Warning! Contains spoilers for Action Comics #1063!
Summary
- The Joker realizes his chaotic worldview doesn't make sense under Bizarro's spell.
- A confrontation between Bizarro Joker and a Bizarro version of Superman highlights the Joker's flawed and pointless actions.
- The Killing Joke's "one bad day" philosophy is debunked by the Joker's self-realization.
Many DC Universe villains have twisted views on how the world works, but none is more twisted than the Joker. When Bizarro unleashes a spell that transforms everyone into their true opposite, the Joker can admit that his worldview really doesn't make sense and shouldn't be followed under any circumstances.
In Action Comics #1063 by Jason Aaron and John Timms, readers see the Joker confronting a Bizarro version of the real Superman. This version of Joker is the sanest man on Earth and confronts this Bizarro Superman. With everyone else defeated, the only thing the Joker can do is try to reason with this strange Superman, and it's here that the Joker says something that strikes true to the core of his character.
The Joker admits that for all his violent crimes, he's just been trying to lash out at the world to try and change it to fit how he views it. He also goes further and admits that doing this is pointless and that it won't stop the hurt inside himself.
The "I, Bizarro" arc by Aaron and Timms begins in Action Comics #1061, available now from DC Comics.
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The Joker believes that the world is an inherently chaotic place and that nothing happens for any real reason: it's all just madness people try to make sense of. The Joker has insisted that he was driven mad by a single bad day and that this could happen to anyone. He attempted to prove this by trying to drive James Gordon insane during the events of The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. The Joker has also suggested that Batman was similarly driven mad by his own version of "one bad day." But when the Joker is affected by Bizarro's magic, he can finally see how wrong he is.
Bizarro is lashing out at the world because he lost his planet and is trying to turn Earth into a new version of his world. The Joker confronts him over this, explicitly saying: "Don't expect the rest of the world to change in order to fix what's broken inside you. It never works." With this one sentence, the Joker finally admits that he was wrong during the events of The Killing Joke and everything else. There is something fundamentally wrong inside of the Joker, and he insists that what's wrong with him is in everyone else, too. But he's ultimately wrong, and under the effects of Bizarro's magic, he's finally able to admit that.
The Joker's Iconic "One Bad Day" Philosophy Doesn't Actually Make Sense
A "Sane" Version of the Joker Reveals the Truth
The entire point of the Joker's Killing Joke attack was to prove that anyone could be driven insane if they go through a bad enough day. But the Joker failed, and James Gordon isn't driven insane by this attack. While he's certainly traumatized, he's able to move on with his life and is overall fine.
The Joker has never addressed this failure, but in this one moment, while Bizarro's magic reverses him, he's able to be true to himself. The Joker finally admits that lashing out at the world because of his own trauma doesn't solve anything. While some might argue that, because of Bizarro's magic, the Joker is just saying the opposite of what he believes, but that doesn't mean that the opposite of what the Joker believes isn't true.
Action Comics #1063 is available now from DC Comics!
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