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Warning ! spoiler ahead forBatman : Urban fable # 17
As seen in the modish issue ofBatman : Urban Legends , it ’s revealed that theJokeralmost endedAquaman’scareer as an undersea hero sandwich . While the Clown Prince of Crime is the patronising - competitor to Batman in Gotham City , he unintentionally created a major ecological catastrophe that swept into the oceans , doing far more damage to the King of Atlantis than to the Dark Knight . Taking berth after one of Joker ’s earlier schemes , this novel story is also one of thefirst times Batman and Aquaman team upin the DC Universe .
Featured as a little story in the newBatman : Urban Legends # 17,“The Sea Beyond " comes from Joey Esposito and Serg Acuńa . While the anthology serial has typically featured stories about Gotham - based submarine sandwich such as the Red Hood , Tim Drake , and even Batman ’s dog Ace , this new issue focalise on some of Batman ’s first team - ups and confrontation with Flash , Black Adam , and Arthur Curry ’s Aquaman . Interestingly enough , this early team - up with Aquaman was thanks to the backwash of one of Joker ’s strangest schemes ever .
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Desperate and angry , Aquaman and Mera infiltrate the Batcave in this young write up to demand answers from the Dark Knight . Taking position shortly after " The Laughing Fish " incident where Joker envenom Gotham Harbor to turn normal Pisces into grin Joker Pisces he could trademark , this new issue let on the unintended consequences Batman did n’t even consider about . While non - toxic to humans , it ’s revealed that several Joker Fish escaped into the oceans to infect and toss off monolithic amounts of sea life across the entire Atlantic . Given Aquaman ’s power to intercommunicate with ocean life , Joker ’s action are quite debilitating to Arthur Curry .
While Batman helpsAquaman and Meraround up the remain Joker Fish , they bring out a elephantine ocean beast from another attribute who ’s arrive from a crushed portal at the bottom of the ocean . Having been protect by ancient Atlanteans , the torpedo work together to get the creature back to its own kingdom beyond the caul . In central , Batman is given the means to create a cure for the Joker Fish before the toxin spread to catastrophic layer . While the day ends up being saved , it ’s remarkable that one of Joker ’s unearthly plot did far more price to a hero he probably could n’t care less about . Just like the toxins he used to put his smile on the faces of Pisces the Fishes , this story show that Joker ’s potential for chaos is just as severe ( and just as widespread ) .
take place early in Batman ’s vocation , he should n’t be faulted for only guess about the human consequences in his own urban center . Thankfully , he had Aquaman and Mera to show him the boastful picture and the potential consequences his battle in Gotham can have on the greater reality . Furthermore , the fact thatJokerdealt a major blow toAquamanand about created an ecological disaster all by accident is a dark testament to his malicious havoc in the DC Universe .
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