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DC Has Quietly Redefined The Joker For the Modern Era, But Most Batman Fans Haven’t Noticed Yet

Nowadays, the character is less a supervillain and more an idea, his relationship with Batman given almost mythic significance. Some blame for this can be placed on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, which emphasized The Joker as an agent of chaos.

DC Has Quietly Redefined The Joker For the Modern Era, But Most Batman Fans Haven’t Noticed Yet

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Nowadays, the character is less a supervillain and more an idea, his relationship with Batman given almost mythic significance.

Some blame for this can be placed on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, which emphasized The Joker as an agent of chaos.

Few comic characters have evolved as much as The Joker.

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Nowadays, the character is less a supervillain and more an idea, his relationship with Batman given almost mythic significance. Some blame for this can be placed on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, which emphasized The Joker as an agent of chaos. Few comic characters have evolved as much as The Joker.

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Few comic characters have evolved as much as The Joker.

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