The Joker Waralmost went much differently , as author James Tynion IV bring out he originally intend on drink down theJokerand scarringBatmanin the recent comical electric discharge . Tynion break that hisBatman : Death of the Jokerarc ( which was never approved by DC Comics ) that never came to be would have witness the Joker kill in a final battle with the Dark Knight and that Bruce Wayne would have been for good scarred from the fight .

James Tynion announced earlier this month he isleaving DC Comics to pursue creator - owned work with Substack . Tynion , who teamed up with Jorge Jimenez and Tomeu Morey for a stellar political campaign onBatman , is now deteriorate details on his Substack page of which of his estimate never total to realisation . In his late newssheet on Substack , Tynion share details about an alternative plan forThe Joker War , which would have ended with the Joker ’s end - but that the plan never came to be - even if he tried to summate in it after as well .

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One of the biggest obstacle for theJoker never being pop was that the project 5 K   initative- which would have look Jace Fox take over the role of Batman - never happened in the main continuity . The sales of the series kept Tynion on the deed of conveyance much longer than he originally anticipated . Also , when Tynion learned Tom King would kill off Alfred Pennyworth , it led to new storytelling potential for his laterBatmanrun . Tynion did attempt to kill the Joker a few more times , though .

I had no idea whether they would really let me DO it , of course . Beyond that , get me just be percipient that DC at no compass point in this process okay me kill the Joker ( though I tried a few more times , as you ’ll see in the next few newssheet ) .

Killing off the Joker and leaving Batman with a permanent scratch would have been an epical finale to Bruce Wayne ’s fourth dimension as Batman as the 5 universal gravitational constant issue would reset the title under a new Dark Knight . But , once 5 G was shelved , the program did n’t make as much signified , as fun as it would have been to see play out . in the end , Tynion ’s Batman running game would continue for more than a yr , and he ’d even write a wildly popularJokerminiseries for DC Comics . Meanwhile , Bruce Wayne’sBatmanand theJokerare still significant part of DC Comics tale . It ’s wild how different affair might have been if the 5 G initiative bump .

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