6/11/2023 0 Comments Joker scott snyder![]() ![]() Snyder has confirmed what readers inferred, speaking to website IGN: “So what I’m saying is, yes, they’re dead – and they went into it ready to die so there’s no trick to it”. “I’m just going to rest here a little while with my friend,” says Batman. Exhausted, both wounded, it ends with the two of them lying on a cave floor. ![]() There was always going to be a climactic battle – and it is one of the most gruesome in the comic’s recent history, with a highpoint being the Joker being skewered by the ears on Batman’s costume. The previous issue, in which the Joker lopped off Alfred Pennyworth’s hand, seemed to show that all bets were off in terms of game-changing developments.īut none of this prepared readers for the twist in the final part. ![]() Equal to the Joker’s mysteriousness has been the sense that he is nonetheless just as mortal, just as lacking in superpowers, as Batman. Certain groups of fans bridled at this swerve towards the magical. In Endgame itself, there were constant hints that the Joker was not just a psychopathic man, but an immortal, legendary figure with supernatural powers, a “Pale Man” haunting Gotham’s history. ![]() DC Comics’ Batman #40 cover, by Danny Miki and Greg Capullo. ![]()
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