When he first appeared in the Dark Nights: Metal comic books, he was part of a larger existential threat to the entire DC universe. Since then, we have seen his footprints in all DC titles. He was even featured directly in front of his original DC counterpart in his exclusive series.

Now, in this article, we are going to take a look at the history of the character “Batman Who Laughs” and find out his role in the DC universe.

Who is “Batman Who Laughs”?

The character “Batman Who Laughs” was introduced in 2017. in comic number one of “Dark Days: The Casting” by Scott Snyder and Greg Campolo. He is a terrifying shape of Bruce Wayne in one of the many Dark Multiverse worlds.

In Earth-22, the Joker successfully identifies Batman and kills Gordon. He also caused many children to be orphaned by the horrific attacks on Gotham. Batman then clashes with the Joker. This battle ends with the death of the Joker. When the Joker dies, the poison leaves his body and enters the body of the Dark Knight.

When this poison penetrates Bruce Wayne’s body, it distracts his mind and soul. Under the influence of this poison, Bruce finds a Joker-like temperament and has an infinite desire to kill. He brutally kills all his allies (including most of the Batman family and members of the Justice League group) before they know what has happened to him.

He even corrupts his son Damian and several of Gotham’s new orphans.

Dark Nights: Metal

In this crossover, “Batman Who Laughs ” leads the Dark Knights (other evil versions of Bruce Wayne, who have changed to look like members of the Justice League). In the Dark Multiverse, he quickly defeats the original DC Batman and Superman and takes control of Gotham City. He then uses the legendary metals of the DC world, such as Nth Metal, to build his headquarters on Mount Challengers.

In this comic, we first see the complete reign of Batman’s greatest enemies. But then batman who laughs fans are systematically defeated by their Justice League counterparts, while Batman and Superman return to DC. Bruce decides to enlist the help of the Joker. The two make peace with each other for a while to thwart the plans of this villain.

After defeating the villain, Batman takes him as a security prisoner under the supervision of the Justice League headquarters in Washington D.C.

Year of the Villain

Despite the Joker’s warnings, Lex Luthor decided to use the character “Batman Who Laughs” to carry out his evil plans. He wanted to defeat the members of the Justice League group forever. When the evil Batman finds a new opportunity for revenge, he decides to bring different injuries to Bruce and his relatives. Batman also has to take different measures to confront him. But batman who laughs corrupts Commissioner Gordon and uses poison to turn him into one of his allies. The villain’s plans do not end here. He continues to corrupt characters such as Billy Batson (Shazam) and Donna Troy with the poison of the Dark Multiverse.

“Batman Who Laughs” does not stop trying to form his Justice League group. To achieve his goals, he constantly corrupts other familiar faces and adds them to his group.

This villain shows what a terrible thing he can do if Batman breaks his moral rules in the DC world and approaches the Joker character.

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• Movie rating: PG-13 (due to high violence)
• Genre: Superhero
• Movie time: 2h 32m
• Release Date: July 18, 2008
• Studio: Legendary Pictures – Syncopy Films – DC Comics – Warner Bros.

Synopsis of The Movie Dark Knight

In the film, Bruce Wayne / Batman, Police Lt. James Gordon, and Prosecutor Harvey Dent form an alliance to crackdown on organized crime in Gotham City. But an anarchist thinker named Joker, who seeks to weaken Batman’s influence, riots the city and…

The Full Story of The Film

(Danger of spoiling and leaking the story)

Section 1:

A criminal gang robs Gotham City Bank and kills each other over money splitting, and eventually, all the money goes to the Joker (Heath Ledger). Batman (Christine Bell), Harvey Dent District Attorney (Aaron Eckhart), and Lieutenant James Gordon (Gary Oldman) form an alliance to rid Gotham City of organized crime.

Bruce Wayne believes that despite Dent as Gotham’s protector, he can retire from being Batman and start a normal life with Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal).

Sal Maroni, Gamble, and Chechnya, who are leading the criminals, hold a meeting in which Lao, a Chinese accountant who hid the criminals’ money, talks to them via video conference. The Joker enters the meeting and offers to kill Batman in exchange for half the money.

The crowd rejects the offer, and Gamble sets a prize for the Joker. The Joker finds and kills Gamble, and as a result, the leaders of the criminals decide to accept the Joker’s offer.

Section 2:

Batman arrests Lao in Hong Kong and allows Dent to arrest all the criminals. The Joker threatens to kill people unless Batman reveals his true identity and threatens to kill Police Commissioner Jillian B. Loeb (Colin McFarlane) and the judge.

The Joker tries to kill Mayor Anthony Garcia, but Gordon sacrifices himself to stop the assassination. Dent realizes that Rachel is the Joker’s next target. Bruce Wayne decides to reveal his secret identity to prevent further murders, but before he can take action, Dent announces to the Joker that he is Batman.

Gordon arrests the Joker and promotes Dent to Commissar while the Joker kidnaps Dent. Batman saves Dent from the Joker, and Batman returns to save Batman.

Section 3:

Rachel and Dent are escorted home with bodyguards, but Gordon later learns that they have never been home. Batman interrogates the Joker and the Joker tells him that he has imprisoned them in two different places with explosives and that Batman can only save one of them.

Batman goes to rescue Rachel while Gordon tries to save Dent. He enters the building but realizes that the Joker has sent him to Dent. Both buildings explode, Rachel is killed but Dent is only injured and loses half of her face.

The Joker escapes with Lao to take him instead of the money, the Joker burns his share of the money and kills Lao and Chechen.

Coleman finds out that Bruce Wayne is Batman and threatens to release the information. The Joker dislikes his intervention and threatens to destroy the hospital unless he is killed within an hour.

All the hospitals have been evacuated and Gordon is leaving to secure the race. The Joker convinces Dent to seek revenge for Rachel’s death by posing as a nurse in a hospital ward.

Section 4:

The Joker claims that the city of Gotham will be under his control until the end of the night, filling two ships with explosives: a warship and a ship carrying prisoners.

Batman, with the help of Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), finds the Joker using a sonar device that spies all over the city. Batman arrests the Joker after a fight, but before police arrive to arrest the Joker, he says Gotham citizens will lose hope when they see Dent’s real face.

Harvey Dent is trying to kill Gordon’s son, claiming that Gordon’s negligence caused Rachel to die. Gordon and Batman go to the building where Rachel was killed and find Harvey Dent trying to kill Gordon’s son. Batman eventually kills Dent and rescues Gordon’s son, but asks him to keep Dent’s heroic character.

Gordon cuts off a signal from a police-built device to communicate with Batman, Fox boosts the sonar, and Alfred (Michael Kane) burns a letter from Rachel telling Wayne he’s going to marry Harvey Dent.

Dark Knight Movie Review

The Dark Knight is a sequel to Batman Begins, which depicts Batman confronting the Joker, the most important criminal among Batman’s enemies. In this film, in addition to focusing on the Batman-Joker-Dent triangle, we find that the important point is the city of Gotham itself, a restless city that may face good or bad.

Heath Ledger plays the Joker in a fantastic way. Despite his grin drawn with lipstick, there are obviously two horrible sores in the corner of his mouth, and the cracked, layered white makeup of his face makes his tears even more apparent.

This film portrays the Joker as a superhero. He tries to lead the people of Gotham to crime; Find Batman or bear my wrath, kill others or kill yourself. He is a ruthless psychic who celebrates in times of chaos and is not afraid of pain and death.

Dark Knight Movie Sales

The Dark Knight movie was made with a budget of $185 million.

The film’s sales were $534.9 million in North America and $469.7 million in other countries, totaling $1 billion worldwide. The film had $199.7 million in sales at the opening of the weekend.

The Dark Knight is the world’s 43rd highest-grossing film, the 2008 bestseller, and the fourth highest-grossing film in history, grossing more than $1 billion.

In order to increase film sales to more than $1 billion as well as increase the chances of receiving Academy Awards, Warner Bros. re-released the film on January 23, 2009, and finally crossed the $1 billion mark in February 2009.

Dark Knight Movie Achievements

• Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger
• Oscar winner for Best Sound Editing for Richard King
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger
• Grammy Award for Best Film Music for James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer
• Ranked 3rd in IMDb top 250 movies with 9 ratings

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Batman as a human

“What if he was real?” was the premise behind this under-explored part of Batman’s past. He is, after all, a man. It looks deeply into how Bruce Wayne’s past led to the existence of the Bat and paints it more realistically as a mental health issue (acting out unresolved traumas) as opposed to the romanticized heroic story.

A mental health issue created Batman. The tale kicks off with a wounded Batman crashing into Dr. Leslie Tompkins’ office. As she pulls off the vigilante’s mask, she discovers his true identity. This leaves her with two options, reveal Bruce Wayne to be the masked vigilante who’s garnered a lot of enemies in the year he’s been active, or treat a wounded patient?

Batman and therapy

Either way, both choices would have made for an interesting story, but she opts for the latter of the two. On condition that the man behind the mask, Bruce Wayne attends nightly therapy sessions or she calls the authorities. Being a fan himself, writer Tomlin is quite aware that deeply rooted Batman’s persona is a childhood trauma that is integral to his character. It defines him.

He bravely casts a spotlight on the dark way Batman depends on the psychological damage the trauma did to Bruce Wayne to exist. It depicts a rather precarious beginning for the Dark Knight, as Bruce battles to come to terms with his past, the Batman persona spawns a murderous persona who goes after some of the Bat’s enemies, likely to frame him.

In the past, while Andrea Sorrentino and Jordie Bellaire deliver the gritty art and colorwork.

“As a lifelong Batman fan, putting my spin on Gotham City has been a dream come true,” commented Tomlin “Taking the question of ‘What if Batman was real?’ as far as narratively possible conjured incredible potential that hasn’t recently been explored in the comics. Batman: The Imposter treats Bruce Wayne and the people around him as tragically flawed and vividly real, with the obstacles Batman faces coming from a reality show that closely mirrors our own.” – Mattson Tomlin, the writer behind Batman: The Imposter.ž

Closing

Exploring the part of Batman’s past, which we know so well, is never explored from this site is he and the direction that Tomlinson, and the team, have taken. It is quite an interesting read, one that connects fans, more deeply, to the Dark Knight, as they get to know Bruce Wayne as more than just the man behind the Batman persona.

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The joker’s true identity has been a mystery since the character existed. It has come to form part of the Clown Prince of Crime’s appeal as, due to his anonymity, his obsession with The Bat also remains a puzzle. 30 years after Batman: The Killing Joke first explored the possibility of discovering the purple clad ne’er do wells true identity, Three Jokers picks up where that story arc left off. 

Johns, and Fabok teamed up once again, since Justice League’s DarkSeid War. This time, they come closer to resolving the mysteries that underpin the years-long dance between Batman and the Joker. Three Jokers, draws  Batman’s from copping a squat on the Möbius Chair, in DarkSeid War revealed about the Joker’s identity, there are three of the buggers. 

Meet The Jokers

The first book, in to three book miniseries hits the ground running, with the Jokers simultaneously running around Gotham, causing havoc. This means the team of Batman, Bad-Girl, & Red Hood (formerly, Robin) have their hands full, dealing with Joker related ghosts. The Joker’s, who now seem quite intent on making their existence known to the Bat, are three very distinct characters. 

The Comedian is a version of the Joker, who is more a prankster who has taken a liking to Batman. His main objective is to bug the Bat, till one of the dies. Nothing more

The Criminal is a more brooding Joker, he presents the image of an incredibly serious mobster, with a slightly psychotic bent. This is the Joker that masterminds an operation to create the perfect Joker. One that will really mess with the Batman’s psyche.

The Clown is an all-out nut, sadistic. The Joker character has been reinvented repeatedly throughout the life of the Batman story, but he seems to be the Joker from  Death In The Family. Violent, and twisted.

All three Jokers represent different era’s in the character’s life, with the Comedian being the original Joker from The Killing Joke, while the Criminal appears to be the brooding Joker who appears in the standalone Joker series. 

The Story 

We find our heroes still licking their wounds, after all these years, from their respective close encounters with the Joker.  Jason Todd, or Red Hood, actually bit the dust at the hands of one of the Jokers in Batman: Death In The Family. He’s out for revenge this time, so the Bat must restrain Todd, while dealing with the three Jokers, suddenly making themselves very known. 

The Jokers soon reveal their plan to create a perfect Joker, one that will keep the Bat extremely busy – or drive him mad. Their recent spate of killings – it is revealed – have been geared towards that end, all candidates have just not been good enough, up to this point. So the Jokers break into prison to kidnap someone linked to the childhood trauma that led to the existence of the Batman persona in the first place. 

The protagonists’ emotions run high as the story unfolds, bickering among themselves –  there are some heated exchanges between Red Hood and Batman – as they come to grips with the Joker’s role in their pain. There are some – long overdue – resolutions to some of these ghosts, especially on the part of the Bat, which may set the scene for a different kind of Batman, going forward. At least, one who isn’t so haunted by his past. 

The brief romance between Red Hood, and Bat-Girl – on the other hand – takes a different turn. Red Hood, however, ends up on the path towards healing from his tragedy. Expect behavioral changes on that front as well. 

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