The guy who tried to be Joker’s friend
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Joker: A Graphic Novel by Brian Azzarello
▸ The Joker has been mysteriously released from Arkham Asylum, and he's none to happy about what's happened to his Gotham City rackets while he's been "away." What follows is a harrowing night of revenge, murder and manic crime as only The Joker can deliver it, as he brutally takes back his stolen assets from The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face, Killer Croc and others.
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Johnny is basically that one kid in school who wants to be friends with the bad kid cuz he thinks he’s cool
But doesn’t know what he’s getting himself into
The naïveté
Well, Jonny Frost made it as Joker's right hand man in the DCEU (played by Jim Parrack). He's the main reason I want to watch the Ayer cut of Suicide Squad, since apparently Jonny Frost has a lot more screentime with the Joker, and I have a thing for henchmen...
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Or the girl who wants to date the bad boy because she thinks he won't be bad towards her. Then she finds out the hard way
Frost made a really bad choice deciding to work for Joker. I would've chosen Penguin. He's the most "normal" of the rogues. PS: Not the Penguin from this story.
@@randallflagg3700Henchmen dies tho😂Go watch Batman v Superman and watch how Lex Luthor's henchmen ended up🤣 Including his woman, Mercy🤣
Okay wait. This was actually the greatest Joker story I’ve ever heard. This is legit the first time I’ve actually felt like I can’t predict what he’s going to do next. This is peak insane Joker, IMO
Yes, I genuinely agree. I can't figure out how Jonny is going to die and rn I'm at the part where Mr. J takes back the turf/Killer Croc warns Jonny. This is better than The Killing Joke imo
@@TheLastNewYorker too bad he doesn’t combine both parts. …
Anyone else thinks Jonny Jonny a lil on the "g&y side" ? His mentality is "I can Change Him" 😂
@@joezar33 The word is "gay". And no, we don't.
I still don't get why he snaps and kills the guys who tried to give him back the territory. I guess in Joker's mind he was still insulted. Who the hell was he screaming at in the street after?
Being joker's friend is probably more dangerous than being his enemy.
Just as dangerous, but scarier... The inevitable gets delayed.
@@willthebeast8002making Joker even more random than he already would be. At least as his enemy you know for certain it’s on sight.
Imagine deadpool trying to be a friend with joker! What can joker do it to him then? He is unkillable
Is there really a difference. I think he looks at everyone as another form of potential chaos or order. He doesn't have friends or enemies, just chaos and order
@@kaiholeung903for the love of god pick up a fucking comic for once.
Deadpool is not “unkillable” and you fake fans really need to stop spreading that lie.
Joker, when written properly, genuinely scares me, because you never know what he's going to do or how he's going to react. Joker is like an infection, he taints and destroys everything he comes into contact with, even for a moment.
And he can't die, he falls, he dissappear but he always comes back.
The only real way to write Joker is as an agent of chaos, an unknown variable in a plan. You never know what's he's going to do or say.
I won't settle for anything less in the writing of Joker.
He’s only scary because of plot armor. He’s a skinny, frail looking dude.
All those mobsters, gangsters and super powered criminals would have taken him out decades ago. Because organized crimes hate random X factors like Joker.
How did he take a big dude to the back and skin him by himself? He was just so terrified of Joker he froze up? Is Joker super strong and held him down?
I don’t go by written properly I go by “how’s he feeling when he wakes up, he’s in one of *those* moods”
And that's why I never understand why Batman never just killed dude. Batman super busy running around beating up people that are broke being the billionaire judge.. but never handles the .. The punisher would have killed him a long time ago
This story gets the joker down perfectly.
Shut up..
Acting like you know what the Joker is suppose to be.
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@@rzn2258 Get lost
They got *Bob* from Batman 89 movie down perfectly as well.. "Cough" ! mean Jonny Jonny Forst lol
There is no scenario where the Joker is ever legally legitimately released from an insane asylum
Or not killed by someone by now
Oh he gets released, alright- to HELL!
Well, there is one. The time he was 'cured' which didn't last long, and he ran for a political office on an anti hero platform
Someone pulled some strings. The right people got paid off.
he can bribe people. he could steal millions in a day
People always act like ohh you never know what the joker is gonna do. Have you guys actually paid any attention? He just kills everyone
This story was pretty darn cool bronana. Can't dispute that!
No shit. But his specific actions matter.
A bullet to the head is not the same as kidnapping someone, torturing them, killing them, dismembering them, and then rearranging body parts so that the parents can’t tell what is what. Joker did this to a kindergarten class.
It's psychopathic so expected. If he mixed it with normal or good actions he will be unpredictable. Joker is a 1 dimensional over hyped psychopath. Pretty boring to me
@@RandomPerson28337 I agree:/ he’s just some serial killer now, none of his actions are really scary because they’re not unexpected
@@g.masterlordoftheg-force4770 Replay that peace keeper scene all the time
The way Joker is drawn here remind me a lot of a mix of Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger... love it!
Yeah, he has Jack's hair and face but his makeup and overall design is like Heath.
I've always thought this was the best version of the Joker written. He's out of his mind,then we see it through someone else's eyes. That makes it even worse
Every single person told Johnny to leave and he somehow thought he could fix him.
bro thought he was Harley Quinn
Funny enough, even if he understood from the start and wanted nothing to do with the Joker, what is he gonna do for real, leave the Joker who wants him around? The moment the Joker took interest in him, death was unavoidable. You know as well as I do that even if he some how manage to run away changing everything from his and and look to the other side of the world, Joker WOULD find him one day and make It very messed up! And this Joker is messed up like Tommy from Goodfellas messed up.
For me the value of Azzarello's 'Joker' is not that this is the deadliest or most insane Joker - we've seen that with Emperor Joker, Morrison's bioweapons-terrorist Joker, etc. It's that he feels much more like a grounded gangland 'character'. We understand how he 'works' as a criminal and you can see why some people like Johnny and Croc find him charismatic and want to work with him even though he has a reputation for being unpredictably violent. It's Joker as Dillinger or Capone.
As a note - when he gets Johnny to pass him the shovel near the start wrapped in the blanket, it's so the people following them think Joker has a shotgun.
My favorite relationship in this story was between Croc and Joker. The mutual respect they have for each other is very cool to see.
I’ve always canonized this as Joker having a respect for Gotham’s supervillains specifically, especially the odd ones(as long as they don’t overstep on his terf)
I mean, I guess so. Seemed kinda obvious how this was gonna go, and then it went that way. ✨🤷♀️✨
My favorite scene in all Batman media is from Batman The Animated series.
Batman's rogue's gallery is sitting around playing poker and talking about the times they almost killed Batman.
Killer Croc (who we find out is secretly Batman) goes "One time I almost hit him with a rock!".
The Joker goes "Oh, Croc....." and face palms.
@@SillyBilly533Yeah, like he said. If you get to call him a fake fan I get to point out you have no reading comprehension.
@SillyBilly533 imagine trying to correct someone who already said the correction 😂
“Give her what ever you think it was worth and dive her home” is one of the heaviest things I’ve ever read in comics.
If it wasn't horrible enough Joker did that to his wife but the implications that Croc had a turn just makes it all the worse.
makes it better* tbh
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Batman's response to the Joker's question is perfect
The Joker looks terrifying in this art style. This makes the New 52 “Death in the Family” Joker look like care bear in comparison.
Bermejo's style is beastly
Snyder's New52 Joker with the face-mask is from "Death of the Family"... "Death in the Family" is the story in which Joker kills Jason Todd with a bomb.
and becomes ambassador of iran, can't forget that!@@randallflagg3700
Jonny and Killer Croc both said “is that a problem?” when they were late to meet the joker. When Killer Croc was late, Joker didn’t care. When Jonny was late, Joker kicked him. It shows that Killer Croc was right when he said him and Jonny were different in Joker’s eyes.
Because killer croc will maul him lmao
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That would imply Joker is afraid of Croc….
Which is a load of crock. Crock relishes what he does, same as Joker. Frost is a dork trying to impress Joker.
I wish all batman comics were written like this. Has so much more weight to it.
"The greatest trick The Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist"
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that they were god
What does that have to do with anything?
When he says "you're so obvious" he's also talking to Johnny, it's obvious that he truly is not the Jokers friend, but his protegé. Johnny didn't get his bottom jaw blown off, he got shot on the corners of his mouth when Joker gave him his scars. (this may not be based in facts, but it's the ending I choose to interpret & no one can convince me otherwise)
In addition, notice how similar in appearance Johnny & Joker are
Also, "Johnny Frost" echoes "Joe Chill" in a tangible way.
L interpretation
@@yeshualucombe6335 L take
@@t.estable3856 this tho
This is one of the best Joker stories ever written. Because by the end of the comic you really loath and despise The Joker.
I legit thought joker was a prequel to the dark knight before I read this in 2008
@@darkservantofheaven I could see that.
"To mock you." Batman destroyed him in that one line. God damn Bruce.
It's an amazing line. This entire story showcases Joker as an unpredictable mad man. Someone that nobody crosses and has all the power over everyone. And in one line, it shows how Batman is the only one who can genuinely get in his head. It really is an amazing showcase of an unstoppable force meeting and immovable object.
Yea I had to rewind that. Joker just loses his shit lol
The fact that two face called batman himself speaks volumes.
While researching Jonny, I found out that this universe took place in the same as Batman: damned, also written by Brian Azzarello. Glad Rob mentioned it towards the end.
Also, to add on to what he said, "Batman: Damned actually takes place after this story and reveals the body seen falling at the end of Joker is, in fact, the Clown Prince himself, not Jonny." Also, Joker threatens Two-Face with a briefcase holding evidence that Two-Face has two wives.
the joker doesn't trusts anyone and he would quickly kill anyone that would be foolish enough to trust him.
Yeah probably sees that as weak and loses respect for em
You’ve reignited my love of comics man. You’re a great storyteller and an awesome narrator. You hold my attention, keep doing this! 🤟
Johnny misread the Joker. When he realized who/what Joker really was, it was too late.
This guy sounds like me after a few drinks and people allow me to keep ranting about nerd shit
That line about "doing your dirty work" what if he's talking about Batman? The idea that he's actually helping batman
Batman is complicit in all his crimes for not removing his arms eyes and tongue
Frost: and then I realised, I was never his friend
Everyone: 👁👄👁
I have never read a graphic comic. This has entranced me, the description and breakdown is absolutely brilliant. I have no idea where to start but I need an in.
This is like Jared Leto's joker killing the guy who liked Harley in Suicide squad. I like it ^^
“To mock you” That shit was cold
Idk why anyone would even want to be near the Joker😂
I love it the movies got him dancing and things don't like that at all show the real joke
Because he's the jonkler
The Riddler isn't showing fear, because he's likely got tricks up his sleeve but also because he's seeing The Joker as being mentally inferior to him.
Basically, he's thinking "why should I show fear to an inferior being?"
.... He also likely knew that it was only for a simple transaction and nothing more. He's doing his thing, The Joker is doing his own things. He's smart enough to not try and take from him.
It was a mix of arrogance and confidence
One of my favorite comics i read as a kid. Never forgot Johnny Frost
Did you like Jonny Frost in the DCEU Suicide Squad? Apparently he has several extra scenes in the Ayer cut, and as a Jonny Frost fan I'd really like to watch it some day...
@@randallflagg3700 I never realized they put him in the 2016 film!!! What a nice Easter egg.
@@AmusedCoffee-ym3gb - It's indeed pretty cool, I have a thing for DC villains henchmen, so one of the first things I looked up after returning from the theater after watching *SS* was to check if Joker's right-hand man who handled the minigun in the helicopter had a name...
... and I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it was ol' Jonny Jonny Frost ^_^
I read this comic a few years back. It was a great narrative from a henchman’s POV. It would make a better Joker sequel than what we are getting with a musical.
You don't know that as it isn't even out yet.
Edit: trash
Not fair to judge the movie before it's out
Edit: trash movie
This story will absolutely be better than the Joaquin sequel
I take it back, it was trash and you were correct
Theory. What if joker has an ability to see glimpses of the future. That could explain why everything he does seems so random?
Keep in mind, this book came out around the time of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008), so Joker's look sort of homage's Heath Ledger's look from the movie, as well as his more erratic gangster modus operandi. Everything is more down to earth and somewhat gritty, as if the story takes place in the movie's world.
An oldie but a goodie. This is an interesting look at how the joker rolls.
That shit is banana sandwiches! Of the best Joker yarns written and illustrated in some time. Chaotic, disgusting, alluring, Joker 🃏 here is what the common denominator of all iterations should be.
The joker always been interesting and my favorite character of the all time
I remember randomly renting the graphic novel of this story from the library. I had no idea how dope it would be
Same here. I remember reading this story when I rented it from my own library. If this ever gets animated, I hope this art style is maintained.
Damn thats a good story!!! If only they could get the movies this perfect and gritty/dark. I love the fact that the focus at the end was on Johnny and realizing he was never Jokers friend and what Joker actually is. We dont often see it from that perspective. We usually see things occur from Batman or the Jokers perspective.
It looks like Joker takes the shovel wrapped up in the blanket with him. My guess is it's a bluff. It makes the Joker look like he has a shotgun so someone following him planning on trying to kill him would think he's armed and back off. Something similar to The Godfather where Michael tells a random guy who's just there but owes his father a favor to put his hand in his pocket and act like he has a gun to scare away men passing by planning to kill his father.
Well yeah, I don't think anyone was confused by this panel... Joker even says he's riding _shotgun_ to make it even more obvious.
Joker fishing is funny because remember when he tried to copyright fish... good times 😂😂😂😂
The artwork in this is insanely well done.
Give me a series where a henchman figures out "the punchline" tells the joker that he'll never get to make the boss happy now and end up just getting cut loose instead.
Sin City meets Batman. 😎👍
This is my favorite joker comic hands down. Thanks rob
I think it was so cool how it really shows how scary Batman could be when from the point of view like an underworld person and how terrifying he can really be like in a movie where you don’t see the monster until the very end.
I actually like the Joker characterization in this comic aside from the really grimdark shit that is almost too iffy and grounded for the Joker (I'm talking about what he does to Frost's wife), but that last scene where Batman goes 'to mock you' isn't great, not because the line is dumb---it actually is pretty cool. BUT. Batman would never tell Joker, known for his incredibly neurotic behavior, something that would undoubtedly piss him off while he's holding a guy at gunpoint, but he does anyway, and Joker shoots Johnny and Batman just... runs past him.
Nice one hero.
It’s because if Batman had been watching him or got intel from Two-face that Johnny was Jokers henchman, Batman figured that he made his bed and now will lay in it.
Batman didn’t kill him, but chose not to save him.
He's not a hero in this. He's a vigilante. Big difference.
But yea.. you'd think Batman would've been watching the joker a bit closer and put a stop to his murders immediately. Im gonna try not to think too hard into it
Yeah, I feel that most cases I doubt Batman would get a dig in the Joker while he has a hostage, unless he had a plan to save that said hostage. Also kind of reflects poorly on this Batman for letting the Joker get as far as he did when it's been known he's been observing from the distance.
Not saying he can witness every waking moment of the Joker's antics, but feels like he'd be priority number 1 after the bodies piled up.
“He takes out his wifes husband” erm….you wanna try that sentence again buddy?
I feel like killercroc probably prefers the joker because he doesn't see him as some sort of monster probably doesn't even notice his green skin aside from some ball bustin. Also all eyes go to the joker when hes in the room.
I unironically think the closest thing joker has to a friend is Batman. And look how he’s treated him?
This is probably my favorite depiction of the joker in any form of media
This is my first time watching a complete video of yours and I must say it was done very well in explaining the story and keeping me engaged. I just subscribed
God, if I was a criminal in Gotham I'd NEVER wanna cross paths with Joker. Fuck that 😂
I'm shocked they all don't just team up and kill him. Joker is a threat to absolutely everyone near him.
Turns out that Joker is more of a crimefighter than Batman.
“With the help of god or the devil”
Its the devil, it’s clearly the devil.
I am still trying to figure why people don't give the Joker the Alex Murphy treatment. Do they think he'll become Robocop?
I wonder what would've happened if Batman never answered Joker's question.
This is honestly one of the best Joker stories if you ask me.
I mean you can try and he'll most likely go along with it for shits and giggles but chances are he'll get all the giggles while you get the shits
Really makes you question why Batman doesn’t take out an insane villain like Joker but is okay for all the people he kills, drives mad and mentally scars but Batman is like “noooo, he must live”.
You might as well make Joker..Batman’s dad. He just can’t get rid of him
Everyone knows Bob was Jokers number one guy
Tbh. I could totally see this as being a spin off solo Joker movie in the universe of Christopher Nolans Batman with Heath Ledger as the Joker. Im going to accept it in my own head as Canon. Everything about this comics universe is grounded, realistic and the similarities between this joker and Heaths are strikingly similar.
Edit: Guess 2 face not actually dying in TDK would be a suprise tho 😂
this is the goat joker story imo
It honestly feels like main continuity Joker would hate this one with a passion for being too tryhard lol
Batman's "to mock you" line goes hard. Joker knows it isnot the reason but he knows it is the truth. Anytime you wonder about me it puts me above you, Batman knows that he sullies the Joker.
Making friends with Joker never ends well in a nutshell.
Excellent storytelling
I was thinking that too
Joker tuned out Johny before he could even say his last name...His jokes never quit 😅
I've waited years for this review lol I loved it when it came out
26:03 The car has no top. Jorker was doing "that" for all to see and hear.
This Joker storyline, if still alive, has Heath Ledger written all over it...Dark, twisted and in my opinion, well written.👏🏾
22:06: Nah Rob. It's cuz jokes and riddles usually get along... 😂😂😂
I remember bringing this book to elementary school in 5th grade and politely being told to never bring it again lmao at the time I genuinely didn't understand why
Everybody knows that Joker's best friend is Batman. 💯
Omg, I been waiting FOREVER for Rob to do this story. I'm so happy you finally decided to do these OG stories while it's a little hiatus or nothing new in comics is coming out, YET. I really dig these. I hope you do That Dark Horse The Mask story that takes place years after the other ones. It's so good to hear your renowned vigor for telling how these stories went down, Rob. I swear every time he gets excited I'm dying laughing. I also saw the vid of Benny passing, and it broke me to see how it affected you, and so many other people. You guys are LITERALLY the catalysts of the comic book nerdom community even waay before the MCU. Love bro, we NEED more of these. 😂😂🤣📠📠🔥🔥🔥🥳📠📠🖤🖤❤️❤️💯💯🙏🏾🙏🏾🥹😊
This looks like it could be adapted into a movie.
The skull on K Crocs soup is a hella nice touch (18:22 )
One of my favorite graphic novels. I remember when my pops bought it for me when I was younger too..
15:06 Because this time it’s a reversal of the character’s but not their behaviors, in relation to each other
Normally we’d be seeing things from Batman’s perspective and assuming Joker to be lurking somewhere plotting another unpredictable scheme
It is awesome
Everytime I see your vids I the think of him and I wasn't even a friend like that just a weirdo probably across the world who just really liked comics but God I miss him thank u for keeping the vids going manz
Rob, you should talk about the Plutonian from Irredeemable! Great video as always!
This was very well done dude
The dark Knight Joker is the best joker and this really feels like that joker. It’s refreshing to see him again.
If Joker were released from Arkham, he'd go to prison. He wouldn't be turned out on the streets.
If a billionaire in a kevlar bat suit tried to take out half a dozen hardened criminals at the same time hand-to-hand, he'd get brutalized. He wouldn't be taking them off the streets. If you can't suspend your disbelief and enjoy the drama over fantastical plot elements, why read comic books? Anyway, this is Gotham; the Joker's off-camera henchmen probably bribed the judge or threatened their children or some such.
@@bartolomeothesatyrImma be real with you chief, your scenario is more realistic by far than Joker being released from the asylum without going to prison 😂😂😂
I mean, I really don't care, I can suspend my disbelief, but I just had to say it
I used to like Brian Azzarello but noticed that rape and sexual assault is very prevalent in his works.
Yeah, it is just unnecessary. We already know the villains are bad guys. He also writes sexual assault in a way that almost ignores the victim and instead focuses more on the reactions of those around.
Joker really just kills tons of people and Batman just sticks him back in Arkham
Blame the government
That's the way Croc should always be depicted. I hate when he's done like some kind of D&D monster
first time veiwer! great content. love how u tell stories with direct text and commentary. good shit bro!
"You got a friend in me!" - some cowboy named Woody probably
Best 1 shot I've read from DC mind u but still
the artwork for this is jawdropping
I love the art style of this comic. I'm not a big comic reader, but I think I'm gonna check this one out.
Wow this is a VERY well written Joker !
One of the best comics I’ve read