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Quote: Originally Posted by C. W. Saturn Wrong, that's how the character was created. In fact there were special COMICS for ADULTS in the end 80s, called "Shadow of the Bat" and "Legends of the Dark Knight". If we talk about when Batman was created then we're talking about pulp magazines that by today's standard would be considered extremely violent (MAX comics from Marvel, Vertigo,...

Re: Question About The Killing Joke... Quote: Originally Posted by Anti-Moderator He didn't rape Barbara...he is The Joker not Dr. Light for goodness sakes. __________________ All your base are belong to us!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by The Joker Harley Quinn shoots the s**t right out of that argument, by the way. Not to mention the backstory for him in The Killing Joke, where he's married, and his wife is pregnant, who claims "You're good in the sack". That story in Legends of the Dark Knight, called 'Going Sane', had him falling in love with a woman, too.

See thats the stereotypical problem comics books have. People seem to think that comics are aimed towards kids when the writing reflects topics that older audiences can relate to.

Re: Question About The Killing Joke... Quote: Originally Posted by Mister J There was no rape. I never even considered the 'implication' of such, or whatever people cite as their cause for believing otherwise, until a couple of years ago at this site and I was incredulous to it. We saw what the purpose in Joker taking those pics was; to further Gordon's descent into madness. There was nothing else behind it. It wasn't...

Yea The Killing Joke is deffinately aimed at adults, I don't think some younger comic book readers would even understand the underlying meanings and themes.

Wait...people want to like The Joker? Noooot so much. Quote: yes, but certain crimes are more glamorous than others. robbery, vandalism, and even murder can be romanticized, rape cannot. Sure it can. Read a few of the spicier romance novels.

Quote: Originally Posted by sto_vo_kor_2000 Sorry but your misinformed. Batman and many or the early comic book heroes were not created with children in mind.They were created for young adults.Which is evident by the early subjects in the first Batman stories. That's modern revisionism. Young soldiers AND young children read them. What early subjects do you mean? Vampires and non-graphic deaths? That wasn't really offensive in those...

Re: Question About The Killing Joke... Quote: Originally Posted by TGW I understand your point and agree with it to a certain extent, but I've always pegged the Joker as asexual or homosexual. I don't buy into him raping Gordon's daughter, it just doesn't seem like his style. i could see the joker being asexual in the way that he doesnt do it for traditional pleasure. but, im pretty sure the joker would do anything if he...

Re: Question About The Killing Joke... Quote: Originally Posted by Joker It wasn't for no reason. It was to prove a point: That everyone else is just one bad day away from the way he is. The point he'll quickly abandon when some other bright idea pops into his head. He's so unreliable that you cannot pin him down to one motive or another. But I will admit that in The Killing Joker we saw him at his most honest. There was...