The Joker #4

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Comments

[ozaline]

Does Dinah not have the Canary Cry at this point? I'm wondering why she didn't just scream him when she was ungagged. Still fun story

[crinos]

Not sure about the timeline, but it could have been Dinah was holding back since she was at the top of a bridge and with Ollie at close range, a scream at that range at that height could have put them all in the drink.

Plus the first thing Joker did when Dinah got ungagged was gas her.

[ozaline]

I was thinking more in the car but yeah might not have wanted it to go out of control.

[lego_joker]

Maggin is justly celebrated as a Superman writer (his Lex Luthor is a pretty strong contender for Greatest of All-Time on Last Son of Krypton alone), but this was his first time writing Joker and... let's just say there's room for improvement.

Fortunately, said improvement is in a mere three issues. As far as I'm concerned that's still the gold standard for all Joker-Lex interactions.

[ozaline]

Best part of Last Son of Krypton is when Lex mind hacks the babelfish to make the aliens insult themselves.


"Non-Sequitur is an Earthling not an Earthling!"

I prefer corrupt buisnesman Lex but as mad scientist Lexes go that is top tier.

[fourds]

So...this was what, 2 years after Gwen Stacy, and we've got a laughing, green (in parts) villain threatening to throw the hero's girlfriend off a bridge?

[ozaline]

Green and purple and the girlfriend is caught with a swinging rope, and also the hero is from the big "serious issues," comic of the day. I feel it was intentional.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Finished, and with a panel (or room for one) to spare!