For most DC fans, the accepted "reality" of the Joker's origin was told in Alan Moore's Batman: The Killing Joke, a 1988 one-shot which provided a backstory for the villain, narrated by Joker himself.

It becomes about what any human who has the same experiences as the Joker might become. That’s why giving him a backstory will always feel uninteresting at best and make the character feel ...

Yet unlike Ledger's Joker, whose terrifying qualities partially stemmed from the fact that he didn't have a backstory, Phoenix's Joker exists precisely so that we can learn about his backstory.

Joaquin Phoenix's "Joker" follows a man dealing with mental illness. The character's descent into violence has experts debating the message it sends. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 ...

A very begrudging defense of the final scene in Joker: Folie à Deux and why it is the most true-to-the-source material thing to occur in both films. [SPOILERS] ...

In The Dark Knight, the Joker’s perspective is so warped that love is as foreign to him as a unicorn in Gotham. A lifetime spent in the depths of violence and chaos left him devoid of empathy.

The latest chapter in the Joker’s nefarious story arc may be the DC Comics arch villain's most unusual yet: He becomes pregnant. In the latest issue of DC Comics’ series, "The Joker: The Man ...

In ‘The People’s Joker,’ an iconic villain is co-opted ... a mouth-guarded muscle man and an ivied plant-human ... whose backstory with their shared Bat-foe turns this T4T romance into ...

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for the ending of “Joker: Folie à Deux” now playing in theaters. Joaquin Phoenix dons his clown makeup once again in “Joker: Folie à Deux,” the ...