The Joker’s identity is constantly evolving and changing throughout various media as time goes on. Throughout the character’s existence, he has been a psychopathic clown, a comical prankster, a highly sexualized serial killer, a self mutilator and an anarchical monster. His ever-changing personality was explained by Grant Morrison (Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, 2004) when he referred to The Joker as having “supersanity”: he is so insane that he is actually sane.
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Are these characters Lombrosian?
Whether or not these characters are complete Lombrosian analogues is questionable. In terms of the insane criminal, both Batman and Joker fit this category nicely, however it is questionable that the two are born criminals. Both Batman and Joker have shown that they cannot be cured of their condition. They are both savage in their methods such as fighting in order to solve their problems: The Joker will kill you whereas Batman will break your bones. Both characters look different to the rest of society. The Joker’s mangled cheekbones and deformed jaw line fit this perfectly and Batman’s ears are clearly not human and are very distinctive. Yet neither character has every physical abnormality to make them a born criminal. What is more, one of the characters has some of this attributes but the other does not. The Joker has the essential low moral stance and is sometimes portrayed with tattoos (Allstar
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Batman and The Joker - Different from Societal Norm. The Dark Night, 2008
Batman and Robin, Frank Miller, 2008). There is no proof that his criminality is a family trait and if The Killing Joke (2008) is taken as fact, the opposite can be seen. Batman clearly shows criminality as a family trait with his training of various Robins and his other allies. Yet Batman has a strong
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