They forced him into helping them attack Commissioner Gordon during an event on his honor. The first crime they pulled together as a team was the blackmailing of the mild-mannered salary man Charlie Collins. Quinzel soon found herself in love with the Joker, and broke him out of Arkham. Quinzel as he painted himself as a misunderstood soul crying out for the world to accept him. Batman escaped Joker's trap and they took the fight to a rollercoaster, where Batman dropped Joker to the river below and the abandoned amusement park was utterly destroyed and Joker nowhere to be found.Īs a recurrent patient of Arkham Asylum, the Joker was often psycho-analyzed, at one point by Dr. Joker forced Jordan to watch as Batman failed to escape his trap, but Jordan ran away. Joker took advantage of the situation and used Jordan to lure Batman into a trap. As he was leaving, Jordan hid on Joker's car and he ended up on Joker's hideout. Joker took the identity of the hired party clown, Jekko and infiltrated Hill's house, leaving a dynamite candle in the middle of the garden. As a way to prove himself superior to Batman, Joker decided to infiltrate the Mayor's house and create chaos during Jordan Hill's birthday party. When Hamilton Hill compared Joker with Batman, the Clown Prince of Crime didn't take it kindly. Mistaken Identity Main article: Be a Clown Joker almost succeeded on his intent of eliminating Batman, but the Dark Knight stopped him once again. Batman went looking for Joker and after destroying Joker's robot named Captain Clown, Joker led Batman on a wild goose chase across an abandoned waste treatment plant. As a result, almost the entire population was infected and couldn't stop laughing allowing the Joker to roam the city and steal from them at will. In order to achieve this, Joker used a load of garbage that was transported through the river and he sprayed the garbage with his laughing toxin. On another occasion, Joker planned to gain major profits by spreading his laughing gas across Gotham. However, some of his crimes seem to have a logical goal. Poisoning Gotham Main article: The Last Laugh Joker almost dropped his hostages to death, but they were saved by Batman and Joker was returned to Arkham, where he spent Christmas, locked in his cell. Batman located the source of the broadcast at Laffco Toy Factory, where Joker was prepared with several weapon toys and henchmen armed and ready to attack Batman. Joker kidnapped Commissioner Gordon, Summer Gleeson and Harvey Bullock, forcing Batman to overcome several challenges such as saving a train from running into a collapsed bridge and destroying a cannon installed in the Gotham Observatory all this while he aired the events on TV.
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This is clearly evident during Christmas' Eve, when Joker escaped from Arkham Asylum on a rocket Christmas Tree and hijacked the TV signal of the entire city. Joker kidnapped Gordon, Bullock and Summer Gleeson
He would also give to himself multiple fake tragic backstories to convince people to have sympathy and working for him.Ĭhristmas Event Main article: Christmas With the Joker
JokerĪfter becoming the crazy criminal and mob boss known as Joker, he started perpetrating crimes with the sole purpose of creating chaos.
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His skin turned white, his hair green, and his lips red, giving birth to Joker, the clown prince of crime. Years later, he tried to rob the Ace Chemicals Plant, but Batman showed up at the scene and Jack fell into a vat of chemicals which disfigured him.
His target was Carl Beaumont, a businessman who had fled the States after the mob bosses discovered he embezzled a fortune. One of his last jobs took place in Europe on the Mediterranean Coast. At one point early on, before his forthcoming mishap, he and Bruce Wayne caught a glimpse of each other. As an unknown crook, Jack started out as a young mobster working for the mob triad of Sal Valestra, Buzz Bronski, and Chuckie Sol.