Joker Hates the British Batman for the Same Reason He Loves Bruce

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The Joker loves cracking on Batman's seriousness, but Britain's Batman is the exact opposite. While it might seem like the Joker would love a goofier Batman, the British hero Knight ends up sending the Clown Prince of Crime into an absolute frenzy.

While America's super villains are deadly serious, forcing its heroes to tackle their threats head on, England has a much different situation. In the DC Universe, England's villains are often far more goofy and quirky, leaving them not so much a threat as a periodic nuisance. This leads the nation's heroes to match that energy, often being just a goofy as their foes. Britain unfortunately has some of DC's most useless superheroes. DC's British heroes have such names like Salt of the Earth and Milkman while the villains take monikers like the Pirate Astronomers and Captain Moondfust. All of this even extends to the nation's own version of Batman and Robin, Knight and Squire. This dynamic duo has a Joker-like enemy named Jarvis. But he's not particularly dangerous, at least not until the real Joker shows up.

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In Knight and Squire #6 by Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton, the Clown Prince of Crime arrives in England determined to show them what a real super villain can do. He disperses Joker masks across England that manipulates people into committing crimes, including murder. Specifically, Joker goes after England's goofy heroes by killing them in strange and unique ways. For instance, one hero dies by being pinned to a tin roof and then heating up the roof so much that it burns the hero alive. While Joker is foiled by his secret magic weakness, the acts he committed were still heinous beyond belief.

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