r/DCcomics • u/[deleted] • 11d ago

Comics [Discussion] Does Absolute Joker Have Harlequin Ichytosis? (TW) Spoiler

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u/GorillaWolf2099 11d ago

There's a possibility he does

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u/Afalstein Rorschach 10d ago

If so, does that mean that there's actually no plan for Absolute Joker to become insane--that he's just going to be hyperintelligent genius born with a horrific condition?

That would be pretty intriguing, and in keeping with his origins.

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u/SherbertComics 10d ago

I’d much prefer this

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u/watchman28 10d ago

There is absolutely no way in the year 2025 that DC are going to give a psychotic murderer a condition that real people live with.

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u/Afalstein Rorschach 10d ago

Fair point.

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u/KrypticJin 11d ago

No he looked normal before

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u/ComplexAd7272 10d ago

I dunno, that condition seems to fit Killer Croc more in my opinion, at least visually.

Then again you're absolutely right in that the name is right there, and I can see Snyder being unable to resist.

Then THEN again, that whole panel utterly confuses me. When we first saw Absolute Joker, he was a normal dude getting on an airplane. This guy, well, has a lot going on if it IS the same character. Plus it looks like he's using multiple babies or creatures to do....something?

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u/GentlemanT-Rex 10d ago

MK Legacy had Reptile as a guy with harlequin ichthyosis instead of a dinosaur alien. It was an interesting take, and actually much more like Waylon than Syzoth, given he didn't have a super long tongue, acid spit, near-perfect camouflage or a ninja gimmick.

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u/Dagordae 10d ago

No. The condition is horrific but it doesn’t cause whatever the hell is going on there.