As the Clown Prince of Crime , The Jokeroften finds himself collaborating with the big criminals within DC ’s underworld . If a huge scheme is happening in the DC Universe ( be it against Gotham City , outdoors of it , or the entire universe itself ) , expect The Joker to be at the pith of it all . This is interesting considering The Joker ’s tendency to typically kill off his allies and spouse , not for any picky grounds beyond his own entertainment and preserving his repute .

On paper , The Joker ’s exculpated insanity and maybe for topsy-turvyness means that he does n’t dally well with others . And yet , time and meter again , he gets offers to get together in on the bounteous plan , often being place as a key penis of DC - wide villain mathematical group like the Injustice League and the Legion of Doom . But … why ? Why does he always get a buns at the table when geniuses like the Legion of Doom are making their morose plans ? Why did Lex Luthor allow him in onhis plan to capture reality for Perpetua ? Why do Gotham ’s other baddie bend over backward to facilitate his plans ?

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reader learn the answer inInfinite Crisis#7 by Geoff Johns , Phil Jimenez , George Pérez , Ivan Reis , and Joe Bennett . The Joker tracks down and kills Lex ’s son Alexander Luthor , Jr. because Lex pass up to allow him into the Secret Society of Super Villains . Lex Luthor ’s decision to exclude is understandable as The Joker is too irregular to be a part of the plan . However , therein lie the dilemma that most villains face and why so many villains process with The Joker despite his unpredictability : they know that Joker will toss off anyone who wo n’t let him act with them .

The fact of the topic is that mostDC villains venerate The Jokeras everyone has seen the variety of damage he can do to heroes who directly play off him . So , on one deal , a villain who merely get in his way peril being violently killed and , on the other hand , if a refuses to countenance The Joker take part in any of their criminal offense , they are sure to be obliterate in the cruelest agency potential . It ends up becoming a sick , catch-22 situation in which no one really wins except The Joker .

Basically , The Joker ’s psyche works like a nipper — a murderous child — when other kid do n’t let him play their game . When he ’s not admit , he gets offended and seeks to punish whoever has excluded him . Alexander Luthor Jr. , alas , learned this the hard way . So , pop like these wait on as a warning : if you do n’t letThe Jokerplay , you ’ll most for sure cease up dead .

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