While there’s a layer of irony here, for most readers, this scene isn’t funny in the laugh-out-loud sense. Instead, it perfectly reflects Joker’s idea of humor—manipulative, cruel ...

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Joker was no longer scary because he was a ruthless criminal, but because he was an insane and unpredictable one. Writer Steve Englehart's arc "The Laughing Fish" was an iconic story that ...