Trailer: Batman's arch nemesis makes a chilling return in Arkham City... but what's really wrong with the Joker?
For most people - and we admit, we're in this camp ourselves - Heath Ledger has a pretty unassailable lock on the Joker. His possibly fatal portrayal of the character is the definining moment for the iconic villain.
That said, there's a certain vitality to Batman: Arkham City's Joker that comes pretty close, though in a far more comic book version. Ledger's Joker is more of a stripped back psycopath, whereas this Joker, revealed in his first trailer for Arkham City, would not look out of place in classic stories like The Killing Joke (still one of our favourite Batman tales of all time).
So, for your dose of criminal insanity, click play right away...
Issue: 137 | June, 2012