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Summary
The Jokeris one of DC ’s most chance - defying villains , surviving deadly encounters and foretell his victim ’s actions with an almost preternatural truth . With DC ’s latest retcon to his bloodline , these abilities are confirmed to be a licit powerset , with the Clown Prince of Crime solicit into the same well of special - human potential that Batman does .
InBatman#145 by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez , Batman is imprisoned in Blackgate while his sadistic Zur - En - Arrh personality uses Failsafe ’s consistence to take over Gotham . When Batman seek to break out , he is quickly subdue and brought before Blackgate ’s new warden : his former wise man , Daniel Captio , who confirms Batman ’s bad veneration about the Joker .
Captio admit totraining the Joker in the same mental techniqueshe learn Batman , on purpose pitting the two against each other so that Batman ’s unbound Zur - En - Arrh self would rise to meet against the Joker ’s own unbound part in the ultimate clash of " superhuman mind[s].“Captio corroborate in the back - up story , " Doctor ’s Orders , " by Zdarsky and Michele Bandini .
The Joker and Daniel Captio first converge inBatman#142 , which commence the three - part " Joker : Year One " story by Zdarsky , Giuseppe Camuncoli , Andrea Sorrentino , Stefano Nesi , Dave Stewart , Alejandro Sánchez , and Clayton Cowles .
Batman has been harass over the years by the enigma of who , just , the Joker is , and that question just got a horrifying new answer .
The Joker’s Strange Mind Can Be Considered an Actual Superpower
Decoding the Joker’s Twisted Genius
The Joker ’s madness is absolutely unique in the DC Universe to the distributor point whereJoker ’s mind hold out every manikin of classification . One of the honorable description of the Joker ’s alien mind-set add up in Grant Morrison , Dave McKean , and Gaspar Saladino’sArkham Asylum : A Serious House on Serious Earth;in this frequent story , an Arkham psychologist describes the Joker ’s lyssa as " some kind of superintendent - saneness … a glorious new alteration of human perception , " in an attempt to excuse his almost clairvoyant good sense of cognisance .
Batman#145 confirms the decades - old theory about the Joker ’s expanded consciousness .
Batman#145 confirm the decades - one-time possibility about the Joker ’s expanded consciousness . As get across inBatman#143 , theJoker has indeed used Daniel Captio ’s trainingto expand his consciousness to enhance levels , shifting seamlessly between three decided aspects to loose maximal death upon Gotham . Captio explicitly refers to the Joker ’s unlocked psychological potential drop as " superhuman , " confirm that theJoker ’s impossible escapes and mind - bow insight have been a superpower all along .
Batman first meets his ill - fated mentor , Daniel Captio , inBatman : The Knight#8 by Zdarsky , Carmine Di Giandomenico , Ivan Plascencia , and Pat Brosseau .
The Joker Shares a Strange and Deadly Power with Batman
The Bond Between Batman and The Joker
rend hard from the groundwork pose in 2022’sBatman : The Knight , the verification of Joker ’s " A-one - sanity " goes a long way in invest the Joker on smashing mental footing than Batman , uncover that while they have the same incredible genial ascendence , the Joker has embraced the darkest , most purified versions of his mind while Batman has continually resist such utter resignation . The Jokeris no more a mad clown than Batman is a bare man in a costume ; their impossible mind have been actual power all along .
Batman#145 is useable now from DC Comics .
BATMAN # 145 ( 2016 )
