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Warning ! Spoilers ahead for Batman # 143!Yet another line has been added to the closed book behind the DC Universe ’s threeJokers . What start out as a tantalizing revelation about the Clown Prince of Crime has become a confusing font with numerous twists and turns . But a new glance into the past has let out the mystery ’s most questionable turn yet .
InBatman # 143by Chip Zdarsky , Andrea Sorrentino , and Giuseppe Camuncoli , the " Joker : Year One " storylinecontinues as Joker contemplates working with Dr. Daniel Captio , the man who once trained Batman . Captio teaches Joker how to master his judgement to become really unstoppable .
Joker ’s final moral is on how to develop backup personalities , similarto the Batman of Zur - En - Arrh . After Captio ’s break his own backup alter ego , Kahr Em Zed , Joker manages to make three trenchant personas nestled inside one another : The impish Clown , the minacious Demon , and the disturbing Cold Death , a change that leave Captio awestruck .
The Real Three Jokers Are His Specific Personalities
The strangest mystery story that ’s ever do up in the DC Universe all begin when Batman sat in the all - knowing Mobius Chair and asked it what the Joker ’s true name is . The only information Batman received was that there were three instead of one . This plot thread was initially followed up on in the DC Black Label storyBatman : Three Jokers , which has since been push aside from official continuity . The three Jokers plot came back when it was let on that a Joker stochastic variable named Red Mask accidentally created two additional clowns by peer into the Joker ’s post - sidesplitting Jokeorigin story .
This twist is particularly interesting because it follow up on a scenery from the issue that begin " Joker : Year One " , which establish the Joker doppelgangers fighting . While the results were n’t show , only one Joker was seen afterward with parentage on his human face , implying he was the survivor . If that ’s the caseful then when the Mobius Chair discussed the three Jokers with Batman , it was n’t referring to three disjoined beings , but the three different personalities the Joker created during his time with Dr. Captio . This could mean thatthe three Jokers mystery can finally be put to bed .
Is DC Truly Done Exploring Three Jokers?
One must remember that much of " Joker : Year One " is meant to be a story from the Joker ’s point - of - view , excuse how he knew about Zur - En - Arrh . Joker studying under Captio and using his proficiency to create multiple personality would help relate the Elvis , but if anyone can be considered an unreliable teller , it ’s Joker . Plus the tarradiddle has one more chapter and anything could be revealed next . But for now , this twirl on the threeJokersmystery seems to be about as satisfying a stopping point as fans can hope for .
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Batman # 143(2024 )
