Alias: Unknown
Debut: Batman #1 (1940)
Affiliation: Villain
Whether you take the campy version from the Golden Age or the modern, I-Cut-Off-My-Own-Face-And-Wore-It-As-A-Mask iteration, Joker is one of the best and scariest comic book supervillains ever created. There is, in fact, no other comic book supervillain that matches him when it comes to the level of depravity of some of his crimes. Joker is an absolute genius and as much as he scares the sh*it out of us, we also love him for what he is – and he is completely unique. The darkness behind his personality, the depth of his madness, and the genius of his twisted mind make Joker so dangerous, and if you add to that the fact that we know practically nothing about his past except that the guy who became the Joker had “one bad day”, you get a character that every author would want to use in their stories. Joker just offers us so much, both horrible and brilliant, and that is why we commence our top five with him.
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