The Joker's FAILED Solo Series! 

So, Joker falls in love with Dinah Lance after meeting her once in a flower shop? Good thing he didn't wander into a newspaper publisher in Metropolis, because in those days Lois would have married him.

I'm so burnt out on Joker at this stage, I can't believe they're giving him ANOTHER story that revolves around him

Looking at the thumbnail, i thought this was going to be about the Joker marrying Wonder Woman.

A clown in a silly suit? We can’t let our kids see this! They’ll be scarred and be delinquents and steal clown-themed gizmos! A maniac with half his face gruesomely melted? Totally fine

Fun Fact: In the “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” TV series did a Joker centric episode called “Joker: The Vile and The Villainous” in which he teamed-up with the villain the Weeper to stop Batman from implementing a crime-stopping machine in Gotham. Basically it’s just a similar episode format of the show only it’s the Joker as the main character, so I guess that episode was inspired by the old “Joker” comic since that series was based on the Golden/Silver comic of the same name.

I will forever be haunted by Flash laughing himself to death in super speed.

I prefer it when lesser known villains get a book. Especially when they team up like in Secret Six and Superior Foes of Spider-man.

7:22 OK- Jokermoble vs the Spidermobile- let's take it to a vote!

I've read the recent Joker book, if you want your villains threatening and evil, either make it the entire book (Which can get dour real fast), or have them not be the lead character, because you to see them stopped. (4 years without the Joke, what a time to be alive.)

Marvel's Supervillain Team-up ran for several years. Yes, it was mostly Dr. Doom vs. Namor but it definitely focused on the villains.

Can't decide which one I want to see immortalized as merch: jheri curl Joker or Elton John-themed villian! 🤔

The problem with any “villain” ongoing series is that eventually they become heroic. Venom, Red Hood, Lucifer, Deathstroke, and so many more loose the edge that made them popular. Even Gail Simone, who can write entertaining, engaging anti-heroes ends up softening up Secret Six characters. The best you can actually hope for is a mini series, where they go against an evil “legal authority figure” so an evil against evil or a one off evil plot where you see the effect of The bad guy on the “normals” of the world.

I was honestly expecting a green wig with purple blouse for this video. 😀

I loved this series as a kid. Because of being villain centric, the stories felt fresh. Didn't mind the silliness. Similar to the roughly contemporary Supervillain Teamup with Doom and Namor in Marvel.

The idea of joker loving house music is too perfect!

The Bronze Age is my favorite version of...DC in general actually, since it's where I came in and why I came in...but that includes Joker, as not just a killer with a clown face but a showman criminal. It's like the best of both interpretations and I'm glad TAS was closer to that incarnation. Maybe if the Joker is in a comic you can avoid they'll keep him out of Batman stories for a while? Maybe?

I have to say, your Batman, Spiderman and Joker voices are golden

I bought the creepiest Joker mask I could find it's the best way to enforce social distancing.

When I was a child I read a Superman book - ten cents - where everybody on Earth forgot who Superman was. His ego takes a huge hit in the story and as a child I felt his pain. Comics.

Supervillian stories tend to work best with teams, like Suicide Squad, or The Secret Six. Having that dynamic of different personalities trying to work together makes it more interesting

Now that you mention it, there were several attempts to do a villain-led series during the Bronze Age. Besides Joker, DC also had "Kobra" and "Secret Society of Super-Villains", neither of which lasted very long. Marvel had "Super-Villain Team-Up" and "Dracula", the latter being the only one that had any staying power (60 issues).

The problem with villian solos is damn near every single one end up turning into a redemption for said villian. 😒

4 Years without The Joker? That sounds so beautiful I might just cry.

Honestly though... I really enjoy the oj series. It's corny as hell but it's fun.

The story behind the DC Comics 70's "Implosion" would be interesting.

Sasha: "I'm so tired of Joker... So much Joker!" *A FEW MOMENTS LATER* Does another Joker video

Can you do a video on Lois becomes the Queen of Amazonian Amazon? Superman Vol 1 #59

Sounds like issue 10 would become the Batman who laughs

I would enjoy a golden age of horror comics video! Perhaps with a highlight on some that would shock that they were even published. Either or, love the content!

I really liked Joker #1 by focusing on Jim and how he affects people was a really good angle. I'd love you to review the issues! Or a full Confusing History or Retrospective on him or any of the Bat villains or Arkham.

So, is this book canon? If not, then it easily be a fever dream for the Joker.

I bought the Joker Omnibus immediately when it came out mostly for the unpublished issue #10. I guess that makes me a true collector/connoisseur (obsessive/compulsive?).

Things I love about you: Fabulous, fellow Canadian, geeky, amazing variety with hair/wigs serving the children lewks, comic book savant, RU-vidr with excellent content merging comic lore with critical thinking and current matters, who also happens to be a woman of colour. Werk. 👏🏾 Thank you for all the amazing content. Just another comic book lover sending you love from Montreal. 🙂❤️

The approach to the new Joker book feels like the right direction so far, seeing as Joker is most likely being framed for the attack on Arkham by Scarecrow and having him be hunted down is a good way to approach the a villian story. Because too much Joker doesn't work- but having it have to actually confront his actions and impact whilst Gordon potentially digs a hole for himself going after him straining his connections in life can be compelling. And I'd like to that approach brought to more villains if possible even if for a mini run/anthology

There was a whole bunch of villains carrying their own book in 1978's Secret Society of Super Villains from DC.

I think a Joker book could be interesting if it's run kind of like the later parts of V for Vendetta where the focus is on the characters effected by Joker rather than following him directly all the time. Like maybe an anthology series of people reacting to his influence in different ways.

I think a villain comic can work, but mainly if the villian is constantly having heroes coming close to discovering his traps and plans before he is ready for his reveal. So the entire time is just a viallian doing damage control to salvage his evil scheme. So makes this a villian run from someone who is not a high listed villain. But better than someone like Kite man, or at least more capable, maybe the Riddler? Either way the method for the comic has to be like the formula for a heroes comic, but with the villain being surprised by how quick a hero or heroes are on to a scheme and the various things they got to do to try to conceal everything before the hero comes crashing in. The only other method I can think of other that the last method is how The Escape from Arkham Suicide Squad movie went. With A villain learning they have x amount of time to try to achieve a objective because the hero or heroes are busy with bigger threats and you are just trying to successfully get the job done. Like imagine a mid tier villain forcing a low tier villain to get something done for them, but the whole time they are trying to avoid the higher players in whatever city, and the eyes of the law. Could be quite thrilling when your cast is imperfect and vulnerable and they know it better than others. Like Condiment King being forced to steal something for (insert villain here) because no one would think that the thief was the Condiment King ! But while escaping from a sudden hot zone of random Fire fly arson. He had to go into a underground abandoned sewer, only to find out that Lock up is down there with his own super prison, under every ones noses. During this time as he is seeing just who is held captive down here, he comes across a hero like Wild Cat. Now at this point Lock up is coming back to his jail, (because Condiment King, tripped a silent alarm) and as he is trying to out menuever or flee from him he gets lucky enough to find a button to release the Jail Cells. In the chaos Condiment King slips out of the cluster fuck and back up and into the place he was supposed to steal from. The rest of the comic is him trying to get this back to his boss and avoid Lockup who has now decided he really wants to get Condiment King, for undoing all his hard work. While Lock up is trying to avoid Wild Cat etc... Until he can get a new place started back up. And in one chaotic climax all the key players in that comic end up colliding at the same location. Does Condiment King somehow survive all of this chaos? Is he Lock Up's new arch? Find out in a exciting 2nd issue! P.S. Imagine that kind of set up but trying to survive as a villain in the Flash's city? XD

When I was a kid, I was sure Julie Schwartz was a woman, and was really thrilled at how progressive DC was!

Sustainable long run villain series - Deathstroke's Rebirth run from 2016. I still consider him a villain and a lot of that run was really enjoyable because it explores him being a hero, anti-hero, and villain at different points, and we see the effects of his actions on everyone else (namely, his family). I think the series works because Deathstroke has a code of honor and is connected to many other heroes and villains alike (the Society, Bat fam, Teen Titans, Titans, etc). It's probably different from a Joker solo series because the Joker is full crazy villain and also intrinsically tied to the Bat family at this point - but maybe this 2021 series will prove me wrong.

Quick suggestion: I'd be interested in your take on the character of Mantra, the first transgender (sort of) character to star in their own ongoing series. Published back in the 90s by Malibu Comics for their Ultraverse line before Marvel bought them out.

honestly the most shocking piece of trivia I learned here was that the joker’s past wasn’t gonna be mysterious at first

Maybe a villain led series could work if it was like an anthology where each issue is a different villain protagonist 🤔

Thanks again for another interesting video!!

Lou Cipher gave me a second-long, spontaneous flashback to watching ROCKETMAN for the first time.

Wow I’m early as hell..... have you thought about looking into the crime syndicate 2021 comic?

Even in the silver/bronze age, the Joker was super edgy and got to kill everyone at one point. Jeez

You are correct I never thought I would hear that sentence. I am glad I did. Review them all I enjoy your videos so I will take as much as I can get.

You didn't mention the Sherlock Holmes issue! That's the best one!

Damn, Flash and Wonder Woman's deaths are dark and shocking and so, so Joker.

The series might have succeeded if they'd embraced Joker being a villain protagonist getting away with some evil things he did instead of going "He has to go back to Arkham or nearly die at the end of every issue."

Love your channel 🖖

Fun fact: in the 1970s, Wonder Woman's lasso wouldn't be the Golden Lasso of Truth. It was just her Golden Lasso/Magic Lasso. It would only become the Lasso of Truth in comics during the Perez Reboot. It was meant as a limiting of the Magic Lasso's powers and to honor Marston, who was believed to have created the Lie Detector test, but he did not. He merely was playing with the concepts of blood pressure and truth telling at the same time as other people were creating the actual Lie Detector and Marston would go on to be a massive proponent for the device, once created.

9:08 "SPEED KILLS!" Now that's a memorable PSA drug warning, even as a punchline to a joke.

Hi, Sasha. Did you perchance ever make a video about the original Secret Society of Supervillains? It was such an oddball title. To this day I have a hard time deciding what the premise was. And it sort-of-crossed into and out of the search for Jean Loring in Super Team Family as well. Somehow that impressed me.

I know Marvel tried with Doom and Marvel's Super- Villian team up in the late seventies. Perhaps a series following Victor Van Doom's journey as a gypsy youth to a young man entering college. The stories could be built around German persecution of the Gypsies ( WWII) Doom's learning the mystic arts ( Dr.Strange) My favorite Doom the existentialist and his journey down the river of darkness. Victor's background pre-FF and Reed Richards is rich in untapped history and narratives.

Couldn't quite make it out but is that one of Hal Jordan's $1 power rings on your finger? Great video once again. Thank you.

It would end with Joker confessing his love to Wonder Woman and she curbstomp his face.

I guess you can say that Joker is that bad he can’t be a solo act, maybe that why he need a very good Punchline now. Lol

Who does your hair? t's mind blowing every video!!

I just bought the paperback two weeks ago. Now I need to read the rest first.

I’ve never really cared for the Joker other than Caesar Romero.

I loved the 'Charlie Cashew' cameo.

I had ALL those comics as a kid! They were fun, but you could see The Joker couldn't last as it was. One fun part was, in the letters page, 'Joker' was in charge! He made funny/sarcastic comments, insult the audience, it was good! Is there enough material to cover the Secret Society of Super Villains?

I would be interested in knowing your opinion of the "Joker's Asylum" series, which was narrated by the Joker but did not feature his exploits but was a showcase for stories about other Batman villains. This was also from the 70s, I think.

Well this video dances with devil in pale moonlight awesome good job as always 👍👍

Its kinda funny, because the Secret Society of Super Villains comic apparently escaped such restrictions; they had Captain Comet as their requisite recurring good-guy, as well as The Manhunter, but they definitely didn't have the villains beaten at the end of each issue by any stretch. Guess they just had more pull than The Joker, somehow...? Or maybe they just assumed the rules were different for a group of villains versus just one...?

Oh Sasha, we love your choice of video topics... please kindly take my like and gratitude 🙏

I wanna that Super Sons on your shelf!!!

Eggcellent review of the Joker rag. Hope that Egghead gets a comic title some day. Hahahahahaha!!!

I bought the issues of this Joker series off the newsstand as a kid in the 70’s. I loved this book. So much so I wrote my own Joker stories - in pencil on lined notebook paper. Still have them. My first fan fiction.

It's a a shame that the joker comic book in the 70s was not a success, because I really liked it. Oh well that's life.

I love to see you alternating hair again.

DC did a Eclipso ongoing series in the 90s. Essentially, Eclipso kept winning and getting more powerful until a few superheroes banded together to defeat him. The series lasted 18 issues.

My daughter and I sincerely enjoy your videos. She is the one that suggest the “Super Thanks”.

0:15 Is that you, "King of the Wicker People"?

Hi Sasha, I have some thoughts on what I think would be a cool version of Joker and how a Joker ongoing title could be successful. I also have a question or perhaps a suggestion...or maybe a plea, lol. I'll tell my Joker idea first though. First, I would re-introduce the Joker as much more in line with his first appearance but play up the "mystery" elements. I would craft him to be like some of the characters in the old Rod Serling's Twilight Zone episodes. The ones that introduce themselves as, and appear to be, normal people. But the things they say, knowledge they have and what they are able to accomplish (always off-screen) are so strange and unbelievable that it leads you to wonder if they are what they claim to be. This Joker would definitely appear human and would not actively do anything that would make you think he is anymore than that while on the page but some of his accomplishments and deeds off-panel would be seemingly impossible. Also, although I said he seems human, there is an air of sur-realness to him. Something unnatural and disturbing. He is charismatic but terrifying. Darkly humorous one second and deadly serious the next. You want to run away from him but you can't get yourself to look away from him. When other characters speak about him all they have are second hand, unbelievable stories and questions. Many questions. Is he human or is he something supernatural? If he is human why does he look like that? Is he a complete madman or is he an absolute genius? I would also make him a more formidable physical opponent as well. Not big and muscular or anything like that, he would still be tall and lanky, but he would be stronger than he looks and deceptively quick. A fight with Batman would show another aspect of how opposite they are. Batman with his training and discipline. Every movement honed to instinctively be as effective as possible. No wasted energy. Efficiency personified. The Joker, a whirlwind of chaos. Constant flailing action. An avalanche of punches, kicks, and novelty tricks. Some props are innocent and meant to distract while others are enhanced to the point of being lethal. He can't match Batman's strength but he seems to come much much closer than you would think he would be able to. He is probably as quick as Batman. Maybe even a fraction of a second faster but it is hard to tell. And there is always a knife. No matter how many times Batman disarms him he always has another knife. Either up his sleeve, in his jacket, somewhere on him there is always another knife. Using this version of the Joker I would launch his ongoing title. He would not be the protagonist or the antagonist of the stories though. He would serve as a common thread in an anthology, the string that holds a necklace of beads together. In each issue I would introduce a guest character who will fill the role of the main character for the story. It could be a hero, a villain, a cop, a lawyer, a businessman, or just an average citizen with a 9 to 5 job. He or she would be introduced and their story would begin. Their situation explained and the challenge or task that lies in front of them described. Any other supporting characters brought in as the story plays out. Always at some point in the issue though, the main character crosses paths with the Joker. The Joker's motive and how he interacts with the main character can vary greatly depending on who they are and what the nature of the story is. There would really just be three rules. One, no matter when or how long the Joker appears, he must have a huge impact on the plot and the way events play out after his appearance. Two, He must have a profound affect on who he most directly dealt with. It could be a hero considering retirement. A villain leaving town, vowing never to come back. Someone tipped over the edge and driven insane themselves. Or maybe even a successful person seeing their lives crumble around them as everything and everyone they ever loved dies. He could always just kill them too, there is always that possibility. The third and last rule would be that in each issue, no matter what, the Joker never gets caught. He either evades capture, or more preferably, he exits the story of his own free will before the devastating consequences of his involvement come to fruition. That is how I would handle the Joker and an ongoing Joker comic. Ok, now if I may, I will make my suggesta-question. Would you be willing to make a video on Batman's one rule to not kill? Also specifically how his rule is handled in The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel? I checked your channel and didn't see one like this but if I missed something and you already talked about it then, oops, sorry. The reason why I think this would make an interesting video is that there seems to be two major view points to this topic. One is that, even though Batman started out with a gun and would kill, his rule of never to kill or allow anyone to be killed by his actions or in-action has become such a defining characteristic that if removed Batman would no longer really be Batman. Others say that it actually makes more sense if Batman did kill and they think it enhances the character somehow. I am quite entrenched in the former belief, personally. This split seems to be quite visible when discussing The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. When I read it I don't see Batman taking the life of anyone at all, not ever. I have seen other people claiming he kills several people throughout the book. The one they almost always mention is when Batman confronts a gang member who is holding a child at gunpoint. They say he shoots the criminal in the head. When I look at that panel I see a bullet hole in the wall next to his head and he is holding the child in the air as if to hand he or she to Batman, but he certainly is not dead. Plus, if he was killing people throughout, wouldn't that make the conversation with the Joker in the tunnel of love almost meaningless and confusing? I would love to see you cover this in a video. I have seen others discuss this and I started to go down this "rabbit hole" myself but I got a headache and became confused so I had to come back to the surface. You, on the other hand, are the absolute best when it comes to "rabbit holes". You are like a "rabbit hole" tour guide. Just to finish up. I love your channel, your videos are informative, insightful and fun. You yourself are absolutely adorable. Thank you for all the effort you put into your content. Also, thanks for your patience reading all this. You asked for thoughts and I think quite a bit, perhaps too much. If commenting in the future I will try to be more succinct. Thank you, love you and have a great day! Ken

The Italian comic book "Diabolik" has been running strong since the 1960s, and it's about a thief who is a knife-wielding killer and impersonator. So yeah, It can work.

Honestly I’m surprised this was brozen age instead of sliver age Joker. I do enjoy these comics they are just fun

Hey, Joker Vol. 1 #1 (1975) is one of the oldest comics I have from my childhood! I’ve read it countless times. It’s a good issue. The interplay between Two-Face and the Joker is well done, and that cover by Dick Giordano is great. I agree that an ongoing series featuring a villain doesn’t seem like something that would work in the long-term, but Harley Quinn might have something to say about that.

I'm just surprised that the New 52 didn't have ongoing villain books (outside the Sinister Six or whatever), considering they were going more darker tones for their heroes.

Sasha you are KILLING it with this look.

Thx for covering these; always wondered about what it was like when I was seven. Seemed revoluntionary to my seven year old mind.[

I just found and started rereading my tpb of this series! I love it, yes its campy but there's a cleverness you just don't see in comics anymore. "Funny, i never figured he'd (Two-Face) do something as ordinary as klunk you with a plain bowl" "not a plain bowl, witling. A bowl of pears. As in pairs. As in twos!" HA! Love it.

I recall during the norm breyfogle run, villains like the joker were off limits. Relegated to graphic novels, annuals and crossover events. I miss those times when his appearance was an event. Now you see more of the joker than you do some heroes. And I’ll be honest, what they’ve done with him this century has mostly been so dark as to just not be entertaining, I prefer my comics less traumatic thanks.

A little off top Sasha, are you planning to bless us with quick history of white Vision? Or something on the topic of West Coast Avengers?

Love today’s look. Very on point! Not only does it reference Catwomans style at the beginning of the series, but it’s like Edna Mode, if she only designed costumes for Super-villains! (No wheeps, dah-link. Remember what happened to Punch and Jewlee?) I remember this era very well, and it wasn’t as much an experiment as you might think. DC was also publishing Secret Society of Super Villains at the time. And Duella Dent (aka the Jokers Daughter) was a thing happening in Teen Titans. And of course cross -marketing with Mego and Super Friends. So it’s no wonder the look and tone were emulating the average Hostess pie ad. DC was also trying to capture a new audience, as those who were reading from ‘65 to ‘75 were moving on. At least some thought of engagement was made. As evidenced by the advent of the Hyenas, Joker-mobile, and the Ha-hacienda evoking lighthearted fun of a suddenly bygone era. And of course all those fun plots you listed. But no wheeps!NO WHEEPS!!!! But imnplied violence and wigs are good, dah-link.

"Also, in this story The Joker wears Jheri Curl wig. There's a sentence that you thought that you would never hear!" 😂🤣 I just want to hear that conversation led to that fashion statement for The Joker!😂🤣🤔🤡

Can we stop using a joker for like a year at least?

I enjoyed his tales from the crypt like anthology he had.

Have you done a video on The Creeper yet? I remember him and always thought he was a bizarre character from the '70s.

I believe, this is the start. of the joker, iconic character.

1:07 Wow that guy's brains are getting blown out right on the cover

Your hair looks really great today.

BTW, I'm loving The Joker fingernails, Sasha! 🥰💅🏾 Although, I would put The Joker on your left side and Batman on your right side. That way, it is a social commentary and you can make them look like they're fighting when you're bored. 🤡🦇😁

I loved the 70s bronze age joker loved the 9 issue run from the mid 70s especially number 9 the cat and the clown wish number 10 was published in the 70s when he took on the whole justice league

Y’know, there actually was a Joker-centered book called “Going Sane.” I think it was originally from Legends of the Dark Knight. It was one of the better Joker stories I’ve read.

Killing WW by choking her with her own lasso in this way contradicts the fact that she's kinda really-really superstrong and it would do exactly NOTHING to her, but then again writers forgetting that Diana is more than just a girl in a sexy costume is par for the course by now. Heck, there is an actual comic where Batman realizes WW has superstrength/durability and to take her out he. Punches. Her. In. The. Chest. It's the same comic where he also has quicker reflexes than the Flash, so....

Elton John was everywhere in the 70s!

I really want to see a story where the Joker returns after surviving a "certain death" where he falls from a great height, and when Batman says, _"But I saw you fall to your death!"_ Joker just comes back with, _"Seriously...? You throw me off somewhere high like, almost every time I see you! You think I don't carry a grappling hook at all times to save myself...?!?"_ It would just be such an on-brand move to totally undermine that overused trope with a meta nod! lol

I red a few if the Kobra books and enjoyed them. I would like to see Sasha cover the Secret Society of Super Villains.