Sometimes it’s because Batman’s corporate owners are still allowing great things to be made starring long-running characters from the show. It is sometimes hard to believe how this monthly column-preplanned since December of last year, and focusing on a show that is 30 years old-can somehow be relevant to our current entertainment discourse. Superman: “That man won’t quit as long as he can still draw a breath. “Return to Gotham” is a monthly column looking back at the cartoon that remains a touchstone of the superhero genre and one of the most iconic portrayals of The Dark Knight.
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However when the revamped fourth season began, during the era of Joel Schumacher's movies, Joker's origin was retained but his identity was retconned as being merely one of many aliases as seen in the episode "Beware the Creeper." This reflects the efforts of the writers to put the character back in line with his conflicting multiple origins in the comics.Editor’s Note: This year, the iconic Batman: The Animated Series turns 30 years old. **The use of this origin was due to the first three seasons being heavily patterned after the success and influential tone of Tim Burton's movies. This may be why Jack only appears briefly and has no dialogue, Lastly, for his appearances, he appears in a countless amount of episodes and other things too, but some of his appearances before he became Joker includes: Doctor Bartholomew mentions his name in Dreams and Darkness, he also later appears in the episode as Joker in Batman's illusions, his name appears in his file in Joker's Wild, he appears in Batman Mask of the Phantasm and The New Batman Adventures episodes Beware the Creeper and Mad Love. It should be noted that the writers of the film were cautious of having Joker in the story since his origin was similar to what was seen in Batman (1989) and thus might draw attention away from the overall plot. Bartholomew and in "Joker's Wild" where it is written in a dossier.
His real name was previously established in the episodes "Dreams In Darkness" when it is spoken by Dr. *In Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Joker's former identity was not referred to by name. He reinvented himself as The Joker, Batman's greatest enemy and Gotham City's most dangerous costumed criminal. All this snapped his already sadistic mind and drove him to eternal insanity.
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He was washed out into the bay and discovered the chemicals bleached his skin chalk white, dyed his hair green, stained his lips red leaving them in a permanent rictus smile and dyed his suit purple.
Regardless, what followed changed his life forever. Since this event was never seen, though it was once dramatized for a news program, no one knows if Jack simply fell or was pushed by Batman as the Joker adamantly maintains. During their fight, Jack fell off a catwalk and into a drainage vat of chemicals. The night they broke into the ACE Chemical Plant would mark the first time the pre-Joker would encounter The Batman. Years later after the Valestra Mob had gone their separate ways, Napier struck out on his own and formed a small gang. He silently walked past her, grinning as she rushed inside to find her father murdered in cold blood. His daughter and Bruce's former fiancée, Andrea, returned home from grocery shopping only to see Napier emerging from the house. His target was businessman Carl Beaumont who had embezzled from them. One of his last jobs took place in Europe on the Mediterranean Coast. Twice on separate occasions, Jack saw Bruce Wayne and exchanged mean glances at one another years before they would clash as The Joker and Batman. Of Salvatore Valestra, Buzz Bronski and Chuckie Sol. He started out as a chauffeur and hitman for the mob triad Jack Napier was a criminal who became The Joker.
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