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Heath Ledger ’s portraying of theJokerinChristopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knightremains one of the most popular cultural touchstone in the twenty - first century , essay just how influential the Clown Prince of Crime ofDC Comicstruly is . Ledger ’s performance birthed legion iconic second , including the line , " Do you desire to know how I have these scars ? " which is repeated several times in the film . The seam not only got at the equivocalness of Joker ’s origins , but also at intimidation tactic that he regularly uses against his enemies . Now , a new publication ofDetective Comicstakes the idea behind Joker’sDark Knightline and gives it an even scarey twist .
InDetective Comics#1057 from Mariko Tamaki , Amancay Nahuelpan , Jordie Bellaire , and Ariana Maher , Gotham ’s newest scoundrel , Ana Vulsion , corners awounded Psycho Piratein the depths of Arkham Tower . Enraged that he had mind controlled her and the rest of the Arkham convict , have them gentle versions of themselves , Vulsion enounce to him , " Do you know how I got these cuts ? piece gave me these . Men who need to control me . I cut myself , after that . First to punish my own helplessness . Then I make it was only another manifestation of their command over me . That ’s when I started hurting them . "
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The line bear trenchant similarity to Joker’sDark Knightline , and gives it a critical twist that signifies how the DC Universe can continue grow compelling villains without perpetuate more of the Joker ’s mercilessness . Like the Joker inThe Dark Knight , Ana Vulsion ’s face scarsare part of her eccentric design , but she is clearly dissimilar from him because of her origination . Given Joker ’s maltreatment of Harley Quinn in the yesteryear by controlling her , it is absolved that he is n’t much different from the men who seek to " verify " Ana Vulsion originally . Ana Vulsion thus flip out the substance of Joker’sDark Knightline , because she does not exhibit the same eccentric of scurrilous behavior as he does , and is instead a victim trying to get revenge .
Ana Vulsion has proven herself to be an fabulously violent , unpredictable scoundrel in Arkham Tower , and her backstory with her scars reveals how much of her action are a chemical reaction to the abuse she experienced in the past . From this , she emerge as a good choice to the Joker , because she complicates his existing themes . She engage withhallmarksof the Joker without require to shew her position as a villain through horrendous abuse .
Ultimately , Ana Vulsion is emerging as aJoker - like character for DC’sInfinite Frontierera , with a all important change that makes her a much more complicated scoundrel than the Clown Prince of Crime . Given her past , it is probable that Ana Vulsion herself would detest the Joker because of his abusive tendencies . And while her blood is n’t superposable toJoker’sDark Knightline , his impact on how evil be in the DC Universe can be felt in this issue .
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