Azzarello and Bermejo seem to be auditioning their interpretations for future movie use, suggesting that Killer Croc might work as a steroidal black gang leader who lives in a meat locker, or the Riddler could be a tatted-up cripple with a knowing smile. Killer Croc appears, as does Two-Face, the Riddler, and the Penguin, all of whom presented in ways that differ from their in-continuity counterparts. Azzarello writes to Bermejo's strengths here, giving him a sleek but sullied world to illustrate, characters who slice a path through Gotham City like so many dirty razors. Instead, it's like a Michael Mann film on paper, exploring the Joker's struggle to regain control of the Gotham underworld. "Joker" isn't hard-boiled in the Mickey Spillane-by-way-of-Frank Miller way that we saw in his "Batman: Broken City" tale a few years back. And I think that's a respectable choice, considering that Ledger has defined the character for our generation.Īnd Azzarello, notoriously uninterested in superheroes, brings in the street-level crime elements needed to make that kind of Joker work best. Their version of the Joker isn't the same as what we see in the movie, but it's certainly on the Ledger end of the spectrum. Yet there's a clear Heath Ledger influence here, and it seems as if Azzarello and Bermejo were working off early teaser trailer indications of the film, and then extrapolating from there. It's not an adaptation of "The Dark Knight," nor is it exactly a spin-off, but it's informed by that movie, even though - given the lead time on projects like this - it must have been written long before Azzarello saw the film in theaters. Keoghan’s Joker is not yet fully formed, but the character’s incarceration in Arkham indicates that he’s committed some atrocities.Whether it's true or not, "Joker" feels like it was commissioned specifically as a tie-in to the biggest movie of the year. This would be in keeping with the darker tone that The Batman establishes, with Matt Reeves taking a more gritty, savage, and realistic approach to Batman’s rogues' gallery. While previous Batman movies have routinely shown Joker to be a murdering psychopath, they've never gone that far. If The Batman 2 or the Arkham Asylum spin-off continues to take inspiration from Azzarello and Bermejo's Joker, then his future appearances are likely to be similarly vicious. Embarking on a brutal killing spree, Joker shows the Clown Prince of Crime at his most merciless, impulsive, and unhinged. Unsettling instances of the Joker's ruthlessness include removing someone's skin and committing rape. In the DC comic, having been released from Arkham Asylum, the Joker sets out to reclaim Gotham City. The grisly design of the Joker in the DC comics matches the story's disturbing twists and turns.
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