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DC has had so little confidence in the Aquaman movie… that they haven’t even released a comic at the same time

If you leave the second part of ‘Aquaman’ wanting to buy a comic of the character currently being published, you will go home empty-handed.

One day, in the future, we will look back at these last fifteen years of absolute superhero madness and say “But how was it possible?”. And it’s because the flood of releases has caused the quality of them to significantly and depressingly decrease. As evidence, ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom‘, which will barely make back its cost and, despite everything, considering what happened with ‘The Marvels’, it can be considered a relative success. It’s more than what DC expected, apparently.

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Comics? Can you eat that?

And it’s something easy to check: right now, in these moments, if you leave the second part of ‘Aquaman’ wanting to buy a comic book of the character that is currently being published, you will go home empty-handed. DC, in its comic book aspect, has decided not to support the premiere in a quite rude and strange way.

For example, the series ‘Aquamen’, which had all the numbers to continue, was left as a miniseries, and the relaunch of the main comics, which was planned as part of Dawn of DC, was canceled. Why? Is there a reason to let Aquaman die after 82 years of publication? Did they really think that James Wan’s movie was going to harm sales? Because if so, and considering that even ‘Blue Beetle‘ was supported from the comic marketing, it is something to consider.

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The character has always been stumbling in the company’s comics, with very few writers taking him seriously beyond “Haha, talking to the fishes”. But here we are. Since August 2022, Aquaman has not returned to the shelves, and only DC knows why they haven’t wanted to give him a chance with the boost from the cinema. Strange thing. Something is brewing in DC, and certainly, that can never be good.

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DC revives one of its strangest ideas: Batman against three different Jokers.

DC, instead of leaving the story forgotten like so many others, has decided to redouble its efforts.

If you’ve only seen the Batman movies, you’re probably wondering what on earth we’re talking about. Batman against one Joker, as it’s been since Adam West did the series in the 60s, right? Well… not exactly. We have to go back to 2020 when Geoff Johns planted a seed in DC that no one had picked up until now: What if it turns out that the Joker, actually… is three different people?

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The joker bad luck

Three Jokers: the Criminal, in the early days of the character, much more serious and methodical than the others; the Clown, who came up with very strange plans in the DC comics of the 50s and 60s; and the Trickster, the most current and malicious, apparently the original Joker. The original story had much more to it, of course: the killer of Bruce Wayne’s parents died in a hospital bed, the Joker’s wife was pregnant in a witness protection program, and the Jokers kill each other until only the Trickster is left alive. Quite a story.

In the following years, doubts persisted about the continuity of this crazy idea, despite the writer’s insistence that it was canon in the comics and had nothing to do with parallel realities or alternate worlds. Now, instead of letting the story be forgotten like many others, DC has decided to double down on their efforts.

It was in issue 125 of ‘Batman,’ which marked the beginning of Chip Zdarsky as the series’ writer, where the return of this wild idea was hinted at: in a dream, the trio of Jokers is waiting for him, alive and well, confirming that the original story did indeed happen. However, there are not just three Jokers; at least two more have appeared in the series ‘The Man Who Laughed’ and ‘Harley Quinn.’ Instead of sweeping their failed storylines under the rug, DC has decided to step on the gas and see where it takes us. We recently saw a battle involving 13 Joker clones, so everything is yet to be decided. Let the bat-madness begin!

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