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A lot of us preferred the old pre-The Killing Joke Joker of the 70s and most of the 80s. Unlike the version since, there was so much variety in the types of stories you could do with him. You could do dark. You could do comedy. You could do dark comedy. It was whatever the writers felt like doing, that day.
Here's a story that was published the same day as The Killing Joke. The Joker has been contracted to kill the JLI. As this is the BWAHAHA era of the Justice League, you can guess how well that's going to go.
A cold, hard look into the terror and violence of insanity. Or something.
Scott and Barda are hosting a picnic. Bruce chooses not to attend, but the rest of the League will be there.
Some have some errands to run first, though. The Joker's contact has told him Rocket Red is at a bar with someone (a disguised J'onn). The Joker arrives, only to find the place too crowded.
Blue Beetle and Booster Gold are raiding a warehouse that's a front for the criminal organization The 1000 to repo a tank. It's got something called a "whisper drive," so the bad guys won't even hear them as they drive it off. This works until Beetle accidentally fires the cannon.
Next targets: Fire & Ice.
He learns about the picnic and where it will be. So, he'll be able to get them all at once.
A lot of us preferred the old pre-The Killing Joke Joker of the 70s and most of the 80s. Unlike the version since, there was so much variety in the types of stories you could do with him. You could do dark. You could do comedy. You could do dark comedy. It was whatever the writers felt like doing, that day.
Here's a story that was published the same day as The Killing Joke. The Joker has been contracted to kill the JLI. As this is the BWAHAHA era of the Justice League, you can guess how well that's going to go.
A cold, hard look into the terror and violence of insanity. Or something.
Scott and Barda are hosting a picnic. Bruce chooses not to attend, but the rest of the League will be there.
Some have some errands to run first, though. The Joker's contact has told him Rocket Red is at a bar with someone (a disguised J'onn). The Joker arrives, only to find the place too crowded.
Blue Beetle and Booster Gold are raiding a warehouse that's a front for the criminal organization The 1000 to repo a tank. It's got something called a "whisper drive," so the bad guys won't even hear them as they drive it off. This works until Beetle accidentally fires the cannon.
Next targets: Fire & Ice.
He learns about the picnic and where it will be. So, he'll be able to get them all at once.
Tags:
- char: batman/bruce wayne,
- char: big barda/barda free,
- char: blue beetle/ted kord,
- char: booster gold/michael jon carter,
- char: fire/beatriz da costa,
- char: green lantern/warrior/guy gardner,
- char: ice/tora olafsdotter,
- char: joker,
- char: martian manhunter/j'onn j'onzz,
- char: mister miracle/scott free,
- char: rocket red 4/ dimitri pushkin,
- creator: bill willingham,
- creator: j. m. dematteis,
- creator: keith giffen,
- group: justice league international,
- publisher: dc comics,
- title: justice league international
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Date: 2015-03-02 03:03 pm (UTC)Also this is a nice one-off story. I admit my fondness of it is affected by having read it at a tender age and having strong memories of it. However, it's nice to see how it holds up as piece of comic-book storytelling.