Joker’s Most Famous Story Is Built on a Lie And DC Just Proved It

Joker’s Most Famous Story Is Built on a Lie, And DC Just Proved It

In a preview for Joker #10, on sale December 14, readers see Commissioner Gordon and Batgirl process the trauma they suffered at the Joker’s hands.

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Joker’s Most Famous Story Is Built on a Lie And DC Just Proved It

Warning: contains preview pages for The Joker #10!

In the landmark Batman: The Killing Joke, both Commissioner Gordon and Batgirl were traumatized by the Joker, as the villain tried to prove that even the best people are only “one bad day” away from madness. While Gordon disproved the villain’s worldview at the time, a new preview for Joker #10 shows the consequences of this story were actually a lot more complex than they appeared.

After a run of beloved classics including Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta and Watchmen, Alan Moore took on Joker with artist Brian Bolland in 1988’s The Killing Joke. The story presented a potential origin story for the Joker, as he shot Commissioner Gordon’s daughter Barbara and then kidnapped him, attempting to drive Gordon insane in an effort to justify his own transformation. Joker’s attack on Barbara Gordon left her paralyzed from the waist down, precipitating her transformation from street vigilante Batgirl to tech-based hero Oracle. The story was raw and intense, epitomizing the “grim and gritty” mentality popular in the 1980s, but Joker is defeated when – even after the horrors perpetrated against him – Gordon holds onto his principles and insists the villain is brought to real justice. At the time, Batman told Joker, “He’s fine. Despite all your sick, vicious little games, he’s as sane as he ever was. So maybe ordinary people don’t always crack.” Now, Joker #10 explores whether that was actually true.

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In a DC Comics preview shared by AIPT, Batgirl is adapting to life after the Joker’s attack and her resulting injuries. She has spilled cereal, and as her father cleans it up, she tells him she is tired of people telling her it will be OK and that she is a “strong person.” Barbara concludes that the Joker broke her, and her father too – only he will not acknowledge it. He shrugs her concerns off and goes to work, where it’s revealed he’s supposed to be on psychiatric leave. Nevertheless, there have been Joker sightings around Gotham, and Gordon is concerned. The interim Commissioner tells Gordon it is a copycat, but Gordon is insistent, not to mention belligerent. The issue is written by James Tynion IV, Matthew Rosenberg and Sam Johns, with art by Francesco Francavilla and Belen Ortega.

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The preview ends there, but it is clear that both Commissioner Gordon and Batgirl are processing their traumas in different ways. Barbara is open about her pain, admitting openly that she is now a broken person. Her father, on the other hand, refuses to admit there is a problem, and desperately wants to return to work. Commissioner Gordon is seeking to use his job to fill the hole the Joker left in him. Readers know that Barbara Gordon will find a new identity as Oracle and the Commissioner will seemingly heal as well. Yet watching them at the onset of their journeys is a somber reminder of The Killing Joke’s influence.

The original story – from which even Alan Moore has since distanced himself – presents Joker’s conclusion as all-or-nothing: that Gordon will remain ‘sane’ or embrace the villain’s nihilism. In contrast, Joker takes a more nuanced and more modern approach to mental health, embracing the idea that both Commissioner Gordon and Barbara would be utterly shaken by their experiences and process them in both healthy and unhealthy ways. Batman’s original assessment that Gordon is “fine” couldn’t be more wrong, but that doesn’t make Joker’s “one bad day” thesis correct either.

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The question left to answer is how much Gordon has actually healed since The Killing Joke – offered the chance to kill Joker, Commissioner Gordon is still weighing his options, but he’s already admitted to Barbara that he’s considering it, and fans may see him finally indulge that desire when the issue hits retailers December 14.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/joker-10-comic-preview-killing-joke-change-gordon/

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