Revealed at last! The Joker's birth name! 1 1

[Coverless 9.8]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/dc-comics-reveals-jokers-real-094159819.html

I don't know why they thought Jack White, formerly of The White Stripes, would be a fitting inspiration, but perhaps in another 80 years we'll get that answer!    Unless they figure a white face and white stripes are the same thing, but that's painting with a pretty broad brush!    I think they could've done better than to have his middle name be the same as The Penguin's first one!  The Killing Joke was by Alan Moore, so naturally it stands apart, but stories like, Wolverine: Origin, are usually quickly forgotten!  Invariably, getting the answer isn't nearly as satisfying as wanting the answer!  

[JC25427N]

I thought it was revealed before as Jack Napier.

[JC25427N]

Also, I'm reminded of this scene

 

[Coverless 9.8]

I always loved how he thought, "I choose to be known simply as...The Leader!"

Simply as The Leader, eh?!  I follow!  

[Ken Aldred]

I just read The Three Jokers.

Two remain unnamed.

Edited September 25, 2022 by Ken Aldred

[Ken Aldred]

On 9/25/2022 at 8:19 AM, JC25427N said:

I thought it was revealed before as Jack Napier.

That was in the Batman film with Jack Nicholson. A pun on jackanape, or trickster.

 

Edited September 25, 2022 by Ken Aldred

[Ken Aldred]

Terrible name. Nothing clever about the birth name of a character foreshadowing how that character ends up. It’s a cliché.

[D84]

The mystery is part of what makes The Joker interesting. As usual, DC, this is just dumb.

[Ryan.]

The transitory, unreliable nature of The Joker's origin, as highlighted in The Killing Joke, and further underscored in The Dark Knight, is what makes the character interesting. 

[jdandns]

On 9/25/2022 at 7:50 AM, Ken Aldred said:

I just read The Three Jokers.

Two remain unnamed.

The other two are named Jock U. Larity, and Jay Pemaker.

[lizards2]

I assumed his birth name was "Sue"

[Cat]

On 9/26/2022 at 5:07 AM, lizards2 said:

I assumed his birth name was "Sue"

I thought that was every Americans birth name...... 

[Ken Aldred]

On 9/25/2022 at 8:31 PM, Cat said:

I thought that was every Americans birth name...... 

Careful. You’re setting yourself up for some Bruce jokes.

Still, at least a great super-hero character with that first name.

Can’t think of one called Nigel.

Edited September 25, 2022 by Ken Aldred

[theCapraAegagrus]

I may start operating under the idea that DC died years ago, and everything printed since is purely fanfic.

[Namtak]

On 9/25/2022 at 10:52 AM, Ken Aldred said:

That was in the Batman film with Jack Nicholson. A pun on jackanape, or trickster.

 

True but it was in the killing joke a year prior and burton admited taking the killing joke as inspiration for some scene in movie.

[chrisco37]

On 9/26/2022 at 12:12 PM, Namtak said:

True but it was in the killing joke a year prior and burton admited taking the killing joke as inspiration for some scene in movie.

He was never named in KJ (not even a first name).  

[Lazyboy]

On 9/25/2022 at 2:19 AM, JC25427N said:

I thought it was revealed before as Jack Napier.

That was just stupid movie . This, however, is regular !