The second Joker, who wields a bloody crowbar, appears to be the same Joker who Killed Jason Todd's Robin in Batman #426-429 (1988) by Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo. This Joker appeared on the cusp of the Bronze Age and the Modern Age. RELATED: Batman: Three Jokers #1 Gets a Bloody Dark Knight Variant The Bronze Age Joker was also similar to the one who featured in The Killing Joke - though by then, the character had developed somewhat. The first Joker in the Three Jokers storyline may be based on the Bronze Age/ Killing Joke version of the character. He was creepier and more dangerous than the more jocular versions of the character from the 'swinging' '60s and smarter than the darker version featured in Bob Kane and Bill Finger's Batman #1 (1940). The pre-crisis Joker featured in the original 'Laughing Fish' storyline became something of a model for the Bronze Age Joker. The laughing fish first appeared in Detective Comics #475 (1978) by Steve Engleheart, Marshall Rogers and Terry Austin. The most recent preview pages show the Joker driving an Ace Chemicals truck that's leaking, while Batman, Red Hood and Batgirl enter Gotham Aquarium, where a strange sight greets them from one of the fish tanks: smiling fish, poisoned by the Joker's signature toxin. There are clear visual clues as to who each of the Jokers might be in the preview images - although in this context, perhaps 'who' is not the right word. RELATED: The Joker Loses His Smile, Sends in Punchline in 80th Anniversary Preview This question within an answer has plagued readers for four years and it is finally set to be answered definitively in Batman: Three Jokers - a story that will change the Joker forever.įrom what has been revealed so far, this three-part miniseries from DC Comics' adult-orientated Black Label line takes stylistic inspiration from Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's Batman: The Killing Joke, as is pretty apparent in the three covers and in the interior layouts. The answer isn't revealed immediately. However, in Justice League #50 (2016), Johns reveals it isn't quite so simple: There's not just one, but three Jokers.

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