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Warning ! Contains spoilers for The Boy Wonder # 2 !
Summary
The Jokerhas been a incubus for every Gotham citizen , but few type have had a more traumatic experience with the Clown Prince of Crime thanRed Hood . After being murdered by the Joker , it ’s natural for Red Hood to see the Joker in a terrific way , and that was read off utterly in this latest issue ofThe Boy Wonder .
Red Hood ’s nightmarish version of the Joker appears in a flashback inThe Boy Wonder#2 by Juni Ba and Chris O’Halloran . After Red Hood is on the face of it struck by a spell , he begin to hallucinate seeing the Joker , leading to a flashback ofJason Todd ’s last at the Joker ’s hands , and his vision of the Joker is sincerely terrifying .
Jason ’s vision showsthe Joker as practically a demonic being , all laughter and smile with no real expression . It ’s a pretty disturbing version of the Joker and is distinctly what Red Hood remembers , however warped , of when he was stupefy with a crowbar , get his sight to drown and leaving him with memory board of laughter and shifting twinkling of the Joker ’s grin .
The future brings a young look to Red Hood , but unfortunately , this costume highlights the worst calamity ever experienced by Jason Todd .
The Joker’s Surreal Form Is the Villain’s Perfect Poetic Representation
Red Hood Is Rightfully Terrified Of The Joker
Jason Todd was infamously beaten and killed by the Joker during the event ofBatman : last in the Familyby Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo . In this story , Jason — as Robin — was trying to determine his mother , and while he ultimately succeeded , she was work out with the Joker . Not desire to incur the Joker ’s wrath , his mother pass on Jason over to him . Unfortunately , the Joker responds by killing both of them — but not before hebrutally beats Jason with a crowbarandblows up both Jason and his female parent with a bomb . This confrontation is plainly the spoiled moment of Jason ’s life , and it ’s continued to haunt him for ten , even after his return .
Red Hood ’s return to Gotham and Batman ’s life is depicted inBatman : Under the Red Hoodby Judd Winick and Doug Mahnke , available now from DC Comics .
The Joker is a truly atrocious chassis : he stinks of death , he has pale light-green skin , he ’s far too tall and lanky , and he has vivid green haircloth with a disturbing smile plastered over his face . He kills people in horrific ways with his Joker Venom , and he often make mass death when he appears . It would n’t be out of the interrogative sentence for thousands of Gotham citizens to havenightmares about the Joker . It cause pure sense that Jason , someone who saw the Joker at first hand and was brutally wipe out by him , wouldview the Joker as something far scarier than just a human .
The Joker Is Jason Todd’s Biggest Nightmare
Jason Is Still Haunted by His Death at the Joker’s Hands
One of the hardest things Jason has had to do is get over his fear of the Joker , and he ’s mostly managed that by channeling it into ire . Instead of fearing the Joker , Jason wants nothing more than retaliation and to obliterate the Joker for what he did . But that rage is still move by fear . While under the influence of fear toxin or this new baddie ’s magic , it ’s the Joker that Jason always sees : not as the man that he is , but as the terrific teras he was leave alone with as a small fry . That ’s why this interpretation ofthe Jokeris so terrific — not because he ’s scary to bet at , but because he ’s exactly whatRed Hoodremembers .
The Boy Wonder#2is available now from DC Comics !
THE BOY WONDER # 2 ( 2024 )
The Joker is a psychopathic criminal mastermind with a warped sense of humor . Initially introduce as a remorseless serial killer , the case evolved over time , often oscillating between a prankster and a homicidal maniac . His kinship with Batman is one of the most complex in comic book chronicle , defined by their common obsession . Over the X , the Joker has become an prevail ikon of chaos and madness , incarnate the antithesis of Batman ’s parliamentary law and Department of Justice .
Jason Todd is a complex soma known for his tumultuous journeying as Batman ’s second Robin . ab initio impulsive and rebellious , he ’s resurrect after a tragic death , becoming the vigilante Red Hood . Armed with intense combat skills and a moral equivocalness , he challenges Batman ’s method , navigating a course between valiancy and anti - heroism in Gotham ’s unforgiving streets .
