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The Dark Night And The Clown Prince Of Crime Essay

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The Dark Night and The Clown Prince of Crime
“All it takes is one bad day.” – Batman: The Killing Joke, 2016.
Batman and the Joker are not usually seen as comparable characters. However, there are similarities that are often overlooked. Firstly, one needs to know what their origins are. Joker’s origins are not as well-known and typically never stay the same throughout movies and comics. Batman’s origin is very well-known and typically stays the same throughout movies and comics. To illustrate, while walking home from a cinema, Bruce Wayne’s mother and father, Martha and Thomas, walked into the infamous “crime alley.” There, an unknown robber shot and killed both of them. Bruce swore to avenge his parent’s death. Soon after, a friend of Martha and Thomas Wayne, Dr. Leslie Thompkins, along with the Wayne family’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth, made out a plan for Bruce where he would not have to be taken by Gotham’s Social Services. Instead, the two helped young Bruce realize his destiny in becoming one of Gotham’s finest heroes. One of the most commonly known origins of the Joker is the one that is featured in Batman: Killing Joke, The Issue #1. In the comic, during flashbacks, the Joker is an unnamed engineer who has quit his job at a chemical plant to pursue his dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian. Knowing that he is not great at his job, his pregnant wife, Jeannie, confronts him and tells him that with that job, he will not make enough money to pay the rent or support

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