Joker's Most Disgusting Power Is Too R-Rated for the Movies
While part of what makes the Joker so terrifying is the fact that he doesn’t have any powers but is still considered one of the greatest villains in the DC Universe, that idea is completely flipped on its head when the Clown Prince of Crime actually does become superhuman. After the Joker travels to another universe, he obtains dark and disgustingly brutal abilities that are way too R-rated for the movies.
In Batman/Judge Dredd “Die Laughing” #2 by Alan Grant, John Wagner, and Jim Murray, the Joker has traveled to Judge Dredd’s universe after using a multiversal teleportation belt. When he got there in the previous issue, the Joker helped a superpowered villain known as Judge Death escape imprisonment, and he was rewarded with some truly sinister powers of his own.
Related: Joker Got the Perfect Name & Power by Crossing Over with Marvel
Judge Death is one of the four Dark Judges within the Judge Dredd continuity, beings who wield demonic abilities and are tasked with bringing about destruction of all life across the multiverse. They traveled to Judge Dredd’s universe from a parallel world in order to carry out their dark mission. After they were arrested off-panel, the Joker freed Judge Death and in return, the dark entity imbued him with its evil energy and transformed the Joker into another Dark Judge. The power the Joker gained in the process proved to be way too gruesome for any of his movies as he acquired the ability to make people’s heads explode, creating a shower of gore to coincide with the hackling sound of his sinister laughter.
The Joker’s laughter makes people’s heads explode in this comic, which really is the perfect power for the Joker as it is similar to his deadly laughing gas, but without the need for
Read more on screenrant.com
