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The Joker has deployed a variety of kooky and at metre horrifying tactics to take on his arch nemesisBatman , but his master programme in the acclaimedWhite Knightseries was arguably the most successful . Taking place in an alternative timeline within DC ’s grownup theme Black Label umbrella , Sean Murphy ’s booksBatman : White KnightandBatman : Curse of the White Knightoffer a more grounded take on Gotham ’s defender , one where the Joker in conclusion bring down Batman – by piddle the statement to the general public that the Dark Knight does as much harm to the city as he does good .
Tired of constantly feeling love - scorn by his self - declared " soulmate , " the Joker take a drug cocktail developed by none other than Dr. Harleen Quinzel which cure him of his varying mental unwellness , efficaciously make him " sane . " Returning to his former life as Jack Napier , the rogue formerly known as Mr. J successfully fence in court that as a sane somebody the city can no longer legally check him in Arkham Asylum .
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Furthermore , he contend that since both law enforcement and the courts have allow ( and even encouraged ) an anonymous vigilance man to inflict ruinous corroboratory damage in an unlicenced and unregistered urban assault vehicle , anyone arrest by said vigilance man is a dupe of unlawful apprehension . Even with Bruce Wayne break up up the tab for all the equipment casualty he causes through his Gotham Devastation Fund , it does n’t help the 100 of hapless masses who continually get displaced after his warfare zones get reconstruct and gentrified .
“ The logic gate - keepers convince us that Gotham was a special city with special problems . That due process did n’t ferment in Gotham , " Napier reprobate to a media circus inBatman : White Knight # 2 . " And for years we ’ve accepted this uneasy pact while they made this into a metropolis of care , where putrefaction has spread all the elbow room to the top . ”
In the end , Napier ’s line of reasoning resonates with the multitude of Gotham and Batman is brought down in the court of public opinion with the Napier Initiative , a notice aimed at terminate the systemic putrefaction surrounding costume crime fighting . squeeze to admit that Batman ’s way of life of fighting crime has get out of manus over the year , the GCPD form the Gotham Terrorist Oppression unit as a way to formally deputize masked vigilantes in a way that holds them accountable to the populace . But just bringing down Batman was n’t enough for the Clown Prince , who eventually breaks free from his medically - induced prison and again film over Napier ’s nous . Determined to get the last laugh , the Joker finishes off his dear rival by revealing the Wayne menage to be a curse on Gotham .
InBatman : Curse of the White Knightthe Joker teams up with Gotham ’s white collar condemnable ruling class of billionaires , the Elite , to add down one of their own – Bruce Wayne . Batman ’s attempt to make amends with the world threaten the condition quo of his fellow one - percenters and put him in their desperate crown of thorns - hairsbreadth . arm with secrets bring out by the Joker , the Elite crosshatch a plan to not only replace Batman with a spiritual fanatic named Azrael , but to poison the Wayne crime syndicate name at its very roots . And it works .
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receive out that he ’s an unknowing phallus of an elitist criminal imperium was bad enough for Bruce , but in a scandalous twist inCurse of the White Knight # 6 , the Joker reveals a dark spell of Gotham ’s history that effectively destroys him – that the Waynes stole their name and fortune through fraud and murder . The divine revelation causes Bruce to realize that every part of his creation has been toxic to his city , both in and out of the cowl .
last believing himself to be Gotham ’s keen scourge , Bruce hijack a television broadcast and unmasks before the populace , also promising to give every cent of his vast portion away to the masses in the form of a nonprofit . He declares Batman dead and asks the citizens of Gotham to give him just one more chance to present Azrael and belt down him , break his " one rule " and cement his retreat as a costumed crime fighter , a billionaire , and a free world . The earthly concern in which Batman lives in today is quite unlike than the one that first conceived him . While frontier DoJ and vast wealth were once things Americans idolized , many today will bespeak out the systemic problems with a companionship that take into account its wealthiest citizens to play by their own principle . At his meat , Batman is an oligarch in a ness and cowl .
For much of their history together , the Joker has rag that he and Batman are two sides of the same destructive coin . While Bruce ’s refusal to vote out does put him on a higher moral solid ground than the Joker , the degree of chaos and mayhem he brings to Gotham suggest the two are more alike than Bruce is comfortable with – and lastly understand the trueness about himself wasBatman ’s ultimate undoing .
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