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Where'd that Joker come from, anyway?

July 20, 2008 |  4:46 pm

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If you're among the millions of movie fans who filled theaters this week and lifted "The Dark Knight," the newest entry in the Batman series, to record-breaking heights, chances are you came as much to see the Joker you did the tortured soul dressed in the bat suit. That said, here's a brief history of the Joker, one of the more complicated and compelling villains in the comic book lexicon.

--Veronique de Turenne

Photo: DC Comics


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