{"id":255992,"date":"2023-10-22T07:48:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T11:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=311374"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:54:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:54:02","slug":"dc-retakes-one-of-its-strangest-ideas-batman-against-three-different-joker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/dc-retakes-one-of-its-strangest-ideas-batman-against-three-different-joker\/","title":{"rendered":"DC revives one of its strangest ideas: Batman against three different Jokers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;ve only seen the <strong>Batman <\/strong>movies, you&#8217;re probably wondering what on earth we&#8217;re talking about. Batman against one Joker, as it&#8217;s been since Adam West did the series in the 60s, right? Well&#8230; not exactly. We have to go back to 2020 <strong>when Geoff Johns planted a seed in DC that no one had picked up until now<\/strong>: What if it turns out that the Joker, actually&#8230; is three different people?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/81897844-96d2-11e6-9963-00163ec9f5fa\/2357603573\/dc-universe-online-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\"><\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dc-universe-online.en.softonic.com\/?ex=RAMP-1462.1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dc-universe-online.en.softonic.com\/?ex=RAMP-1462.1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The joker bad luck<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Three <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/taylor-swift-joker-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jokers<\/a><\/strong>: 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: <strong>the killer of Bruce Wayne&#8217;s parents died in a hospital bed, <\/strong>the Joker&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following years, doubts persisted about the continuity of this crazy idea, despite the writer&#8217;s insistence that it was canon in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/spiderman-wants-to-kill-mary-jane-how-have-we-come-to-this\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">comics <\/a><\/strong>and had nothing to do with parallel realities or alternate worlds. Now, instead of letting the story be forgotten like many others, <strong>DC has decided to double down on their efforts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/joker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-311375\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was in issue 125 of &#8216;Batman,&#8217; which marked the beginning of Chip Zdarsky as the series&#8217; writer, where the return of this wild idea was hinted at: <strong>in a dream, the trio of Jokers is waiting for him, alive and well, <\/strong>confirming that the original story did indeed happen. However, there are not just three Jokers; at least two more have appeared in the series &#8216;The Man Who Laughed&#8217; and &#8216;Harley Quinn.&#8217; Instead of sweeping their failed storylines under the rug, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/yesteryear-superman-had-a-pet-monkey-the-little-superheroic-story-of-beppo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DC <\/a><\/strong>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!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/81897844-96d2-11e6-9963-00163ec9f5fa\/2357603573\/dc-universe-online-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\"><\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dc-universe-online.en.softonic.com\/?ex=RAMP-1462.1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dc-universe-online.en.softonic.com\/?ex=RAMP-1462.1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC, instead of leaving the story forgotten like so many others, has decided to redouble its efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":255993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[5620,1690,1920],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-255992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiondc-universe-online","tag-batman","tag-joker"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317040,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255992\/revisions\/317040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255992"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=255992"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=255992"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=255992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}