We saw something similar with Doomsday Clock (opens in new tab) (though combining Watchmen with a DC Universe that is constantly in flux seems like the ultimate thankless task).Īnother warning for those trying to avoid spoilers. Because of his reputation, he's made himself into something of a continuity bully - cheapening future stories with a hollow comprehension and appreciation of past ones. He does little more than paint past stories in extremely broad strokes, turning other creators' work into somewhere else to mark his territory.
He doesn't have anything incisive to say about the eternal dynamic of good and evil that Batman and the Joker represent. He doesn't have anything insightful to say about the nature of trauma and its effects on these characters. Unfortunately, Johns never delivers on the promise of the Three Jokers title or the potential he sets up with Barbara and Jason. But the rest of the Bat-family is not doomed to that same fate so there's space for writers to tell us something significant about them. And most Batman/Joker stories come to that conclusion. They are destined to do this dance forever. While you can put them in different sorts of situations, their dynamic remains the same and they don't tend toward any meaningful growth. Batman and Joker are arguably some of the most static characters in history. And on some level, I think the setup here is interesting. (Too bad this isn't a Two-Face story, huh?) Jason's penchant for violence grew after being killed and resurrected while Barbara never let her injury define her and eventually she recovered. Johns positions them as two sides of the same coin.
The first two issues of this limited series force Jason Todd and Barbara Gordon to trauma-bond over their history with the Clown Prince of Crime.
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