This isn't a new complaint, but for all the talk of the Joker being an "agent of chaos" or whatever we're meant to believe he is, he just keeps coming back to killing lots of people. The methodology might change, but where it ends doesn't. It's not much of a joke if the punchline is always, "and then they died."
I would just like to see the Joker doing random stuff sometimes. Batman's cruising along in the ol' Batmobile, stops at a red light ('cause he obeys traffic laws when not in hot pursuit), and the Joker runs out and throws a pie over his windshield. Made of glue, so Batsy can't easily clear it off. Then he just leaves, having mildly inconvenienced Batman.
Or one of the Bat's other rogues is on the loose, and the Joker drops him off in front of a police station. Alive. Not even because he doesn't want Mr. Zsasz or Riddler or whoever killing Batman, but just for the hell of it. Because that's what he felt like doing when he woke up that day.
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I think that there was a time when this sort of behavior would have been perfectly "normal" for the Joker...but they have chosen to go so far over the edge with him in the rush to be grim and gritty that I am not sure it would ever be possible to go back.
Its rather a shame though, because your ideas are certainly more fun.
Yeah, this really seems more like '50s-'60s era Joker. I remember seeing one story where he committed a bunch of pointless crimes to be declared insane, so he could get close to a guy who stole a fortune then got amnesia, so he could figure out where the fortune was.
You can do so many more things with him than make people die with huge smiles.
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