I roto i te 1973, i muri i te ngaro e wha-tau, i whakaarahia te Joker (me te arotakehia) e te kaituhi Dennis O'Neil me te kaitoi Neal Adams. tīmata ki Batman # 251 o "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge", hoki te pūāhua ki ona pakiaka rite te impulsive, maniac homicidal e ōrite wits ki Batman. tīmata tenei kōrero he ahu i roto i nei i whakamahia te Joker, sparingly, rite te pūāhua pokapū. ka mea a O'Neil tona whakaaro ko "ki te tango noa hoki ki te wahi i timata ai. haere ahau ki te whare pukapuka DC me te pānui i etahi o nga kōrero wawe. tamata ahau ki te tiki i te whakaaro o te mea Kane me Finger i muri i. "
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