One Perfect Moment - The Joker meets his match!

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This perfect moment is from Impulse #50

Bart is on the hunt for practical jokes he can use on Superboy and Robin. The warehouse for mail order joke company is in Gotham, so he pops along to see what he can find, but discovers that the Joker has taken the place over and Batman is lurking outside in an uneasy standoff.

The whole story is a classic, but I've always loved this little exchange. Through a series of events, the Joker has manoeuvred Impulse into running around doing all sorts of silly things just for giggles (You can see the results in the first few panels), until even the Joker realises he might have finally met his match;





Say what you like, the kid's right! :D

Comments

[runespoor7.insanejournal.com]

The warehouse for mail order joke company is in Gotham

...Who owns the shares for that company?

I can't be the only one cackling as I imagine Bats outside waiting.

[crinosg.insanejournal.com]

It took me a minute to get that last joke.

[taggerung301.insanejournal.com]

I love how sinister Joker looks here compared with Bart's clueless expression (:

[besamim.insanejournal.com]

Check out the first scan, second panel. Did the Joker make Impulse steal Elvis's tomb?


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That has to be one of the worst things he's ever done. Almost as bad as stealing that report card.

[lipsofpoison.insanejournal.com]

Oh Bart. Never stop being awesome.

[sistermagpie.insanejournal.com]

Touche, Bart. Touche.

[retro_nouveau.insanejournal.com]

I'm also amused that Joker's poetry is happy faces and squiggly lines.

I will never again pass this place without thinking of the Joker:

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

I think his meeting with Riddler was much more epic.

Impulse: I thought you were a hero. Getting justice and all that stuff. But didn't you not have a face?
Riddler: ...That's the Question.

[xlineartx.insanejournal.com]

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaart!

I miss this Bart. So much. So so much.

Why, Geoff Johns. Why did you have to ruin him so.

[liarashadowsong.insanejournal.com]

Have I mentioned lately how much I love Impulse? *glomps*

[dreamreaver.insanejournal.com]

I love this issue so much :3

I miss EVS's cartoony style too :(

[litrix.insanejournal.com]

Wow. And to think I'd almost forgotten how utterly awesome Impulse was.

I miss the dude. :P

[nezchan.insanejournal.com]

"Ut"? Somebody has been reading his Flaming Carrot.

[(Anonymous)]

Um... Am I the only one who does get that last joke? And can someone explain it to me, I'm slow.