The Joker is one of Batman’s main villains and has become very popular among pop culture fans. It has had several performances on the big screen, including the 2019 film “Joker,” which not only was well received by audiences and critics but also won an Oscar for best actor for Joaquin Phoenix, who played the villain in the film. . But, until recently, one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the character was his real name. Now, however, the issue seems to have been clarified in the fifth volume of the comic “Flashpoint Beyond”.
The following text contains spoilers for Flashpoint Beyond #5.
What is the name of the Joker, Batman’s villain?
In Flashpoint Beyond, Batman’s identity is Thomas Wayne, Bruce Wayne’s father who was murdered in this reality. Thomas is chasing the Mechanical Killer who turns out to be his ex-wife, Martha Wayne, Bruce’s mother and the version of the Joker in their current timeline.
Thomas locks himself in a cell with Martha and she confesses that she discovered the Joker’s real name on Earth-0.
Martha made the Psycho Pirate confess the Joker’s identity before killing him, hoping to learn more about the universe where her son is alive and a hero. The Joker’s name is Jack Oswald White, a failed comedian with a wife and son, who worked cleaning toilets at the Wayne Casino and who never became a villain.
In other universes in which the Joker has been represented, he has had other names, such as Jack Nicholson’s Joker, in the 1989 film “Batman”, where he was called Jack Napier, or that of Joaquin Phoenix in the 2019 film “Joker”, where his name was Arthur Fleck. However, although the reality in which Flashpoint Beyond takes place is not the “main” one, comic book characters tend to have the same name in different universes, so it is very likely that Jack Oswald White is the Joker’s real name.
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