#the joker: the man who stopped laughing

[jooheons]

Jason Todd in The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing

[comicsiswild]

The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing (2022) #7

[disniq]

THIS outfit *and* the white streak peeking out? Carmine Di Giandomenico (artist) and Arif Prianto (colorist) I owe you my life

Look how visually effective this is, I LOVE it

from The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #2

[gffa]

THIS IS THE TEAM-UP I DESERVE.

[two-ndborne]

jason todd in issue #4 of the joker: the man who stopped laughing.

[superherocaps]

The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing by Haining

[jokerous]

The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing (2023) Variant Cover Art by Lee Bermejo

[fortanuvasyama]

anyways inb4 dc does some dramatic reveal to the *~horror~* of the rest of the bats

we dont see Jason's face in most of the issue

because we're not supposed to remember that Jason is now constantly smiling and unable to stop

idk if the artist decided the audience wouldn't like it or what, but Jason being constantly in shadow is sooo obvious lmao

[clownprince]

GUYS GUYSGUYS OH MY GOD. OHMMYGOD I JUST FIGURED SOMETHING OUT

so after joker gets hit by a train solomon gives him this mysterious green liquid. i've been wondering what it was, my first though was maybe there was an undiscovered lazarus pit in the sewers or something like that. but i was rereading task force z and

it's lazarus resin!!!

maybe grundy grabbed a vial when he tackled bloom? but either way that is definitely the same type of vial and the color is similar (not identical but that's likely bc different artists/colorists!)

my running assumption has been that this line was metaphorical but it's not! it's literal!!! joker DID die when he got hit by the train but grundy brought him back with a vial of lazarus resin!

and i've been making mental connections between tfz and tmwsl the entire time but it was kinda theoretical (and still is!) but the lazarus resin thing makes my theories more plausible for sure imo

so in tfz there are clones, amelia, delia, and celia. the powers company has cloning tech. and they also have memory replacement tech!!! that's what they did with the fake bane! they tampered with his memories. the thinker says that he has cognitive profiles of metahumans but in issue 12 bloom manages to resurrect a dead corpse with the powers company resources and make it think that it's jason todd/red hood, who is definitely not a meta, so evidently they have tech to do the same for non-metas

so my theories are that either:

1. they cloned joker and implanted memories in the clone. this could maybe connect to the network plot in the joker (2021)

2. they found a very fresh corpse with a striking resemblance to joker, and then maybe gave him a nice acid bath and implanted the memories (or they found a way to do this with living people)

i think it's highly likely at this point that sewer rat undead!joker is the real joker, especially after knight terrors. so now the question is: if i'm right about this, who's behind the other (LA) joker? harvey? did bloom somehow survive? geri powers? maybe even waller? and what are they up to? is LA joker an escaped experiment or does whoever's controlling him have an agenda?

[laufire]

if it wasn't for joker's annoying plot armour I think I'd actually enjoy their dynamic in this run lmfao.

the joker: the man who stopped laughing #10

[ufonaut]

See? We have so much in common. “Live, rail, laugh nude” is my motto too.

The Joker in the backup for The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing (2022) #4

(Matthew Rosenberg, Francesco Francavilla)

[cephalog0d]

Jason's really pulling overtime on the "Saving Gotham" front lately.

[comicsiswild]

The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing (2022) #5

[disniq]

Also appreciate these panels are back to back, because they feature my two favourite Jasons; Baby! and Threatening Void.

[psychicbluebirdmiracle]

I love how hes just feeding pigeons that just feels so in character for him honestly

[big-gay-apocalypse]

coffee pals

// The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing (2022) #5