Batman Really Created These Villains Himself

As Gotham's Dark Knight, Batman has saved the city from peril on countless occasions. But Bruce Wayne is only human, after all, and even he makes mistakes. These are the Gotham villains that Batman himself had a hand in creating.

Much of what makes the Joker so terrifying is the mystery surrounding his true origins.

While most major DC Comics characters have clear and concise origin stories, the Joker's various creation myths are openly acknowledged as being mostly made up by the man himself. It's assumed by most fans that they'll never know the truth about the Joker's beginnings for certain but some stories do hang on with unique tenacity.

Joker's most popular comics origin story comes from 1987's The Killing Joke, in which Joker recounts his origins as a down-on-his-luck stand-up comedian who suffers a string of tragedies that gradually send him mad. Of course, he pretty much immediately recants this tale, too, but there's no doubt that it's the one origin that has endured in the minds of fans.

In this version of the Joker's origins, he crosses paths with Batman one fateful night at Ace Chemicals. The man who would be Joker is there as part of a heist, in the guise of the Red Hood, a tuxedo and helmet-clad gangster. There, he is confronted by Batman then still a novice crimefighter, but more than a match for the Red Hood. Their struggle ends with the Red Hood leaping over a catwalk railing into a vat of chemicals in order to escape. He's washed into the river, and emerges with bleached skin, green hair, and a permanent, sickly grin. If this story is taken as gospel, then Batman is forced to forever wonder how many lives might've been saved if the fight at Ace Chemicals had gone differently.

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The Joker | 0:00
Matches Malone | 1:55
Azrael | 3:31
Lock-up | 4:57
Red Hood | 6:22
Brother Eye | 7:48
Gotham | 9:16
The Victim Syndicate | 10:48
Himself | 12:16

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