What took so long? Gotham City is currently in the middle of a Joker War event. Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix raked in cash just last year.

It is an inarguable fact that people want to consume stories about the Joker. We can only hope that those stories are good.

After all, this is a superhero comic about a murderous clown and a man who dresses up like a bat. But that directness can become ponderous.

Three Jokers is trying to be something that anyone can pick up off a shelf and read, which means it needs establish the different relationships — and traumas — that Batman, Batgirl, and Jason Todd have with the Joker.

Johns and Fabok do it in a drawn-out 15 pages that also includes the death of the Waynes. In presenting a history of the Joker in a single story, John and Fabok do a much more graceful job, digging deep into well of conceptual and artistic modes from 80 years of comics though they do pull up a bewilderingly grim modern interpretation of one reference that is happily discarded almost immediately.

Meanwhile, outside of Blackgate, Jason promises to Barbara he will never do what he did with the Clown again, because of her.

The three head to the condemed Monarch Theater, as inside the pack of letters Batman found one clearly inserted there by the Joker: inside a ticket for the Mask of Zorro, a clear reference to the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne.

As they enter, a video about the confession of why Chill murdered the Waynes starts being projected on the screen where he mentioned that he had no idea that the people he shot were Thomas and Martha Wayne.

As both Barbara and Jason are occupied with several Jokerized goons, Batman faces the Criminal alone: in the end, says the Criminal, he will face the Bat together with Joe Chill, on the scene of Batman's original tragedy.

He also tells Batman he thought about turning one between Jason and Barbara in the new, perfect Joker. But they lack the characteristics needed to be the ultimate version of the Dark Knight's nemesis.

So he picked the killer Joe Chill. And that's because Chill matters more to Batman than the Joker himself: they can do anything to him, but they will never surpass the pain Chill caused him when he murdered his parents.

So turning Joe into the Joker would make him the one that matters. As Batgirl and Red Hood fend off the attacks of the Comedian , Batman saves Chill from falling into a chemical bath that would have turned him into another Joker, also kicking the Criminal out of the theater.

Once again demonstrating his morale, Batman saves Chill another time from certain death, surprising the criminal: Joe knows who Batman is, and thinks that it would be right if he wanted to take his life.

As the Criminal reappears ready to blow off the explosives attached to himself, the Comedian shoots him in the head.

And there was only one, exclaims the madman. What he wants now is some rest from this crazy, fun ride and so he asks Batman to take him in.

Batman rode with the Comedian the real Joker , riding him to Arkham, while he told Jason to get back home with the Batmobile. Jason once again approaches Barbara, telling her that he would like to be more than friends, but Batgirl says that Jason interprets what happened between them differently than her, and keeps her distance.

Barbara, addressing him as dad showing the fact Gordon clearly knows her identity tells him that what people she hangs out with is none of his business.

Meanwhile, the Batman and the only remaining Joker are inside the transport to Arkham. But that this does not matter: Joker will never reveal their secret identity because if he does, Batman might end his career.

Bruce Wayne might stop being the Dark Knight which that would ruin all the fun. Batman is tired, and asks him what does he truly want.

The Joker answers him, telling he does not want what the other two desired. The Clown just wanted to see people suffer, laughing at them which Joker finds boring.

Joker thought the Criminal was an old delusional man because the idea of creating a perfect Joker with an identity is dumb because the Joker is the personification of mystery and chaos.

Batman wants the joke to end, so he asks for the punchline. But Joker tells him there's no joke this time around: the other two did not understand who he is.

He's chaos, he's the devil, he's nothing and everything for Batman. He convinced them that Joe Chill would be the perfect Joker, because he understood he would never be able to commit a crime more tragic than what Chill did to Bruce.

So he manipulated everyone, and obtained what he wanted: the Batman saved Joe Chill's life, and than forgave the poor old man as Bruce Wayne.

So now, the Joker can be his worst pain until they both die together. Meanwhile, Barbara Gordon is in the gym, trying to keep her mind away from bad memories.

Jason wrote a letter for Barbara and taped it to her door. Inside the letter, he confesses to Barbara he always loved her and that he's ready to even abandon the Red Hood identity for good even if it means having a chance at staying with her.

But Barbara will never read that letter: as it falls, the janitor collects it with his broom and the message disappears. In the aftermath, Bruce visits Chill just before he dies giving him comfort and forgiveness.

He then travels to Alaska and comes back to Gotham. Batman reveals to Alfred that he knew the Joker's true name all along, discovering one week after their first encounter.

But his name is not important because revealing it would lead him to Joker's secret family. It is revealed that Joker's pregnant wife was actually not killed, but taken to a secret place in Alaska and had a son.

Batman explains that the Joker's true name must never be known because if the world knows that Joker had a secret family, it would be nationwide news and Joker will kill them.

It is highly debated if this storyline is canon to the main DC Universe or not. Geoff Johns , the writer of the book, stated at DC FanDome in September of that he felt the story was "in continuity".

He also debunked a theory that stated the three Jokers were from different realities. However, Jason Fabok , the artist of the series, has continued to assert that the canonicity of the series was up to fan interpretation, seeming to prefer that the story was non-canon.

He was quoted on Twitter saying: "All my favorite stories are out of continuity so that appeals to me more. The series overall received positive reviews from critics.

Many critics praised the art, pacing, and characters as well as the resolution between Batman and Joe Chill.

However, many critics found the revelation of the Three Jokers identities underwhelming as well as the underdeveloped romance of Jason Todd and Barbara Gordon , but also praised the execution of Joker's "true" name.

According to the Review aggregator , Comic Book roundup gave the entire series 8. According to Comic Book Roundup, Issue 1 received an average score of 8.

According to Comic Book Roundup, Issue 2 received an average score of 8. According to Comic Book Roundup, Issue 3 received an average score of 8. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Because he has an even deeper, more important, secret to protect. In the final scene of Batman: Three Jokers , Bruce Wayne travels to Alaska to check in on the secret he's protecting: Joker's wife and son, whose location Bruce has known for all these years while checking in and keeping them safe from both The Joker and the dark stain of his legacy.

Instead of The Comedian's pregnant wife dying in that electrical fire as Moore told it , she was helped by the police to escape from her increasingly insane and criminal husband.

It is apparent that the continuity-scrambling events of Flashpoint and return of multiple universes in Multiversity are playing havoc with current stories, but it is unclear whether these are related to the multiple Jokers in existence now.

The big announcement at San Diego Comic-Con has shone more light on this mystery than everything in the past three years. He is shown wearing both the same trench coat from that story and still wielding a crowbar, the same weapon he used to beat Jason Todd before exploding his body.

This iteration of the character was particularly flamboyant, playing off even his most dangerous outings and roles as a gag.

Another Joker appears to be connected to the famous Batman story The Killing Joke where he paralyzed Barbara Gordon and tortured both her and her father.

He can be seen on the cover wearing the same purple coat and suit following his initial outing in a Hawaiian shirt something else Johns said would be referenced.

This version of the character is one of the darkest seen to date and managed to push Batman to the brink of insanity as well.

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