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Characters with complicated backstories are n’t anything new for comical Bible , but theJoker’sDaughteris a prime good example of just how absurd grapheme background can really get . Sometimes , writers will run around by yield a character anintentionallyconfusing backstory that leave characters just as confused as the readers . This was definitely the causa with Duela Dent aka the Joker ’s Daughter , who left everyone befuddled about just who on the button she was .
The first show of the Joker ’s girl was right smart back in 1976’sBatman Family#6 by Elliot S. Maggin and Jose Delbo . In this history , Joker ’s Daughter arrogate to have stolen a dead mystery author ’s manuscript , and despite there being no evidence that this ms ever existed , Robin still endeavor to institute her in for the criminal offence . astonishingly , Robin is no catch for Joker ’s girl . Not only does she deduce Robin ’s identity , she also escapes him .
Despite Duela ’s claims that she is the daughter of Joker , the Riddler , Catwoman , and Scarecrow , Robin eventually deduces her identity as Duela Dent and claim that she is the girl of Two - Face , which she harmonise with . While this might seem like the end of any confusion around her , astonishingly , things were only just getting started . The mystery of Duela Dent and who she really is would only getfarmore complicated as she continued seem in comic books .
Joker has done unimaginable damage to Batman over the years , but in one funny series , Batman almost got his ultimate retaliation on the Clown .
Duela Dent Was Both Hero And Villain
finally , Duela make up one’s mind to put her criminal past behind her and reinvent herself as a hero . To do this , she drops the " Joker ’s girl " soubriquet in 1977’sTeen Titans#48 by Bob Rozakis and Jose Delbo and becomes Harlequin , not to be disconcert with Harley Quinn , who , at the time , had n’t been invented yet . Duela then operate on to join the Teen Titans and work together with them , despite serious protests from some members due to her history of criminal behavior . She employ absurd gismo during her time with the Titans , such as heater lip rouge and spray - taser . While some member of the Titans doubt Duela ’s power to be a hero , she proves herself invaluable while help Robin penetrate a criminal formation called MAZE .
When Cyborg is look for out all potential allies of the Titans , Duela is one of the many whom he recruits .
Duela Dent wield to redeem herself from being Joker ’s Daughterby help the Titans fight offence and save the world . She is even invited to the wedding of Donna Troy , whereDick Grayson finally notice that Duela is really too erstwhile to be the girl of Two - Face . Duela coyly agrees with this argument but disappears into the gang of the marriage before Dick can follow up . Later , during theTechnis Imperativestoryline , when Cyborg is seeking out all likely ally of the Titans , Duela is one of the many whom he recruit . Duela assistance in the Titans ' battle against the Justice League to help salve Cyborg . But despite these many heroic achievement , Duela is not formally made a Titans member and slip back into her criminal tendencies , right after she take the girl of Doomsday .
After Being Rejected From The Titans, She Slips Back Into Old Habits
InTitans Secret Files and Origins#2 from 2000 , the story " Super Friends " by Geoff Johns , Ben Raab and Drew Johnson ascertain the Teen Titans begin a rank private road for their L.A. air division , and Duela is expecting an invitation . When she does n’t get one , she attacks the political party with a group of supervillains . Even more dishearten is the fact Beast Boy dismisses Duela only as"some psychotic person who used to hang with the Titans . " This is a reasonably abrasive description conceive she went up against the Justice League purely to help pull through Cyborg , who is Beast Boy ’s best friend .
She would then bounce back and onward between being villain and Hero of Alexandria , with her ultimately join the Titans formally during the 2006One Year Laterperiod in DC ’s chronicle . During this time , Duela acts as a member of Titans East , a villainous version course by Deathstroke , where she teams up with Enigma , someone who claims to be Riddler ’s daughter . The pair manage to capture and torture Raven , but afterRaven appeals to Duela ’s former heroism and bid her formal rank to the Titans , Duela agrees and round Enigma , help Raven break away .
After Raven appeals to Duela ’s former valorousness and tender her formal membership to the Titans , Duela hold and attacks Enigma , helping Raven get away .
With Deula now anofficial appendage of the Teen Titans , it seems that her villainous days are behind her , but unfortunately , her life before long come to an oddment along with a bombshell reveal about her account . In 2007’sCountdown#51 by Paul Dini and Jesús Saíz , Duela Dent is killed by a Monitor , who tell her,“This world is not yours . Your presence in it is not tolerated . The penalization is decease . “After this , the DC heroes do what , apparently , nobody has ever thought of doing before , and simply ask Joker if he has a daughter , to which he answer that he does n’t . As it turn out , theJoker only has a boy .
The CW ’s Gotham Knights is present a Duela . It ’s possible the unrecorded - action superhero series is commute her backstory to admit more of the Joker .
Duela Dent’s Reinvention Makes Her Far Darker
Catwoman#23 by Ann Nocenti, Scott McDaniel, Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Sonia Oback, and Travis Lanham
After theNew 52completely rebooted the DC Universe , tons of new role and new versions of older characters appeared . One of these was Duela Dent , who was a far cry from her original show . alternatively of being the chaotic agent torn between near and evil , this version ofDeula Dent is a much shivery and more roughshod versionof who she once was . As part of the reboot , Duela ’s inscrutable past is swapped out for a more clear and canonical one . Duela grew up in a normal suburban family , but she was deeply troubled and often take to abbreviate her face or creating leftover things , like corsets made out of barbed telegram . finally , Duela Dent runs off from household , and while in the sewers , she makes a disgraceful discovery .
Duela Dent’sNew 52backstory can be see inBatman : The Dark Night#23.4 : The Joker ’s girl by Ann Nocenti , Georges Jeanty , Dexter Vines , Michelle Madsen , and Dezi Sienty !
While in the sewers , looking for a hidden society of mass she can know with , Duela Dent comes across theJoker ’s face , which he antecedently cut off , and she begins using it as a masque . This visage shew so horrifying that a pair of felon immediately mistake Duela for the Joker and deliver to her . This inspire Duela to start using a crescent - shaped turn of alloy she found to chip at smiling faces into her targets . This eventually escalates to her convey over theentireclan she ’s look for . While this seems to be a major rise to power for Duela Dent , she chop-chop falls off soon after .
Duela Dent eventually find out herself becoming a appendage of the Suicide Squad , but she does n’t last very long on it . Unsurprisingly , she continually induce into fights with another Suicide Squad phallus , Harley Quinn . This eventually results in Duela Dent being kicked off the Suicide Squad , as Harley Quinn is afarmore popular and utilitarian member . From here , Duela bounces around a few places , even hanging out with Red Hood and Arsenal in the Outlaws for a time . However , Duela has n’t really shown up since .
Writers Don’t Seem To Know What To Do With This New Joker’s Daughter
Duela Dent has been a twisted character from design and has incessantly alternated between hero and scoundrel . She seems to trulywantto be a grinder and has worked hard to do so . She has fought against the Justice League on behalf of the Titans and has helped Robin take down a criminal governing body . There is definitely good in her , and her confusing backstory only adds to the mystique and mother wit of chaos that she embodies .
TheNew 52certainly made Duela Dent ’s role historymucheasier to understand , but it also whole removed any machination or mystery she had . alternatively of a character whose lineage and motivations are unknown , she ’s just became a significantly speculative rendering of Harley Quinn . This is why , despite having endured for almost 30 years in comedian , theJoker ’s Daughterhas simply fade out .
The Joker is a psychopathologic deplorable mastermind with a warped sense of humor . ab initio stick in as a remorseless sequential orca , the character develop over metre , often oscillating between a prankster and a murderous lunatic . His family relationship with Batman is one of the most complex in comic Bible chronicle , define by their mutual compulsion . Over the decades , the Joker has become an stick out icon of chaos and madness , embodying the antithesis of Batman ’s order and justice .
