Dective Comics 672: Joker's Directorial Debut Part 2

[ozaline]

As Az-Bats patrols the city looking for clues to the Joker's plot he finds Robin plummeting to his death!












Joker renegotiates his contract with the studio exec, at gunpoint, asking for another 5 million.



He offers two million dollars out of the budget to the thug who can actually kill Batman.

Az-Bats enters Joker's studio... and though he is not a movie fan, a waste of time, he knows enough to know that the Joker is throwing every cliche he can at him.





He starts to fight off the vaudville Jokers, but the pie was drugged (which somehow got to him through his mask), and he is knocked out.

Comments

[alicemacher]

I can't decide what my favourite bits are... the movie poster, the rubber crocodiles, or the Joker konking people on the head with clipboards and storyboards.

[lucean]

I always had a really soft spot for Chuck Dixon' Joker and I have never felt he has gotten enough credit for building up Joker as he was one of the instrumental forces in making Joker a major psychological threat.

And I utterly love this, for me the best part is the movie poster all the way.

[crinos]

Its weird seeing Joker frown so often.

Its actually nice seeing Joker being portrayed this way, as opposed to just being shown as a murderous psycho. Joker is a madman to be sure, but he's also first and foremost a performer. Whether he's portrayed as comedic or serious, he's always been an actor, and a method actor at that. So when the scene calls on him being an ill tempered and domineering director, he does just that, while still remaining recognizably Joker.

[reveen]

Actually, I think it's genuine. Joker, despite being the Joker, takes being the clown prince of crime as a serious art form. So when things don't got his way to let him produce his vision he gets frustrated.

[tigerkaya]

Oh how I missed this Joker that could make me laugh. After reading this I would love to see a team up between Mystery and Joker.