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[Ahasverus]

What do Vandal Savage, Ra's Al Ghul and the Joker have in common? A lot more than past DC Comics history would have you believe. According to Batman #38, Vandal Savage acquired his immortality from the radiation of a mysterious meteorite that fell to Earth in the prehistoric era. Ra's Al Ghul apparently bathes in a "corrupted version" of the chemical/radiation. And the Joker, as told in Snyder's Batman #38 also encountered the meteorite before Gotham was ever born. That's right, the Joker is immortal. It's a clever retcon to explain how the Joker bounces back time after time from all the punishment Batman dishes out. As explained in Batman #38, the chemical only activates in the Joker at moments of extreme physical injury.

Source: CBM.com

Fuck DC comics.

Discuss.

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

What a mess

Overrated villain anyways. Bats has much better villains in his rogue gallery.

 

[Red Arremer]

rofl.

 

[Siegcram]

Ugh.

 

[Dram]

What comic is this from?

 

[SteveWinwood]

wait what

who are the other two people?

ra's al is the second...

grundy the first?

 

[Ahasverus]

I wonder if he turned white and green before or after.

 

[entremet]

wut

 

[Deleted member 231381]

I like the art, though. Who was the artist?

 

[Tabby]

The Fuck.

 

[Lum1n3s]

Is the Joker back after the Death in the Family arc?

 

[JumpJeff84]

But the way comic work this is just one possible explanation that can be retconned or ignored next series, right? It's not like this becomes canon, right?

I don't read comics much, so apologies if I'm wrong

 

[TheGreatDirector]

I like the art, though. Who was the artist?

Greg Capullo

 

[Ahasverus]

What comic is this from?

Batman #38

Is the Joker back after the Death in the Family arc?

Yep, this is the explanation. He has his face back and all.

 

[J10]

the hell am i reading

 

[Mac the KNife]

oof.

 

[Currygan]

that's some yuck dialogue

 

[Munkyspace]

It's crap like this that made me stop reading comics.

 

[Delta Assault]

This is some wack Morrison-level writing.

 

[Hystzen]

Synder still sucking at writing Joker

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Eh, why are you posting open spoilers for a comic thats not even out for a week?

 

[Blader]

Spoiler

It's a joke

 

[Slayven]

wait what

who are the other two people?

ra's al is the second...

grundy the first?

Vandal Savage

 

[Angelus Errare]

DC editors have stopped giving a fuck clearly.

 

[The Silver]

how did Joker get his face back

 

[Cyan]

Yeah, that's pretty dumb. I'm sure they'll retcon this retcon before long.

 

[Loxley]

Is this the Scott Snyder/Capullo series? Come on Snyder, you're better than that.

 

[Aegus]

DC needs to fire whoever read the Dexter books.

 

[Aeris130]

Thankfully, DC has editors to keep things consistent. Writers don't have a carte blanche.

 

[Ahasverus]

how did Joker get his face back

Magical regeneration, son.

Eh, why are you posting open spoilers for a comic thats not even out for a week?

It's a significant event of general relevance. Non-comic readers might be interested.

 

[Nori Chan]

Joker in Arkham Knight confirmed


oh god i can't wait

 

[Zombine]

Spoiler thread title and scans. Needs a title change or a lock.

 

[Afrodium]

Well that's fucking dumb. When you've got the most iconic comic book villain of all time, why on earth would you make such a big change? The Joker is cool because he's just some psycho. Making him some mystical immortal god kind of ruins everything about the character.

 

[Cyan]

wait what

who are the other two people?

ra's al is the second...

grundy the first?

Vandal Savage I guess.

 

[Slayven]

Joker's problem is they over use him and scared to define him.

Cause Joker's sooooooo crazy anything can happen. Fuck Joker he is the worse Batvillian.

 

[Menome]

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Putting spoilers in thread title is a total dick move.

I hate the OT.

 

[kiguel182]

wtf did I just read?

 

[ericexpo]

wow way to make another villain boring.

 

[OminoMichelin]

*sighs*
I just hope this doesn't infect movies and tv series to come.

 

[Manmademan]

Fuck DC comics.

Discuss.

aren't they rebooting again shortly? let them do what they want.

 

[Zombine]

Putting spoilers in thread title is a total dick move.

I fucking know.

 

[Sou Da]

Isn't this guy a bit of crackpot? Couldn't this just be a theory?

Nice scans btw.

EDIT: What's the point of putting out of context stuff up anyways?

 

[Alpende]

What the hell? I'm not too sure if I get this.

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

The fuck did I just read

He's not immortal. It's just that no one has the sense to fucking shoot him

 

[SteveWinwood]

Vandal Savage

Vandal Savage I guess.

That makes sense.

I forget he exists most of the time.

 

[shadyspace]

It's like OT doesn't even think people actually read these fucking things.

 

[adj_noun]

Batman #38

Oh. Damn. I hadn't read that one yet.

 

[Zombine]

Oh. Damn. I hadn't read that one yet.

Probably because it just came out.

 

[Ahasverus]

Spoiler thread title and scans. Needs a title change or a lock.

Putting spoilers in thread title is a total dick move.

I hate the OT.

The headline is all around the web. These aren't even scans, these are officialy released pics. If anything it's free publicity.