We know what he does, and we know that he’s scary.
He’s been in culture for so long that people get his schtick. Some writers understand that the Joker is best used sparingly. Which seemed like the coolest thing in the world, when I was in high school.ĭon’t get me wrong, There are still ways that the Joker can be interesting, and there’s stories that I still find great.
The Joker’s ideal endgame with Batman would be for Batman to break his one rule and kill him. The Joker has had a few different backstories of the years, but the most common ones have Joker driven insane after some particularly stressful and horrible event, and he’s convinced that anyone would become a murderous clown if put under the same stress, even Batman shouldn’t be immune to the effects of one bad day. His whole life revolves around trying to drive Batman mad, to bring him down to his level. The little comic up there really explains his motivation for fighting Batman. He’s unpredictable and essentially pure evil. He represented anarchy and chaos, which really appeals to high schoolers. For most of high school and early college I thought the Joker was the absolute coolest. Like a lot of people, I was obsessed with the Joker for a long time. When he’s done right he can be a compelling character, but I feel like it’s a lot harder than Batman to get him right. No one really provides a good enough threat. I think I just can’t connect to how incredibly powerful he is. I’ve read good Superman books before, but by and large, he doesn’t do it for me. He’s probably my favorite super hero, and except for maybe Daredevil, I’ve read the most comics about him.
The original Tim Burton movies came out the year I was born, so I’ve always had the Batman movies in my life, and of course the absolutely stellar Batman: the Animated Series. And Lex Luthor and Joker are their arch-nemeses. I feel like it’s not hyperbole to say that Superman and Batman are DC’s biggest heroes, in term of impact, sales, and influence. It also really gets into how different the two characters, and how they interact with their respective heroes.
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