Comments | he_is_wild: I met him, as one meets a ghost or two, between the gray Arch and the old Hotel.

he_is_wild

I met him, as one meets a ghost or two, between the gray Arch and the old Hotel.

May 30, 2010 21:58

The Mirthful Murderer has existed in the DCU for over seventy years. Though I read his stories with voracious appetite there are many that still elude me. As one of the apex villains of his universe he is often thrust against unusual characters. With that in mind, this is the post where I ask the question "So, you and the Joker...have you met?" If ( Read more... )

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fishnets May 31 2010, 11:03:55 UTC

Detective Comics #833 & Detective Comics #834. The two issue Trust arc, though I think there has been at least another instance with direct contact, though I believe it was most likely before the past decade.

Download links can be given, if needed. :)

he_is_wild May 31 2010, 17:40:35 UTC

Trust I have read! But even if it was before the last decade I'd be interested to know those other stories because I'm not sure I've tracked them down yet.

fishnets May 31 2010, 21:42:48 UTC

I'm not entirely positive, but for some reason I feel like I've forgotten something. I'd have to assume it was before like, '93 or something? I know I'm working my way through LOL COSTUME Zee stuff and before that, but between not wanting to pay for them and older issues being uh... harder to find scans of? Idk.

If not within actual canon, I'd say they've probably run into one another at least "off-screen," more than just that instance (though in Trust he did mention that he only chose Zatanna because it was convenient and she did appear sort of shocked -- so if they had had any run-ins prior, I doubt it was anything too severe?).

/rambly mcramblekins.

goddamnknight June 1 2010, 01:46:55 UTC

Um. Well I think there was one. At some point. Not sure on this.

Lemme think.

he_is_wild June 4 2010, 05:39:44 UTC

This was the first time Batsy and Joker met. Now you don't need to wonder about that anymore.

ohheynightwing June 2 2010, 21:09:07 UTC

They might have met. Maybe. Like, once in passing, at a dinner party. VERY VAGUE ACQUAINTACES, I SHOULD THINK.

enigmaestro August 16 2010, 05:46:52 UTC

Well, Joker is really quite riddled within Eddie's history, as you well know. But Riddler's particularly pull arc at tph is from the highly controversial Gotham Knights #50-55 (specifically issue 51), in which he and Joker interact quite a lot.

You might ask dear God, why pick this point?, in which I would simply say I like tricking people into reading Hush Returns because misery really does love company.

If you've already read this, I'm sorry. Truly. But if you hadn't we could totally discuss it!

he_is_wild September 9 2010, 21:13:57 UTC

SOMEHOW I ONLY JUST REALIZED THIS COMMENT WAS HERE. A month late is better than nothing.

But aye, I've read Hush Returns. I may reread it as review NOW, though, though it brings tears of blood to my eyes.

I should say, however, that I've never really favored Lieberman's whole thing of making the Killing Joke Origin canonical since it farts all over everything. I'm not sure that would be a problem for you, considering Eddie witnessed it and all.

outspeeds June 21 2011, 02:57:36 UTC

Hello! I know this is a pretty old post, and I'm from cnc, not tph, but I don't expect you to have read any Impulse issues so here I am! Bart and the Joker met in Impulse #50. BASICALLY, Bart ran nonsensical errands for him to distract him while Batman worked out his batplans. Bart also seems to annoy him quite a bit, despite not trying to.

Download links can be provided!