Whether or not Batman's most prolific villain, The Joker, should have a definitive origin story has been the subject of debate amongst comic book fans for nearly 80 years. However, in Scott Snyder and Jorge Jimenez's Justice League #6... well, we won't exactly see the Clown Prince of Crime's origin, but we will get a rare glimpse into his childhood.During DC Comics' Justice League panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego, a page of Jimenez's artwork from the upcoming issue was revealed, and in it, we get four glimpses into The Joker's past. The first is a look at Joker as the leader of the Red Hood gang; the second, a failed comedian, a la The Killing Joke. However, in the bottom two panels, we get to see The Joker as a child, at which time he was already unhinged and apparently cooking whole birds in ovens after school.
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“So coming up, in issue #6, we’re going to focus on Joker," Synder said at the Justice League panel. “I love Batman as comic relief. I wrote him so seriously for so long.â€
Here's DC's full solicitation for Justice League #6:
Did you read the write-up on issue #5? Do you really think anything’s gotten better for the Justice League in the past two weeks? Still Force? Still a thing! Ultraviolet Galaxy Lantern? Keeps attacking! Sinestro? Total garbage! Lex Luthor and Joker? Beating everyone to the Source Wall piece. If that happens? You don’t wanna know.
Justice League #6, by Scott Snyder and Jorge Jimenez, goes on sale August 15 from DC Comics.
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