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James Gunn and Peter Safran have not yet introduced the Joker to the rebooted DCU, but the antagonist has been teased in posters seen in set photos from the upcoming Gotham-set Clayface movie. The Joker is surely on his way to the DCU, but DC Studios could twist his reintroduction by featuring the Absolute Joker, which opens the door for the DCU to feature the most horrifying version of the villain. This has been imagined in a concept poster shared by @bosslogic on Instagram, which depicts Absolute Joker’s demonic, monstrous form that hides beneath his normal, human exterior.
Why Absolute Joker Would Be Perfect for the DCU
In the Absolute Universe, the Joker is a billionaire businessman, who is one of the world’s 30 richest men, but is also an elusive serial killer. The Joker earned his name from the fact that he never laughs at anything — far different from the Joker we know from DC Comics’ main continuity. The horrible twist, however, is that the Joker is barely actually human, but his human exterior hides his true deformed appearance of bleached skin, green veins, and a mouthful of sharp teeth, and he must receive regular blood transfusions from infants in order to maintain his human disguise.
