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      • He's understandably protective over the role, telling MTV in 2007, "The Joker comes from my childhood. That's how I got involved with it in the first place. It's a part I always thought I should play."
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    Oct 2, 2019 · In this limited series that let different writers get creative with the Bat-canon, the erstwhile Joker is introduced as Jack, a former hit man for a Gotham City crime family called the...

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  5. www.thedigitalfix.com › dcu › joker-explainedJoker explained: the complete DC history of Batman’s greatest ...

    Oct 30, 2023 · It’s believed that the Joker was originally a failed comedian called Jack Napier and that he became a criminal to support his pregnant wife. During a robbery, he was pursued by Batman and fell (or jumped, according to some stories) into a large vat of chemicals.

  6. comicbook.com › dc › news5 Reasons Jack Nicholson as The Joker Is So Iconic

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    • First Cinematic Version. Other than Cesar Romero, who played a live-action version of The Joker on television in the early '60s, we didn't see a cinematic adaptation until Jack Nicholson came along.
    • Jack Napier. In Batman, The Joker started out as local mobster Jack Napier - a cranky, grumpy, mean-spirited man who for some reason enjoyed flipping a deck of cards around his office.
    • Overshadowed Batman. For those of us that were lucky enough to see Batman in the theater, we couldn't stop starring at The Joker. He was so mesmerizing that our eyes refused to focus on anything else while he was on the screen.
    • The Parade. The parade sequence is easily the most ridiculous stunt that any Joker has ever pulled on the big screen. It easily stands out in our minds as an iconic moment.

  7. screenrant.com › batman-joker-jack-nicholsonBatman: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Jack Nicholson's Joker

    Aug 23, 2020 · As Boss Grissom is giving the orders for the job at the chemical plant, Jack Napier is shuffling through his lucky deck and suddenly peers through a hole in the joker card. Doesn't that face look a little familiar?

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  9. screenrant.com › dc-batman-jack-nicholson-jokerBatman: 10 Major Things That Make Jack Nicholson's Joker Unique

    Sep 19, 2020 · In the 1989 film, Jack Napier becomes the Joker after falling into a vat of chemicals while dueling with Batman. As he falls, Batman fails to save him. Jack's skin and face are damaged, hence his plastic surgery.