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TheJokercan not be reasoned with , and he can not be contained , but one dark time to come shows that killing the Joker is n’t the only solution to finish him . In a world where the Justice League go scallywag , they solve their resort felonious problems by simply lobotomizing them .
The Joker is deal with — permanently — inJustice League Beyond 2.0#18 by Christos Gage , Dexter Soy , Veronica Gandini , and Saida Temofonte . The Justice Lords do from an alternate world where they finally had enough of Lex Luthor and killed him after he got out with murdering the Flash . This finally spirals out of control with the Justice Lords going after any villain that would threaten Earth .
This let in them fighting and kill both Brainiac and Darkseid , but they did n’t desire to employ deadly force on every scoundrel . It ’s revealed thatseveral villains — such as Cheetah , Poison Ivy , and even the Joker — have all been lobotomized .
In Batman Beyond 2.0 , DC introduced an unbelievable Kryptonite - powered armor for Terry McGinnis to take on an extremist alternate Superman .
The Joker Can be Stopped with One Method: a Lobotomy
Superheroes struggle to deal with unrepentant criminals . villain like the Joker and Lex Luthor continually get away with their crimes and are very rarely , if ever , rueful for the harm they ’ve caused . While the heroes can continually trail them down and captivate them over and over , the question becomes if they are really doing anything , considering they keep take to the woods prison house . While some masses want Hero to simply kill their villains , that ’s proven to be a very slippery slope , with several former heroes falling into villainy themselves once they ’ve survive down that route . Historically , Batman attempt to kill the Jokernever ends well . But there might be another answer .
There have been times when the Joker has been blessed with sanity , in which case he immediately convey regret for his natural action . This bear witness that he is n’t only a lost cause , andwhile performing invasive brain surgery on the Joker is a bit of a leap , it ’s far good than killing him . It ’s not probable either Batman or Superman would ever reckon doing this , but there ’s no denying that the Justice Lords did manage to take charge of their villain problem in a manner that was far more effective than most — and they did it non - lethally , too .
The Joker Will Continue to Be a Problem in the DCU
The Joker is a major trouble in the DCU , and in several substitute universes he grows to be such a threat that he eventually end the entire Earth . With someone that dangerous continually unravel free in Gotham , it ’s not unreasonable for Batman or Superman to get look for other resolution to share with the Clown Prince of Crime . While lobotomizing him certainly seems to be a valid choice , it ’s improbable that true heroes like Batman would ever go that far to deal with a monster like theJoker .
Justice League Beyond 2.0#18is available now from DC Comics !
