Вики бэтмен убийственная шутка
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Будучи с детства поклонником Бэтмена, я не мог не слышать о легендарном комиксе Алана Мура 'Убийственная шутка', отсылки на который есть почти во всех медиа о Тёмном Рыцаре. Странно, конечно, однако, ознакомившись с расхваленным оригиналом, особенно впечатлен я не был. Самым интересным в комиксе я считаю версию происхождения Джокера и, разумеется, его финальную сцену. Думаю, если бы лучше раскрыли версию того, что Бэтмен сам одержим Джокером, как и тот - им, то сюжет был бы гораздо интереснее. А так, как уже писал, чистый пересказ о попытке Джокера свести с ума честного копа комиссара Гордона в переоборудованном для этого парке аттракционов, дабы доказать, что 'один плохой день может свести с ума кого угодно'.
Теперь о мультфильме. Вторая половина точно пересказывает сюжет комикса, однако первая половина в нем отсутствует, отчего, как и у многих, слагается впечатление, что сюжет склеен из двух разных историй, добавив первую чисто для хронометража. В данном случае, 'убийственная шутка' в том, что первый сюжет мне понравился гораздо больше за счёт 'супергеройской' мелодрамы: молодая, жаждущая любви, Бэтгёрл и, умудрённый горьким опытом, Бэтмен, внешне холодный, а внутри раздираемый эмоциями. Первая готова бросаться во все тяжкие, чтобы что-то доказать, второй пытается уберечь дорогого ему человека. Для Барбары, она же Бэтгерл, нашёлся свой Джокер в лице любвеобильного племянника крупного мафиози, умело играющего на чувствах и повернувшего впо отношении к Бэтгёрл свою 'Убийственную шутку'. Основной посыл первой части - узнать, какого это - быть у края. От этого Бэтмен и пытается уберечь Барбару. 'Убийственная шутка' в случае Бэтгерл в том, что она и вправду влюбилась.
Может, дело в лете или собственной жажде любить, но первая часть, как уже писал, мне понравилась куда больше. Она и короче и, в то же время, насыщеннее.
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Данный анимационный фильм не был показан на широких экранах не только потому, что студия изначально планировала его для релиза на DVD, но и совсем по понятным причинам – такое не стоит показывать в кинотеатрах, поскольку дети могут посмотреть данный мультфильм с ожиданием того, что это очередная интересная история о Бэтмене в которой все как всегда: добро побеждает зло. Вот только именно в этот раз все иначе: и сюжет и концовка дарят нам немало сюрпризов, показывая, так же как и Кристофер Нолан и Зак Снайдер со своими видениями и подходами к съемкам, что истории о супер героях можно подавать весьма мрачно и трагично приправляя все это тонкой щепоткой философии, что само собой, для искушенного зрителя обязательно сработает на все 100%. И уж точно данное творение не для детей. Возрастной рейтинг как романа так и мультфильма — 18+.
«Бэтмен: Убийственная шутка» — анимационный фильм студии DC о похождениях стража Готэма и о его борьбе с преступностью. Все сделано с любовью и ради фанатов, что чувствуется в каждом «штрихе». Спасибо вам за это DC.
В основе сюжета лежит история о трагедии которая коснулась Бэтмена, в лице его старого врага который является олицетворением всего вселенского безумия – Джокера. Он понял, что не сможет сломить волю Темного рыцаря пытаясь сломить его самого и по этому обратил свой взор на ближайшего друга Бэтмена с самых первых его дней, в роли защитника справедливости: комиссара полиции Джеймса Гордона. Он раскроет истинную природу безумия и совершит поступок который обозначит судьбу Бэтгерл – быть ли ей героиней в плаще или же…
Автор Алан Мур и художник Брайан Болланд создавшие оригинальный графический роман окунули нас в истоки безумия Джокера и его предысторию касавшуюся тех дней когда тот еще был простым парнем с простыми проблемами. А также привносят интересную мысль, что Брюс Уэйн также безумен и одержим, но по своему. Его безумие проявляется через жажду заглушить боль потери родителей после их убийства, от мрака и уныния царивших в Готэме и смерти Джейсона Тодда или Робина, от рук Джокера.
По началу я слегка напрягся увидев визуальный ряд. Рисовка мультфильма словно бы родом из десятилетия назад, но потом увидев оригинал графического романа я поразился тому как ровно и словно бы один в один, повторен стиль Болланда и в кино версии. При этом скорость и спецэффекты показаны красиво и с некой похожестью на мультсериал Batman: Animated Series, который очень долго показывали по телевидению несколько лет назад. Это прибавило чувства ностальгии и ощущение, что именно «Убийственной шуткой» и закончился тот сериал.
Отдельно спасибо Кевину Конрою и Марку Хэмиллу за их голоса для Бэтмена и Джокера в оригинале. Они просто великолепны. А озвучка Темного рыцаря в русской локализации считаю и вовсе находкой для этого персонажа. Актер русского дубляжа: Владимир Антоник передает все нотки голоса стража Готэма так, что иногда мурашки идут по коже от его серьезности и отсутствия эмоций. Браво! Именно таким и является Бэтмен — нерушимый и лишенный эмоций великолепный стратег, детектив, боец снаружи, но весьма чувствительный внутри. И передать такое голосом… У меня нет слов…
Создатели настолько четко, без излишеств и не нужных деталей оживили страницы графического романа, что подобное невозможно не отметить положительными оценками. К слову говоря, я как большой поклонник Бэтмена, сразу же после просмотра приобрел коллекционное издание романа с массой дополнительных материалов, эскизов и пометками создателей. Это сокровище занимает почетное место в моей коллекции. Огромное спасибо Алану, Брайну и парням и WB за это произведение не побоюсь этого слова искусства.
Среди поклонников данного шедевра бытуют многочисленные обсуждения одной сцены которая внесла настоящий фурор в истории персонажа — Бэтмена. В мультфильме один в один как и в романе есть «культовая» сцена в которой Джокер рассказывает одну единственную шутку (без спойлеров) за все время своих безумств, которая смогла рассмешить Темного Рыцаря, умеющего контролировать свои эмоции на 110 процентов:
Это удивительная, гениальная, душераздирающая, глубокая сцена с огромным подтекстом. Скрытым и неявным но настолько важным и чувственным, что поняв её смысл, открываешь для себя не только суть мотивов и действий представленных персонажей, но так же можешь подчеркнуть что-то и для себя как простого человека живущего в социуме а не вне его. Когда этот смысл дошел и до меня это было как откровение. До сих пор мурашки по коже.
В итоге получился и яркий и мрачный анимационный фильм по легендарной истории которая изменила комиксы о Бэтмене и не только, навсегда и показала, что этот персонаж еще более глубок в своей ипостаси. Пожалуй это лучший мультфильм увиденный мною за долгое время. Моя оценка 9 из 10. В нем сочетается классический стиль создателей романа, качественная рисовка, поддержанная фирменным стилем анимационных проектов о Бэтмене, и каноничный сюжет ни капли не измененный в угоду цензуры или модным тенденциям. Мультфильм жесток, лишенный яркого и красочного ореола шаблонного повествования о супер героях как это принято у конкурентов. Он смел и тверд в основании и пожалуй удивит Вас не раз.
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In 2008 it was reprinted in a deluxe hardcover edition. This Deluxe Edition features new coloring by Brian Bolland, meant to illustrate his original intentions for the book, with more somber, realistic, and subdued colors than the intensely-colored original. The reprint also included the story An Innocent Guy, which had earlier been included in
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Tim Burton claimed that The Killing Joke was a major influence on his film adaptation of Batman: "I was never a giant comic book fan, but I've always loved the image of Batman and The Joker. The reason I've never been a comic book fan - and I think it started when I was a child - is because I could never tell which box I was supposed to read. I don't know if it was dyslexia or whatever, but that's why I loved The Killing Joke, because for the first time I could tell which one to read. It's my favorite. It's the first comic I've ever loved. And the success of those graphic novels made our ideas more acceptable."
Despite Joker not appearing in Batman Returns due to dying in the first movie, there was at least one scene that had similarities to a scene from The Killing Joke. In particular, after Selena Kyle ended up using her "last life" to take out Max Shreck, The Penguin, having survived his descent into the waters of the penguin exhibit, attempts to use one of his umbrellas, with Batman witnessing it at the last second and looking concerned, only for Penguin to realize upon activating it that he accidentally picked the "cute" umbrella instead of his gun umbrella, which was similar to how the Joker upon being beaten by Batman attempted to use his gun to kill Batman only to realize upon firing it that he actually had used up all of its rounds (shown by his using the pop out flag saying "click, click, click").
The Joker's HP portrait in the SEGA version for Batman: Return of the Joker (titled Batman: Revenge of the Joker) was taken from Joker's "don't get even, get mad!" panel from the comic.
Although there was no direct adaptation of The Killing Joke in the DCAU, the Batman Animated Series episode "Make 'Em Laugh!" indirectly referred to Joker's alleged backstory of being a failed comedian in that comic, as Joker initially attempted to enter a Comedy contest unexpectedly only to be thrown out, and later proceeded to brainwash three of the judges to earn the title of the funniest man in Gotham. In addition, the episode Harley's Holiday had some thematic similarities to The Killing Joke, in particular the character Harley Quinn having a very bad day during her parole period, and also coming to a better understanding with Batman similar to the Joker. In fact, some of Harley and Batman's exchanges in the episode mirrored dialogue from the comic.
Director Christopher Nolan has mentioned that The Killing Joke served as an influence for the version of the Joker that appeared in The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger, who played the Joker, stated in an interview that he was given a copy of The Killing Joke as reference for the role. The most apparent influence of the graphic novel on the narrative itself would be the Joker's concept of his past as being "multiple choice" – in the film, he describes two conflicting scenarios to explain the origins of his scars to two different people - as well as his claim that a bad day could drive anyone mad, which he tries to prove through tormenting Gordon in the comic book, and Harvey Dent in the film. Both Jokers also explain their behavior and attitude as seeing what a twisted joke the world is, with the film stating in society "their morals, their code: it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be." In addition, the Joker, when relaying the second of his infamous scar stories to Rachel Dawes, says to her "Now I see the funny side. Now I'm always smiling!", which was similar to the line "So why can't you see the funny side? Why aren't you laughing?", also uttered by the Joker, in the aforementioned graphic novel. When revealing that he drove Harvey Dent insane as his "ace in the hole" for "the battle for Gotham's soul", Joker when explaining how it wasn't hard for him to accomplish says that madness was similar to gravity in that "all it takes is a little push", which was similar to Joker's line in the graphic novel of "all it takes is one bad day for the sanest man alive to be reduced to lunacy."
The infamous scene of Joker paralyzing Barbara Gordon was used in a flashback in Birds of Prey, with the only notable difference being that The Joker in this scene clearly knew the connection between Barbara Gordon and Batgirl when shooting her, while in the original comic and various other adaptations afterward, Joker was unaware of her being Batgirl as well.
The design of the Joker in the video game Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is based on The Killing Joke. In addition, one of his Fatalities, where he uses a bang flag gun before using a real gun on his opponent (censored in some versions) is named after the comic. The ending also has him sitting on a throne made of mannequins, alluding to a similar instance in the comic.
In the climax for Batman: Arkham Asylum, the Joker is seen sitting on a throne made of dismembered mannequins, alluding to The Killing Joke. In addition, Barbara Gordon's status as Oracle and being crippled by the Joker also references the comic. Joker also is about to recite a joke before interrupting himself and remembering he already told Batman that joke, alluding to the ending of The Killing Joke. His alias of "Jack White" was also referenced in the game.
The version of the Joker in The Batman paraphrased Joker's "one bad day" statement when explaining his origins, while also adding that another reason for his appearance was due to falling into a chemical bath.
During the interview tapes in Batman: Arkham City, Joker tells Hugo Strange his "Origin Story", which was based on The Killing Joke. Hugo, however, claims it to be fake, as he read up on 12 other "origin" stories that Joker had told. Joker also directly references Alan Moore's writing by stating that someone once told him to respond to his past with "multiple choices." In addition, Joker's character trailer nearly quotes word for word what Batman told Joker, or rather, a double of him, in the beginning of the graphic novel, with the only difference being that, in a role reversal, it is Joker who tells Batman this.
A DLC of The Killing Joke was launched for Injustice: Gods Among Us which includes the tourist costume, the costume he uses in the final confrontation with Batman, and the Red Hood costume.
In the DC Animated Original film series movie Batman: Under the Red Hood, aside from references to the Joker's status as the original red hood, a flashback to Batman's first encounter with the Joker (or rather, the man who would become the Joker) at the ACE Chemical Plant has the man claiming that he was set up and that he wasn't a crook before tripping and falling into one of the chemical vats, alluding to the backstory given in The Killing Joke where he was strong-armed into participating in the heist. In addition, the second Red Hood, Jason Todd, indirectly alludes to Joker's crippling of Barbara Gordon from the comic nearing the end, with the Joker also briefly asking for a camera, alluding to his photographing Barbara Gordon to break her father's spirit.
In Batman: Arkham Origins, during Dr. Harleen Quinzel's patient interview with the Joker midway through the game, the flashbacks accompanying the Joker's story to Quinzel are based on his past from The Killing Joke (specifically, his status as a failed stand-up comedian and his brief heist as the Red Hood that led to his first encounter with Batman and his disfiguration). Just prior to the patient interview, Joker asked Quinzel "Tell me something, dear have *you* ever had a really bad day?", alluding to Joker's belief that it only takes one bad day to be driven insane in the comic. It also showed a flashback to a comedy club as well as him robbing the Ace Chemicals after being strongarmed by some criminals, alluding to the flashbacks from the same comic. In addition, his killing an amusement park owner to gain control of it via a handshake in the comic was also referenced in the same game, when he explains how he managed to get the equipment and set it up inside the Gotham Royal Hotel. The poem on the roof of the Gotham Royal Hotel also referenced The Killing Joke. Joker's voice actor for this game, Troy Baker, also recited his "madness being the emergency exit" monologue made by the Joker, in his Joker voice, from The Killing Joke at Comic-Con when he was announced to be the voice of the Joker for Arkham Origins. In addition, the achievement for beating Joker, "Maybe Sooner, Maybe Later", refers to what Batman said to Joker, or rather, a body double of the latter, when discussing the bleak future that their current feud will lead to, specifically one killing the other, during his visit to the Joker in the beginning of The Killing Joke.
In Batman: Arkham Knight, there was a fear toxin-induced hallucination/flashback referring to the events of Barbara Gordon's paralysis at the hands of The Joker from the comic, with Joker himself also casually alluding to his showing photographs to her dad. Also like in the comic book, the flashback had Barbara Gordon opening the door thinking it was her friend Colleen. The DLC story "Batgirl: A Matter of Family" also indirectly alludes to his taking over of an amusement park and drawing out Commissioner Gordon for his own agenda from the comic, in this case, to force Batgirl and Robin into operating without Batman playing any role in it, also killing its owner beforehand. It is also implied that he did something similar to the comic after crippling her. His Jokermobile's ultimate attack during a hallucination near the ending, a missile salvo that wipes out everyone in the vicinity, is named after the comic.
The issue of Darkwing Duck "Toy With Me"'s cover, depicting Quackerjack using a camera with a worried Darkwing Duck on the camera lens, was taken directly from the cover for The Killing Joke.
Elements of Joker's character (specifically, his facial expression when asking why Batman not only doesn't see the funny side of everything being a joke, but why he's not laughing at all) have been reused in various other comic stories featuring him. In particular, in Trivia
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A concerned Batman visits Arkham Asylum and goes to Joker's cell. The Joker is sitting alone in his cell, playing with a deck of cards as Batman sits at the opposite end of the table. The Dark Knight tells Joker that the constant madness of their lives must end, or otherwise one of them will surely die at the hands of the other. Joker doesn't move and keeps playing with the cards, and Batman grabs the clown's arm, infuriated. Batman notices that he has white stains on his hands and grabs the man in front of him, who is just a man dressed and wearing make-up to look like the Joker. Batman questions the man about the location of the Joker, who has escaped Arkham and is on the loose.
Joker is looking to buy an abandoned amusement park and after he checks the whole place, he kills the owner and claims the park as his own. However, Joker is lost in thoughts and he starts remembering memories from a past life.
The man who would become the Joker is an unnamed lab assistant who quits his job at a chemical company to become a stand-up comedian, only to fail miserably. Desperate to support his pregnant wife, he agrees to guide two criminals into the plant for a robbery. During the planning, the police come and inform him that his wife has died in a household accident involving an electric baby bottle heater. Grief-stricken, the comedian tries to withdraw from the plan, but the criminals strong-arm him into keeping his commitment to them.
At the plant, the criminals make him don a special mask to become the infamous Red Hood. Unbeknownst to the man, this disguise is simply the criminals' scheme to implicate any accomplice as the mastermind to divert attention from themselves.
Once inside, they almost immediately blunder into security personnel, and a violent shootout and chase ensues. The criminals are gunned down, and the comedian finds himself confronted by Batman, who is investigating the disturbance.
Panicked, the man deliberately jumps into the chemical plant's toxic waste catch-basin vat to escape Batman, and is swept through a pipe leading to the outside. Once outside, he discovers to his horror that the chemicals have permanently bleached his skin chalk white, stained his lips ruby red, and dyed his hair bright green. This turn of events, compounding the man's misfortunes of that one day, drives him completely insane and results in the birth of the Joker.
The Shooting of Barbara
Joker makes his move and he knocks on the door of Commissioner Gordon. Barbara opens the door and is shocked at the sight of the Joker, dressed in a tourist outfit and pointing a gun at her. Joker shoots Barbara in the spine and his henchmen enter the house and knock Commissioner Gordon out, while Joker starts undressing the wounded Barbara and takes out a camera.
Barbara is taken to a hospital and the doctors tell Harvey Bullock that the damage caused by the bullet would make her unable to use her legs ever again. Batman visits Barbara and when she recovers, she begs Batman to save her father from whatever the Joker has planned.
Joker takes Gordon and imprisons him in a run-down amusement park. His deformed henchmen then strip Gordon naked and cage him in the park's freak show. He chains Gordon to one of the park's rides and cruelly forces him to view giant pictures of his wounded daughter in various states of undress. Once Gordon completes the maddening gauntlet, the Joker ridicules him as an example of "the average man," a naive weakling doomed to insanity.
Batman searches all over the city for Joker with no good results. Suddenly, the Bat-Signal beacons in the night and Harvey Bullock gives Batman two tickets to the abandoned amusement park. As Batman arrives to save Gordon, the Joker retreats into the funhouse. Gordon's sanity is intact despite the ordeal, and he insists that Batman capture the Joker "by the book" in order to "show him that our way works". Batman enters the funhouse and faces the Joker's traps, while the Joker tries to persuade his old foe that the world is inherently insane and thus not worth fighting for. Eventually, Batman tracks down the Joker and subdues him.
Batman then attempts to reach out to him to give up crime and put a stop to their years-long war. The Joker declines, however, ruefully saying "It's too late for that. far too late". He then tells Batman a joke, which reflects their current situation and is funny enough to make the normally stone-faced Batman laugh. While they are laughing, Batman reaches across to Joker. They stop laughing abruptly while the sirens of the police cars keep getting louder as they approach the two men. In the end, all noise ceases and only the rain keeps pouring down.
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«Бэтмен: Убийственная шутка» (англ. Batman: The Killing Joke ) — американский мультфильм 2016 года, основанный на одноимённом графическом романе.
Бэтмен: [Джокеру] Перед тем, как войти, я говорил с комиссаром Гордоном. Он велел мне сделать всё по закону. И что это значит? Что несмотря на все твои больные жестокие злобные игры, он вовсе не лишился рассудка. Так что обычные люди не ломаются. Возможно, всё дело в тебе.
Джокер: Ладно, чего ты ждёшь? Набей мне морду и получи свою долю оваций. (Бэтмен бездействует.) Давай!
Бэтмен: Нет, не в этот раз. (Джокер удивляется.) Я не хочу тебя бить. Не хочу, чтобы когда-нибудь мы убили друг друга. Но у нас кончаются варианты. Возможно, сегодня всё решается. Я не знаю, что именно так искорёжило всю твою жизнь, но, возможно, мне знакомо это чувство. Мы можем сотрудничать. Я мог бы помочь тебе. Незачем быть одиноким. Мы не обязаны убивать друг друга. (Протягивает ему руку.) Позволь тебе помочь.
Джокер (встаёт сам): Прости, но нет. Нет. Для этого уже слишком поздно. (Молчат несколько секунд, затем Джокер начинает смеяться.) Ты знаешь, это забавно. Напоминает мне шутку. Были два парня, которые сидели в сумасшедшем доме. И однажды, они поняли, что им там больше не нравится. Решили сбежать. Забрались наверх, а там совсем рядом увидели соседние крыши, как мост через весь город прямо на свободу. Первый взял и перепрыгнул пролёт без проблем. Но его друг не смог. Побоялся упасть. Тогда у первого возникла идея. Он сказал: «Слушай! У меня с собой есть фонарик. Я посвечу между зданиями, и ты сможешь перейти по лучу света прямо ко мне». Но второй говорит: «Я что, по-твоему, псих?! Ты же выключишь фонарик на полдороги». (Смеётся.) Извини. (Джокер продолжает смеяться. Через несколько секунд Бэтмен тоже начинает смеяться.)
Synopsis
"The Killing Joke"
The plot revolves around a largely psychological battle between Batman and his longtime foe the Joker, who has escaped from Arkham Asylum. Batman paid a visit to Arkham Asylum, and specifically to the Joker's cell. He then tells the Clown Prince of Crime that he's been thinking of their battles, more specifically how they're most likely going to end: One of them is most likely going to kill the other, whether it be Joker killing Batman, or Batman killing Joker, that most likely it may happen either sooner or later, and wonders if Joker himself is aware of that. However, he then realizes the man in the cell is not actually the Joker due to his chalk skin smearing off when he tried to grab him, and demands to know where he is. The Joker intends to drive Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon insane to prove that the most upstanding citizen is capable of going mad after having "one bad day". As part of his plan, the Joker managed to scam the owner of a run-down amusement park into giving him control, also poisoning him in the process when shaking hands on the deal, revealing that the park was actually Joker's since an hour beforehand thanks to his minions forcing his business partner to grant Joker ownership. Along the way, the Joker has flashbacks to his early life, gradually explaining his possible origin.
The pre Joker, with his pregnant wife.
The man who will become the Joker is an unnamed engineer who quit his job at a chemical company to become a stand-up comedian, only to fail miserably. Desperate to support his pregnant wife, Jeannie, he agrees to guide two criminals into the plant for a robbery. During the planning, the police inform him that his wife has died in a household accident involving an electric baby bottle heater. Grief-stricken, the engineer tries to withdraw from the plan, but the criminals strong-arm him into keeping his commitment to them.
At the plant, the criminals make him don a special mask to become the infamous Red Hood. Unknown to the engineer, this disguise is simply the criminals' scheme to implicate any accomplice as the mastermind to divert attention from themselves. Once inside, they almost immediately blunder into security personnel, and a violent shootout and a chase ensues. The criminals are gunned down and the engineer finds himself confronted by Batman, who is investigating the disturbance.
Bolland's iconic image of the Joker.
Panicked, the engineer deliberately jumps into the chemical plant's chemical waste catch-basin vat to escape Batman and is swept through a pipe leading to the outside. Once outside, he discovers, to his horror, that the chemicals have permanently bleached his skin chalk white, stained his lips ruby red and dyed his hair bright green. This turn of events, compounding the man's misfortunes of that one day, drives him completely insane, causing him to break out into hysterical laughter, and results in the birth of the Joker.
In the present day, the Joker kidnaps Gordon, shoots and paralyzes his daughter Barbara, and imprisons him in a run-down amusement park. His henchmen then strip Gordon naked and cage him in the park's freak show. He chains Gordon to one of the park's rides and cruelly forces him to view giant pictures of his wounded daughter in various states of undress. Once Gordon completes the maddening gauntlet, the Joker ridicules him as an example of "the average man", a naïve weakling doomed to insanity.
Barbara in the hospital
1988 version of the scene where Joker reveals his pessimistic views on the world.
2008 version of the scene where Joker reveals his pessimistic views on the world.
Batman arrives to save Gordon, and the Joker retreats into the funhouse. Gordon's sanity is intact despite the ordeal and he insists that Batman capture the Joker "by the book" in order to "show him that our way works." Batman enters the funhouse and faces the Joker's traps while the Joker tries to persuade his old foe that the world is inherently insane and thus not worth fighting for, also claiming that Batman must have suffered from a bad day himself and gone insane as well, mostly because of his attire (with Joker being far more correct in his assumption than even he realized). He then commented that, while he doesn't remember exactly how his bad day went due to his memories changing every time, he knows he went crazy as a result, especially after knowing how the world was a black awful joke. He then ranted as to why Batman won't acknowledge he's gone crazy, especially when he's pretty sure the Caped Crusader was smart enough to see things from his eyes, pointing out how the Cold War frequently came close to escalating to World War III due to a flock of geese appearing on a computer screen, or how the second World War was allegedly caused by Germany entering an argument over the amount of telegraph poles they owed the Allies when undergoing reparations shortly after the first World War, and then denouncing everything everyone has strived to fight for as being a "monstrous, demented gag" before demanding to know why Batman not only doesn't see the funny side, but why he isn't even laughing at all. Eventually, Batman tracks down the Joker and, after explaining that the reason he isn't laughing at all, nor seeing it as a funny side is because he's heard the joke before, and it wasn't funny the first time around, subdues him. Batman then attempts to reach out to him to give up crime and put a stop to their years-long war; otherwise, the two will be eternally locked on a course that will one day result in a fight to the death between them. The Joker declines, however, ruefully saying "It's too late for that. far too late." He then tells Batman a joke that was started earlier in the comic:
The joke is funny enough to make the normally stone-faced Batman laugh. They continue to laugh as the police approach. Batman then grabs the Joker and the story ends, leaving it up to the reader to determine the Joker's fate.
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I'm not exactly sure what it was. Sometimes I remember it one way, sometimes another. If I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice! Ha Ha Ha! — The JokerBatman: The Killing Joke is a one-shot with a cover date of July, 1988. It was published on May 29, 1988.
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