This is Past Was Close Behind, a feature that spotlights moments, exchanges, etc. from older comics that take on a brand new light when read in concert with later comic books or events. Basically, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. "Absolute Batman" #15 filled in some details of the "Absolute" Joker's origin; trillionaire mass murderer Joseph "Jack" Grimm has been alive ...

Like death, pain and suffering in life are inevitable. And while we ideally never experience life like many of the characters portrayed in Joker, we still must be prepared to confront life’s many ...