Batman #142 May Explain Why The Joker Can Do What He Does (Spoilers)

Posted in: Batman, Comics, Comics Publishers, Current News, DC Comics | Tagged: Batman #142, Daniel Capito, joker, Joker Year One

Before studying as we speak’s Batman #142, you may wish to learn Batman: The Knight #8 by Chip Zdarsky and Carmine Di Giandomenico.

Three weeks or so in the past, Bleeding Cool ran slightly little bit of Bat Gossip. And we at all times prefer to mark our personal homework and verify precisely how we did. We already seemed on the Red Mask being liable for the triplication of the Joker that had so plagued the Batman, revealed in a scene set in Batman’s future. And about Commissioner Barbara Gordon’s plans for the Joker. But we additionally added the next “more of Batman’s trainers from Batman: The Knight by Chip Zdarsky and Carmine Di Giandomenico are going to be relevant, and you may want a reread before Joker Year One starts. Because the joker had to learn some of this stuff from someone, right?”

Something which will have been teased within the latest The Bat-Man Of Gotham arc by Zdarsky and Mike Hawthorne. Because as we see in as we speak’s Batman #142, it takes a Joker to catch – and kill – a Joker.

Even if you find yourself sounding like Taylor Swift.  But it additionally means that you could be get recruited…

Daniel Captio not solely skilled Bruce Wayne to be Batman. But he additionally skilled the Joker…

Well, the Joker is definitely a fascination and curiosity. And what may he educate him?

Doctor Daniel Captio was an professional mentalist able to full acutely aware management over each his mind and physique.

Dr Daniel Capito taught Bruce Wayne to mentally management his personal physique, however failed at controlling his personal mind, to  management his worry and feelings. However did he succeed coaching the Joker to do exactly that? Mayhaps we are going to discover out extra in Joker Year One, enjoying out as we speak in Batman #142 and the following two weeks… which guarantees a “mysterious figure from Batman’s past has come into Joker’s orbit, changing the Clown Prince of Crime forever!”

But additionally, possibly Bruce Wayne did be taught the lesson, and that’s how he created Zur-En-Arrh, his back-up persona within the first place? As the solicitations for April learn, “The explosive Dark Prisons continues as Batman learns from an old mentor what Zur’s plans are for Gotham City”. Maybe Zur-En-Arrh has he personal take care of Dr Daniel Capito?

BATMAN #142 CVR A GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI & STEFANO NESI
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, Andrea Sorrentino (CA) Giuseppe Camuncoli & Stefano Nesi
The tragic dying of the chief of the Red Hood Gang in a vat of chemical compounds has develop into the topic of fantasy…however what’s the heartbreaking and grotesque story of the monster who walked away from that violent beginning? And how does it have an effect on Batman’s distant future? The Joker Year One begins right here! Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 2/6/2024

BATMAN #143 CVR A GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI & STEFANO NESI
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, Andrea Sorrentino (CA) Giuseppe Camuncoli & Stefano Nesi
The terrifying story of The Joker Year One continues as a mysterious determine from Batman’s previous has come into Joker’s orbit, altering the Clown Prince of Crime endlessly! And what secrets and techniques does the re-formed Red Hood Gang have for Batman’s future? Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 2/13/2024

BATMAN #144 CVR A GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI & STEFANO NESI
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, Andrea Sorrentino (CA) Giuseppe Camuncoli & Stefano Nesi
The climactic, chilling conclusion to The Joker Year One that may have huge repercussions for the longer term! The Red Hood Gang is on a rampage and the one man who can cease them…is The Joker! And can Batman cease a devastating new virus in a future the place The Joker looms over him? Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 2/20/2024

BATMAN #145 CVR A JORGE JIMENEZ
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A/CA) Jorge Jimenez
A THRILLING NEW ARC IS HERE… DARK PRISONS BEGINS! Following The Joker: Year One’s beautiful reveals, Batman should engineer an escape from Zur’s jail…however what darkish secret does Zur now maintain that is a recreation changer for the Dark Knight and your entire DC Universe?! Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 3/5/2024

BATMAN #146 CVR A JORGE JIMENEZ
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Jorge Jimenez, Michele Bandini (CA) Jorge Jimenez
The explosive Dark Prisons continues as Batman learns from an previous mentor what Zur’s plans are for Gotham City…and the world! Can the Dark Knight escape from a jail designed by the last word model of himself? And what nefarious function does The Joker play in all of this? Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 4/2/2024

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