Adventures of Superman #41

[superfangirl1]

In the last issue of Adventures of Superman #40.

The Joker threaten Superman with denoting bombs all over Metropolis and Superman keeps Joker busy with talking to him and examining his motives.

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Comments

[lego_joker]

Yeah - in YJ, while they got his character rather wrong, it does kinda make sense that the actual masterminds wouldn't let him anywhere near the controls of their operation. Still, even there his presence had a hard time justifying itself - the only contributions he gave, Poison Ivy herself could've easily provided. And as for putting on a show... he seemed a little too orderly and subdued to do that effectively.

(It kinda makes me suspect that the writers just stuck him in to shut up all the fans clamoring for an appearance from him.)

The final battle in that episode was also rather hilarious, since all the other villains are pulling out flashy superpowers one after the other, and all Joker has... is a pair of knives. The whole time, I kept thinking, "If one of the other guys would just spare a second from his/her fight, or even get a stray blow in, he'd be jelly on the ground."

On Infinite Crisis, though... yes, THAT is the ideal Joker when it comes to multi-supervillain stories that take place outside of Gotham. Also a nice nod to Lex's bit of hypocrisy at the end, because if it was HIS plan, you can bet your ass that he wouldn't have invited Mistah J, either.