The Killing Joke Was Always Canon! | Batman History: 1988 

Gotta say even with Starlin trying his hardest to make us hate Jason I still don't hate Jason. In the stories that are meant to make us hate Jason I get where Jason's coming from.

I never got how anyone though Batman killed Joker at the end of KJ. One person tried to convince me showing me a panel that he said was "absolutely" Batman choking Joker. I had to pull out tracing paper to show him Batman would need two elbows on each arm for that to work.

I'm pretty sure its called "The Killing Joke" because in stand up comedy "killing" refers to the comedian being able to connect with the audience and get laughs out of their performance. The "Killing Joke" is the joke at the end of the book when Joker finally gets a laugh out of Batman. It's not that complicated

Shame Jason's death and Barbara's disability were all undone so the Joker really accomplished nothing. Really undermines the threat of the Joker that nothing he does ever lasts.

As always, another great one :D the thing I love most about your channel is that every single time I finnish a video I always feel motivated to read Batman or read comics in general. Usually most of the attention goes to the live-action movies and while I love them, I really appreciate how you manage to bring back the focus to the actual books. Saludos desde la Carita de Dios

You should do a collab with Mr Rogues

Man, you're swell! Been following for more than a year. Keep on!

Batman is my favorite Superhero and 1988 was the year I was born and 2 stories wear The Joker "My Favorite Super Villain" was at his most Evil wore publish that year.

Love your work! As a fellow Batman fan, your videos honor him well! Keep it up!

And I thought Spiderman has a rough life.

This year is truly an isolation of Batman from his Bat-family.

Great video! Always good to see some more clearing up about the fact that The Killing Joke was canon from the start. While Starlin’s limited use of Jason, his, willingness to kill him off, and his own comments on the subject definitely suggest that Starlin didn’t like Jason, I found the way that he wrote the character in A Death in the Family to be quite interesting. For a story that ultimately feels pretty rushed and contrived just so that Jason can die, I find Jason himself to be written pretty well. His motivations to find his birth mother are well-defined and sympathetic. Even after Jason is killed in the explosion, it’s emphasized that he died a hero, by shielding his mother’s body with his own even after she betrayed him. I dunno if Starlin secretly had a soft spot for the kid or if he was just being professional enough to give him a good send off, but it’s food for thought.

Another good video🦇

Another great video dude. Didn't Alan Moore himself say at some point that he originally intended The Killing Joke to be an elseworlds story and that he wouldn't have paralyzed Barbara if he knew it was going to be made canon?

Thank you for this video, I get to annoyed and tired at people saying the Killing Joke isn't canon

We need the Long Halloween analysis

hello salazar, in what comic oracle start working with batman??

Killing joke was always meant to be canon, just not to the post crisis continuity.

Batman The Killing Joke it's one of my favourite batman comic books of all time.

Barbra Kessel? I thought her name was Barbra Randall.

Man. Jason really got it rough in the 80s. Seriously Jason needs real emotional support and therapy. Also Grant Morrison is non binary and uses they/them pronouns.

Meh, Bolland's art is exquisite but the story blows. I'll stick with Case Study as the Joker's origin...

Idiots: Not Canon Comics: Oracle became Oracle because she shot by the Joker wearing the same Hawaiian shirt! Booster Gold time travelled over and over to prevent the shooting. Zatanna and WW took Barbara out prior to Barbara being shot by Joker.