What is The Joker's Real Name?
In the current canon DC comic Universe 52 What is the Joker's real name? I've found several sources saying it was Jack Napier. But when I search that it only comes up as being the Joker from 1989 Batman movie. Also is the graphic novel "The Killing Joke" still the Joker's canon origin, I've been told they changed it, is that true?
What is the Joker's real name?
In official DC continuity, the Joker's name hasn't been revealed, and probably won't. His 'official' origin was told in 'The Killing Joke' by Alan Moore, but as much as it showed of his life before, his name wasn't mentioned. But, in the 'Batman' movie that came out in 89, it was Jack Napier.
What is the Joker's real name?
Just to clarify a previous question -- the story in which the Joker's "secret origin" is supposedly given is called "The Killing Joke" (1988), a one-shot story by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. In it, we see flashbacks to a time when a young, struggling comedian was forced into committing a robbery on the same night he learned his pregnant wife was killed in a household accident. When Batman shows up at the robbery and the man accidentally falls into a chemical vat, the effect it has on his skin and hair is enough to push him over the edge into insanity. It was a fun read, but DC has since made it clear the story is just one possible origin -- they realize he's more effective as a villain when he doesn't have a tragic past that readers might be able to sympathize with. So nothing is known of the Joker's past until the night he fell into the vat. "Jack Napier" (a play on the word "jackanapes", or a mischief-maker) is one of the aliases he's used over the years, along with "Harlen Quinn" (harlequin) and a few others I forget right now, but so far -- no real name. At this point, it's not likely even he knows what it is. (Source: Who's Who, The Killing Joke, The DC Encyclopedia) Hope this helps, M.
How does The Joker die in the original DC comic?
The Joker was written to die in his first appearance by missing Batsy and stabbing himself by accident. The editor though, had the end rewritten because he knew Mr. J was too “good” a character to kill off.Some people say that the editor had the demon of The Joker whispering in his ear. Said in a Spooky voice
What is the real identity of the Joker in DC comics & how did he become Joker?
The Joker’s real name is unknown (though Jack Napier is his most popular name, used in the Batman film and in the White Knight miniseries).Also, it has been revealed that the Joker is 3 different people. They are the Golden Age Joker, the Post-Crisis Joker and the New 52 Joker. Their real origin is unknown, but it is heavily suggested that he was the criminal Red Hood before facing Batman at Ace Chemicals and falling in a chemical bath, getting out of it with white skin and green hair.Strange enough, all of them are suggested to have fell in the bath of chemicals during an encounter with Batman at Ace Chemicals, even tough Batman only remembers of one such encounter with Red Hood at Ace Chemicals.His most popular and accepted origin is:
The jokers name?
Is the Joker s name Jack Napiar? They used it in the Batman animated series and the Batman 1898 movie, and I think it might have been mentioned throughout the comics at some point, maybe. So as to why im so confused is, why did Batman ask the Mobius Chair in Dc universe rebirth #1 and justice league #50 what the jokers name is. Im pretty sure they have no knowledge as to what the jokers name or past is in the later movies as well. So im a bit confused. How could his name be known yet not known??
Does the joker have a last name?
Joker does not have a definitive alter ego or origin in the comics. Jack Napier was the name of the Joker character in the 1989 Batman movie, but various comic book origins have called the Joker by various names or by none at all. Batman: The Killing Joke suggests that Joker is so far gone into insanity that he doesn't remember the truth about himself.
Is The Joker's real name Jack Napier?
"Jack" was confirmed" in Batman Confidential, but the Joker still has no last name. Napier was a clever faux name, borrowd by reversing Melvin Reipan's last name & as a pun on Jackanape. Similar: --------------- Harley Quinn's real name is Harleen Quinnzel. Riddler's name is Ed Nygma to sound liek Enigma, but it was legaly changed. His birth name is Edward Nashton. DC, in the 80s, was is the process of ridding characters of corniness. Plus, it doesn;t really matter who the Joker was. His DNS is tainted, his blood is poisonous, & he burned off his fingertips with acid. It' s safe to assume that he killed any & all relatives & friends from his past life, kinda like the way he kills off all his henchmen whenever he reinvents himself.