Batman writer Snyder promises to tell Joker’s true origin
Think you know the Joker? Think again.
Batman superscribe Scott Snyder has been planting seeds in this latest story arc, Endgame, that will pay off with the true origin of the Clown Prince of Crime.
Snyder said in a recent interview at CBR that Joker “has positioned himself as a stranger to Batman.”
“Now, he’s this stranger that knows Bruce very well, and knows his weaknesses,” he added. “I don’t think there is anything scarier than somebody coming after you that knows what you are most afraid of, and is happy to bring that to your doorstep.”
Snyder has stepped up his game for this story arc, as he promises this is the last time he’ll write a story involving Batman’s greatest foe.
“Death of the Family was the first part of a story, and I intended to do something with The Joker that was more of a tragedy in the second part,” Snyder said. “But when I started working on this one, which basically started when I was finishing the first one, I quickly realized that this one was going to be the one when nothing is left on the table. Everything that Joker didn’t do or said he wouldn’t do — and I don’t mean not kill people — but everything and anything is possible.
“The consequences of this one change everything,” Snyder said. “In “Death of a Family,” he gave Batman a chance. In this one, there are no chances. This one is about tearing everything down, for The Joker. And a lot of it does get torn down, and what comes out on the other side and what it leads to, the transformative aspects to the story, is very, very big.”
Snyder’s Joker tale ties in with the character’s 75th anniversary, a milestone that comes a year after the 75th anniversary of the Dark Knight a year earlier.
Not bad for a character who wasn’t originally supposed to survive his debut appearance, is it? The Joker was supposed to die at the end of Batman #1, but editor Whitney Ellsworth was such a fan of the character that he convinced Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger and Bob Kane to spare him.
The rest, as they say, is history.
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