whole or a specific hero and if a specific hero what hero?

[@Ntwadumela89]

that would be sick but Frank castle would deal with him quick

[@tiffa808]

actually, I'd like to see wolverine get ahold of him. Wolverine is a hero only by restraint, when the joker finds out, it'll be the killing joke all over again.

[@annejellah]

I think that would be totally awesome. I don't think heroes like Captain America/Iron man would even stand a chance against the Joker but someone like the Punisher would have no trouble putting him away though

[@dingbatstriker1563]

7 years later.. still the homie Arris!

[@dingbatstriker1563]

I fall asleep to your videos. :)

[@DylanTrisko]

Why dot they have a million subs? They are amazing! I know it's tough but need to subscribe after watching a good video

[@rainbowdash591]

Gotta love Joker!!

[@rainbowdash591]

***** Yep!! :D

[@lordthanatos3564]

I don't know if this is like a special edition that I have or something, but in my killing joke copy, the flashbacks are in black and white, except for the red hood helmet/cape, which are red.

[@chanceray3407]

That's a new rendition of the coloring that the artist went back to do. I have the same version.

[@lordthanatos3564]

+Chance Ray oh ok.

[@stevenjones4059]

Joker is truly the greatest supervillain in comic book history he represents what supervillains are all about he is to supervillains what Dracula is to horror

[@MarvelandDC379]

Easily one of the best and most iconic supervillain in comic books. He's just so insane, but so interesting because of his complex personality and what makes him tick.

[@swatteam93]

The History of All The Batgirls!!

[@misskookie6242]

I love the joker he is my most favorite character villain ever of in DC

[@quintonlilly9494]

Huh?

[@83BallroomBlitz]

I remember reading Arkham Asylum, and thinking about how much it messed with your head. I must get Death Of The Family, though.

[@Sjono]

In the Joker's entire history of existence, the only person that he's legitimately afraid of is DC's Creeper. Joker of all people even called The Creeper a lunatic.

[@carter358]

@1:13 the actor's name is Conrad Veidt, not Vendetti.

[@stankmt5016]

Who's here before watching Joker 2019

[@University_of_Shawn_Ryan]

Batman killed in the First Burton movie. 1st rule broken.

[@edgarrabanales5325]

Batman killed in the first comic he appeared in (DetectiveComics#27)

[@taylormckinney9875]

True Edgar

[@TheKiddingStar]

eljono1 You can kill people In arkham knight using the batmobile

[@RaVisions]

No you cant

[@TheKiddingStar]

Yea just use the turret on thugs

[@eastoakland91]

You can not forget heath ledger in the movies

[@CatMaster90001]

He's talking about the comic canon. The Nolan movies don't count in this case.

[@TheMornal]

Yes you can. That isn't the Joker.

[@CatMaster90001]

***** Yes he is, fuck you.

[@cha5]

I'm more sentimental about Mark Hamill in the series, and I'd kill for him to do the voice over in an animated adaptation of The Killing Joke.

[@CatMaster90001]

cha5 I think that's ultimately inevitable, my friend. I think Hamill himself said that he would be more than happy to jump on board with such a project, and it would probably be the last time he'd ever officially do the voice of the Joker.

[@domenickalexander4167]

Great video 👍🏼 one thing though: I would argue that The Joker absolutely has rhyme and reason for living the way he does. Honestly that may make people see me as a little crazy too but I can’t do much about it. As twisted as he can be sometimes I think he makes stellar points 😤

[@rederratic3550]

I remember a scene in the animated series where it shows the joker dressed like a gangster falling into a vat of acid

[@DarkTider]

You didn't mention the joker becoming the UN representative for Iran? I am quite disappointed ;)

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

Yeah, noticed that too :)

[@Browncoyote]

Subscribed @ 0:57

[@rajvader]

Y'all want a comic book culture shock, compare the original Joker/Red Hood origin story from the '50s with the Killing Joke version of the '80s. Both tell the story of a fairly ordinary criminal in a red hood jumping into a chemical wash to escape Batman and becoming the Joker as a result. But the tone change is extreme. (For starters, can you imagine the '80s Batman hanging around in broad daylight, teaching a class in criminology?)

[@rajvader]

***** It's been a while since I've looked at the issue, but I recall that the 1950's version starts with Batman & Robin teaching a university class in criminology. (Yeah. At that point in the Silver Age, the "Dark Knight" was strolling around college campuses in broad daylight, effectively a recognized special police officer. Kinda' like in the Adam West TV series, where the Batmobile routinely rolls-up at City Hall so our heroes can jog in through the front door.) Batman decided to review the unsolved case of the Red Hood with the class, which ultimately revealed that the Red Hood became the Joker. The 1980s version has Batman realizing that he and the Joker are locked in a fatal relationship, and trying to find a way to break the cycle... While the Joker decides that everyone is *one bad day* away from being as crazy as he is, and tries to prove it by breaking Commissioner Gordon by torturing/crippling Barbara Gordon... All the while remembering the Red Hood story as the *one bad day* that made him what he was.

[@sjcal629]

So can we all agree that The Joker is the ultimate DC villain and quite possibly the best villain in comics overall

[@CVTom]

You should have mentioned that he was the first super villain to have his own solo comic. It only lasted about 8 issues, but it's worth mentioning.

[@nightsideprince]

Is the Joker actually aware of his own past?

[@blackoutbiz]

like multiple choice

[@nightsideprince]

hahaha

[@FantasyPartyStore]

:D

[@J39-k8t]

No. He doesn't remember how he became the Joker. That's the fun part.

[@jewishpenguin_9228]

***** The Fact that you said that comment,Your Userpicture fits it to XD.

[@TheJoshsplosh]

Please do a Harley Quinn origin video!

[@andrewdayton3914]

damn i learned something i never knew about the Joker..The man who laughs..damn..DC took a lot from that film, even the intro music! thanks for the history lesson

[@tarens4451]

Tez Jaggs I truly hope you're being sarcastic and aren't just really gullible. There IS a version that someone put the Batman 1989 music to, but it's not the original film score.

[@debbieshaffer3932]

Here's a fanfic I just thought of watching this video. Maybe... the Joker is the guy who shot Batman's parents son. The shooter, just a random non-evil desperate thief, turned to a life of crime due to poverty. Seeing young Bruce the shooter felt a pang of guilt, explaining why he left him alive to begin with, then do to a psychological collapse, took that anger and shame out on his son through a brutal childhood of torture and mental abuse, who would then become the Joker. The Joker hating Batman and Bruce Wayne respectively for making his life harder and reminding him of the (in the Joker's mind) privileged life that Bruce has with no abusive parents and a vast fortune (such as Bruce's other childhood friend Tommy's envy)... also the Joker could think of it as his father actually allowed Bruce to have all of this by not killing him therefor perhaps leaving the Joker feeling that his father actually provided more for Bruce than him. The Joker then hating Batman want's to see him suffer the only revenge that would fit him... becoming a murderer like the Joker's father had to which ruined his and the Joker's life. Also he is enigmatic because he feels who he is doesn't matter. He encompasses all of the villains of the Batman universe. Which is why he just want's to watch the world burn :)

[@danelamoreaux5307]

My favorite Joker origin is from the fan film Joker Rising.He started as a serious hitman,no smiles.If you haven't seen it you should check it out.It's not canon but,it should.

[@darkdowngrade]

See, I like the Joker but I'm more a fan of him when he's actually not the main villain of the story or at least not starting as one. With his representation of chaos he almost seems like a plot device to me that can fuck up the entire plot line just because you don't know what he's about to do next. He might be turning on his own allies or something else. I'm essentially thinking of storys like "Batman R.I.P." but also stuff like "Mask of the Phantasm" would fall into this category.

[@theking-nz1ut]

I 💜 the joker. The greatest villain ever in comics.

[@herbpartee2288]

History of Ms marvel next please

[@devin_so_devious]

I love the fact that he has no concrete origin. It's just so much better that he just appeared and nobody knows where or how he came to be

[@Blessbybeer]

This video freaking awesome!!! Much Thanks!!!

[@sawce846]

Without Batman crime has no punch line:(

[@wadewilson5960]

"Jokers origin must always stay a mystery" Joker 2019 directors: let's tell jokers origin story

[@Salem-1610]

What exactly is his origin? I haven't seen the movie yet but I don't care about spoilers. I still wanna know his ORIGIN, not the what happens in entire film.

[@ilovetweek000]

Revan 007 i think he just falls into a vat of chemicals and goes mad

[@itatsuuchiha96]

Best Villain of all time. "Come now batsie if you had the guts for that kind of fun you would have done it years ago HAHAHAHA!!!!

[@tututhebudgie2154]

He made it seem like the jokes background was so complex and complicated the more you read the batman comics and watch the justices league shows the more his back story became more understandable and relatable

[@SepRoyle]

One of most icons batman villain ever😊😅

[@WednesdaysSerial]

I'm not throwing this against the show, but I find it odd that people use "The Killing Joke" when it was never meant to be cannon but an elseworlds title.

[@rajvader]

On the contrary, The Killing Joke was treated as canon from the start. It is where Barbara Gordon got shot and made paraplegic, and the events of TKJ were referenced in the regular series comics.

[@WednesdaysSerial]

rajvader Ya and AOA started that way and it blew up and got worked into the cannon. That doesn't make sense then. But if that's actually Bat cannon there's a number of details that don't add up, sure there's small ones but the major one isn't that the Joker comes back from a death, but from Batman actively trying to kill or cripple him.

[@Chalwa]

canon

[@WednesdaysSerial]

the canon cannon, sorry :p

[@SunlessPeriwinkle]

"I want u to live Bruce, I want u to become my biggest enemy and stop me HAHAHAHAHAHA I want u to become what I want u to become because I know no one else could" joker lives because of Batman and he also deliberately let's Batman live, he surely lives to piss him off but also want him to be his enemy he WANTS Batman to defeat him in the most impossible game of cat and mice.

[@thuongbuianhhedgefishsuppo7550]

with your dumb spelling of "you", you made the joker sound like a funny noob, it's so FUNNY to me.

[@harleyquinn306]

Who came here after watching the Joke Movie Oct 2019. ⬇️

[@dawizz98]

Avril Lata weirdo

[@seanuty7876]

@@dawizz98 Wow men

[@ilovetweek000]

joke

[@KeithHusar]

You've mentioned the movie "The Man Who Laughs" a few times while discussing The Joker. Did you know that the movie was actually an adaptation of a Victor Hugo novel?

[@KeithHusar]

+KeithHusar Or, more accurately, a Victor Hugo short story.

[@AlexGarcia-tk9tv]

+KeithHusar victor Hugo "Hugo" Strange

[@kakarot1192]

+Alex Garcia O__o

[@mrmelon5978]

+Alex Garcia dumbass

[@RandomStudiosFM]

I said this about the gotham series. I didn't want them near his origins but the guy who plays him plays him well.

[@bijaysharma6068]

Anyone watching this after watching the Joker movie?

[@CosmicUndeadElf]

Alan Moore said that The Killing Joke is the worst thing he's ever written and regrets that he started the trend of Joker becoming so disturbingly dark, what do you guys think of this?

[@cha5]

I'd have to respectfully disagree with the man, My contention would be that no post 'The Killing Joke' story can really measure up to it as far as Joker stories go, Not that there haven't been some great ones ranging from Grant Morrison's Arkham Asylum, to Bruce Timm & Paul Dini's Mad Love, Just none IMHO that ever had the same impact as TKJ. And IMHO the worst thing Moore has written would have to be his Kool Aid Man story in Hate #30 or his recent Crossed series.

[@CosmicUndeadElf]

cha5 He is a bit of an odd character, probably his own worst critic

[@yallnwahsdontevendrinkskoo4092]

cha5 Moore writes for Crossed now? Isn't that Ennis' book?

[@cha5]

The Horrid Atom It's a mini series Moore is doing set in the future of the Crossed universe called 'Crossed 100' I believe.

[@yallnwahsdontevendrinkskoo4092]

cha5 Oh okay, yeah that's not my cup of tea. I, mean I stopped reading crossed after psychopath, it was just too much for me, though I do like the idea of seeing the crossed universe 100 years later though, but I never thought Moore would write for it. I'll have to give it a read, even if it does stink it will be nice to revisit crossed.

[@silaskarbo4391]

Marvel, you have to admit, I don't think you have any villains as epic, sinister, and affective as the clown prince of crime! (marvel fanboys, don't even try to rant about it)

[@John_R_Jackson_III]

Wellllll

[@Gab3S0lan0]

Gotta love the way they introduce the joker in the TV Series "Gotham" tho. that was really well done.

[@MrBeenastar]

Excellent summation of the Joker's character !

[@flaminggaming3605]

"The Clown Prince of Crime" I prefer "The Clown Prince of Chaos"

[@potatoboy4913]

I just came here for that New Joker.

[@qualis6105]

Same

[@disneyboy3030]

do one on the Green Goblin

[@disneyboy3030]

please respond

[@Hermanify]

Disney Boy he should do it

[@disneyboy3030]

yeah and Death's Head too

[@disneyboy3030]

please respond

[@disneyboy3030]

oh and the greatest battles comics

[@CheshireCesare]

This is pretty cool! I know this is *super* late, but just a note, it's actually Conrad "Veidt", not "Vendetti".. :) I love old German expressionist films, and the first time I saw him in a still of The Man Who Laughs I immediately thought, "I know the Joker is probably connected to this somehow!" That makeup was truly terrifying lol (ironically, since the character of Gwynplaine was the opposite of villainous; he was actually really gentle and kind). Looking forward to more of these shorts, keep up the great work!

[@janemikacich2603]

Hi Arris! You're videos are absolutely fantastic! I was just curious if OVERALL you personally like DC Comics or Marvel Comics better? Thanks!

[@charlesbutler8095]

Joker brained his father with a hot iron. Leslie Thomkins is his real mother who abandoned him.

[@batfreeze56]

But the point of his story is that he goes insane from ONE BAD DAY, nothing else. He may have killed his father after falling into acid and his skin being bleached, making him go crazy but DEFINITELY not before. Before that he was just a failed comedian.

[@Facade953]

In which story did this happen?

[@charlesbutler8095]

+LegendOfLegends19100 I'm racking my brain trying to remember where I read this because it was a good story that they didn't build on later. I know it was between late 80s and early 90s. Also it was some special side storyline special thing.

[@NekoKingGodzilla]

+Charles Butler is it the one where his dad rips off his face?

[@charlesbutler8095]

+NekoKingGodzilla No, but it was the one that reveiled Dr. Thompkins as his mother.

[@Farhankhan-oc9fb]

Here after watching joker 2019

[@The8Ronin]

I wouldn't say the joker has no reason for what he does his whole reason to commit crime is to push batman ir like in the killing joke james gordon over the brink he wants them to lose control thats why he always says it tanes only one bad day refering of course to the one bad day that he fell i to the chemicals. On the other hand batman and gordon want to prove that the system works that batman doesen't have to kill somebody like the joker thats why the fights between those 2 or sometimes 3 including gordon are truly infinite and will never come to an end. But otherwise great video

[@ThePurpleSmurf100]

Batman actually kills joker at the end of killing joke, and it was designed to be the last batman joker story

[@The8Ronin]

Jones Martins lol you sound like my teacher but i'll try ^^

[@The8Ronin]

***** wow i didn't know that thx

[@The8Ronin]

Cameron Taylor cool but i think it turned out better this way

[@BluBoyscout]

***** In fairness, Grant Morrison is not an authority on the issue. That was Morrison's interpretation of the story. I personally never felt that way, especially considering how Barbara's paralysis carried on for a while.

[@allytp8030]

It only takes one bad day to make a sane man to go completely insane~ wise words from the Joker. Honestly I feel bad he was like this at first but it took some bad days then one terrible day for him to become the villain we all love.

[@CatsCoffeeGuitars]

Finally a comic book oriented channel that is not bias and full of subjective opinions that make the host seem like a douche :D definitely subbing, fantastic material! ^^

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

you know anyone who wanted to be known as the world s greatest psychologist would have to perfectly diagnose the joker. I'm no psychologist but I have a theory. what if the joker isn't crazy and just pretends to be. perhaps he just angry at the world for his misfortune and striking back and his up session with batman easy he's that one guy that joker relates to but stands for society which joker has come to hate.

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

also where's mention of jokers daughter

[@wesleycagle2354]

TheAnonyomusGuy she dies

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

but they never mentioned her

[@wesleycagle2354]

Yeah but the mom got mugged before the baby was born

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

no you must be talking bout someone else look up jokers daughter shes more sadistic than her dad

[@Jacob-rd2wh]

Anyone else think Dc is better thank Marvel??

[@theshadow5352]

By far

[@krippled]

Nope, not me I love DC but I’ve always loved marvel more, I grew up reading marvel comics and watching the Sam Raimi spider man trilogy

[@sharonelliott2831]

Best DC Villians 1. The Joker 2. Darkseid 3. Deathstroke 4. Atrocities 5. Lobo

[@bibbyboxx2219]

Lex Luthor and Sinestro should be up there too.

[@zamiranirvana1776]

And Cheetah, I like her

[@samuelbarber6177]

This is the guy who’s had two performances that are some of the only Comic Book Movie performances to win Best Actor from the Oscars. Twice in the last 13 years, has an actor playing the Joker won Best Actor from the Academy, the first of which was the first time someone won an Oscar for playing a comic book character and both of which were some of the highest acclaimed films of the last twenty years. And the second was a solo film... That is impressive.

[@andrewcamacho5258]

Hey Arris I love the show and am glad you do both universes. I am sure that you know Gotham has been dropping hints at villains with almost every episode. I would like to know your opinion on their idea of who the Joker is as a kid