In this edition, the most famous villain of Batman, and also one of the most emblematic of the DC universe. The king of crime: the Joker (In this article, I'll talk about the Joker of The Dark Knight) (RIP Heath Ledger)
In The Dark Knight, the Joker is a criminal, but his peculiarity is its goal: he wants no money, no power, what he wants is chaos, just chaos, and also the desire to demonstrate that the world is not as safe and comfortable as the politicians want to make believe to people. His main target is Harvey Dent, an influential and respected attorney and loved by all, which promises a better and secure future for Gotham. The Joker is intended to terrorize and spread death in the city, and also to break Harvey Dent, little by little, to make him fall into the same madness that him, to demonstrate that even the most influential and powerful people are not not immune from becoming heartless monsters.
The Joker is a unique criminal. First, he had the face disfigured by two scars on each side of the mouth, giving it a macabre smile. When he talks about his scars, he invents a past every time, but you can feel his hatred and pain when he speaks, but it's as if he took pleasure in talking about it. The Joker is a very cruel man, who does not hesitate to kill even his own associates. The other highlight of the Joker is his intelligence. He's a criminal mastermind, he always seems to have a step ahead on the police and Batman. The Joker prepares its plans with a truly amazing efficiency, giving him an almost demonic appearance. The joker doesn't care about the money (in the film, he burns a pile of money without remorse), he manages to manipulate others and uses it to take control of the underworld of Gotham. The Joker is also one of the few criminals not to be afraid of Batman. Instead, the Joker even says he does not want to kill Batman because he "amuses him", and as he said to Batman "You complete me". Joker's insanity is to such an extent that he even seems to have no fear of dying (The Joker is still the only villain to laugh when he falls from the top of a building)
Of course, the Joker has gone mad, that's what gives him his character, but the most interesting is that he knows he is crazy and doesn't try to hide it, instead, he wants to make the world as crazy as him. The Joker also has a sense of humor very macabre, often involving the suffering and death as jokes (like the scene where he kills a man of the underworld with a pencil, saying doing a magic trick to make it "disappear" ). The Joker is a villain, but he is part of the category of villains we love, because they are so complex, so badass and epic, that they almost steal the show at the main hero.
To have become an icon of an entire universe, a criminal mastermind feared by all, and also a villain with a unique personality, the Joker deserves its place in the list of the iconic villains.
See you next month for a new edition of the "Villain of the Month"
Why so serious?
Mathias, the Killmaster \m/
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