The Joker

*"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day".*

- The Joker

Jeremiah Valeska, also known as The Joker, is the arch-nemesis of Batman and the largest threat to face Gotham City, widely considered as the most dangerous criminal in Gotham. The Joker is a psychopathic murderer and anarchist who is also insane. He was originally Jeremiah Valeska, twin brother of the lunatic Jerome Valeska. Jeremiah fell into a vat of acid which left him scarred and even more insane than he was before. After faking being brain dead for 10 years, Jeremiah finally made his grand entrance as Mr. J or J. However, he later found out that Arthur Fleck had used the alias 'Joker' in his criminal career. This lead Jeremiah to adopt the name and make it his own.

## The Joker

### Alias

The Joker, The Clown Prince of Crime, The Ace of Knaves, The Harlequin of Hate, The Jester Of Genocide, Mr. J, J, Puddin', Xander Wilde

### Family

Lila Valeska (mother; deceased)Paul Cicero (father; deceased)

Zachary Trumble (uncle; deceased)

Jerome Valeska (brother; deceased)

### Status

Alive

Since then, The Joker has exceedingly made attacks on all of Gotham, but mainly to get the attention of Batman, his arch-nemesis and polar opposite. He has crushed Batman's heart countless times, by killing Jason Todd and also crippling Barbara Gordon. But Batman has always beaten The Joker and has sent him back to Arkham Asylum.

The Joker met Harleen Quinzel, who began to fall in love with him. The Joker used her to get out of Arkham Asylum. She adopted her own criminal identity, Harley Quinn. The two of them were in an abusive relationship, until Harley left The Joker and became her own criminal. The Joker now has a female sidekick named Punchline.

The Joker most likely has the highest body count on earth, with him killing more people than any of Batman's villains. The Joker has killed many people who were important to his enemies. Such examples are Jason Todd, the second Robin, Sarah Essen, Jim Gordon's first wife and Sofia Falcone, the daughter of Carmine Falcone.

## **PHYSICAL APPEARANCE**

The Joker has pale white skin and a small red smile on his lips. Because of his acid damage, he has only strands of green hair on his head. The acid also left him extremely scarred and his face is covered with scars. His chin is also abnormally pointy due to the swelling. The Joker wears a purple shirt with a multicolored brown tie. He also wears a green sparkly suit with a purple overcoat over it. He wears clown-like yellow gloves that have red lines on them.

## **BIOGRAPHY**

### **Early Life**

Jeremiah Valeska was born to Lila Valeska and Paul Cicero in Haley's Travelling Circus, as was his brother, Jerome Valeska. From a young age, Jeremiah showed an interest for math and design, dreaming of one day becoming a famous engineer. He even drew blueprints for mazes, which didn't go unnoticed by his brother. As a child, Jeremiah was tortured by his insane brother Jerome, who attempted to kill him countless times.

As a result, one night, Jeremiah was taken out of his house by Zachary Trumble, his uncle. He then kissed his mother goodbye, told her he loved her and never saw her again.

### **Schooling years**

As Jeremiah grew up, he lived a pretty normal life. He went to school, and exceeded in all his math classes, along with technology, proving himself to be a qualified inventor. Jeremiah was also exceptionally intelligent. However, due to fear of his brother, he changed his name to Xander Wilde.

### **Mother's Murder**

After graduating from school, Jeremiah was informed of his mother's murder at the hands of his demented brother. Out of fear, Jeremiah didn't attend her funeral nor did he go to the police because of the fear of his brother coming after him and murdering him next. Jeremiah built himself a maze of a home outside of Gotham City, in order to hide from his brother. He stayed there until he had to come out.

### **Becoming a criminal**

Due to his mother's murder and the fear of his brother, Jeremiah began to go insane and became a criminal who wore white face paint, dyed his hair turquoise and wore flamboyant suits. Jeremiah established himself as a major threat, beginning to kill a large amount of Gotham citizens and leaving the police at odds with each other about what he'd do next. Jeremiah blew up the Gotham clock tower, forcing the police to intervene with him.

### **Killing Jerome**

To prove that he was no longer afraid of him, Jeremiah tracked down his brother Jerome, who had been convicted of numerous crimes and being marked as a "cop killer", who managed to murder a lot of cops. Jeremiah tracked Jerome down and confronted him, saying that he had wanted to get him back for his childhood, but only one of them would succeed. Jeremiah shot Jerome countless times before throwing him off of a building.

Despite falling to his death, Jerome laughed, stating that he was proud of his brother and that he would go on to do things that would make him proud.

### **Murdering his father**

At some point before his accident, Jeremiah also killed his father as well.

### **Chemical Accident**

After killing his father and brother, the GCPD decided to put down Jeremiah, as he was just too dangerous to be allowed to be tried and roam free, and even Black Gate Penitentiary couldn't hold Jeremiah, as he just kept breaking out and killing people. Jeremiah created an elaborate scheme that he would murder the new chairmen of Wayne Enterprises, and then Bruce Wayne himself. The GCPD and even its commissioner, Gillian Loeb, decided that they would kill Jeremiah when he attempted to murder Bruce.

However, Jeremiah saw this coming, and led the police to Ace Chemicals. Jeremiah was holding a guard at knife point, about to slit his throat as the police arrived. Jeremiah told them not to come any closer or he would kill the guard, at which point Loeb came closer to him. Jeremiah said he had warned them, and sit the guard's throat anyway.

The police opened fire at Jeremiah, and Jeremiah ducked behind a chemical holder. When Jeremiah attempted to shoot Loeb, he tripped on the railing. The railing then opened as it was rusty, and Jeremiah lost his balance and fell into the vat of green acid below.

### **Rescued from the acid**

Eventually, paramedics came and took Jeremiah out of the acid and he was taken to Gotham General Hospital. Jeremiah was scanned by the doctors, and they concluded he had no brain activity, being officially declared brain dead.

### **10 years of brain dead**

Jeremiah was transferred to Arkham Asylum, and kept in a wheelchair in the recreational room, being assisted by a nurse who wheeled him around the Asylum, taking him back to his cell, feeding him lunch, etc. Eventually, Jeremiah came out of his brain dead state, however he continued to fake it, as he thought that he had nothing to do anymore. So he faked it.

### **Meeting Batman and becoming J**

Jeremiah soon managed to gain enough connections to know that he would be able to be broken out of Arkham Asylum. And he did, donning a new suit and putting on white makeup, painting a small red smile on his face. After breaking out, he began to refer to himself as Mr. J or J, due to wanting to erase all traces of who he was. J began taking random citizens hostage to draw the mysterious vigilante to him.

He took them to Ace Chemicals, the place where he was "born again", and it worked. After saving all the hostages, J pulled a gun on the vigilante. J asked who he was, and the vigilante replied that his name was Batman. J attempted to fire at Batman, however he was impaled through the hand with a batarang. J laughed as he thought he had finally found the one he could play with, and saw the whole situation as a joke.

### **Becoming The Joker**

J sought out the names of other criminals, finding one in particular amusing. Arthur Fleck, the man who murdered the Waynes, went by the alias 'Joker' when he was wreaking havoc on Gotham. J then knew that he wanted to become more than a common criminal. He wanted to be feared. He wanted a legacy like Fleck had. So J stole the name that Arthur used, announcing over a radio that he was now The Joker.

The Joker announced that all he wanted now was Batman, and that he would now kill three of Gotham's most important people. Batman managed to stop him, and that's when their rivalry was born. Because of countless encounters, The Joker became Batman's arch nemesis. And so, Gotham's most dangerous villain, The Joker, was born