Conversely, the Joker has given up many chances to kill Batman. Ironically, the turning point came in "Joker Walks the Last Mile" (While the Joker was back, he was decidedly less deadly than previous engagements.

For his failure to kill Batman "El Penitente" sent four assassins after him, but the villain escaped his pursuers by a rope out of the window. This fourth wall awareness also seems to carry over to From the media, to the films and his relationship with the Dark Knight, the Joker's personality could be the obvious.
), from which his body was not recovered. Batman: Return of the Joker is a 1991 platform video game, the follow-up to Sunsoft's first Batman game on the Nintendo Entertainment System.Unlike that game, which was based on the 1989 Batman film directed by Tim Burton, Return of the Joker is entirely self-contained and based more on the modern comic book iteration of Batman. Discussing Batman's final letter, Alfred asserts that the story of Batman would always end in tragedy, and that while Batman had the resources to be immortal and escape death as the Joker offered, he was determined to only live in the time he had. The most widely cited back-story can be seen in Virtually nothing is known about Joker's past life, including his real name. Joker has assembled a Royal Court consisting of The Penguin, the Riddler, Two-Face, and Arkham patients dressed in Superman, Aquaman and Wonder Woman outfits. As soon as they enter the plant, however, they are immediately caught by security and a fatal shoot-out ensues, in which the two criminals are killed. As he says in The Joker also murdered Jason Todd, the second Robin, in the story "Psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel eventually ponders whether the Joker may in fact be faking insanity so as to avoid the death penalty. The officers at GCPD ignore the Clown Prince's pleas for help, as they think Robin can handle the villain easily, and seem to take pleasure in the Joker's suffering. This is a false hope, however, as Batman will always be there to rid the city of turmoil, no matter how much pain it causes the Joker.

However, he went on to hint to Damian that he was not really who he seems. During the Darkseid War the restored Batman acquires the Mobius Chair and asks "What's the Joker's real name?" When Batman asks who has manipulated the League into killing Batman, Superman's mouth stretches into a wide-grin as he and the subdued league members begin to laugh. The following henchmen listed below have been named: Damian revealed that he knew Sexton was not really English, but was faking his accent.

The Joker goes on to confront other members of the Bat family individually, such as staging a wedding with Batgirl and capturing Robin, as well as the other members, presenting each with a silver tray with unknown contents, and flaunting a small book he has written that contains the secrets of the Bat family. Batman is incapacitated by a paralytic gas, as the Joker announces that he will be left helpless as his plan truly begins. It is revealed that Bruce Wayne had been exposed to the Dionesium pool being restored to life with no memory of his previous life.

As one example, Sunsoft's earlier Batman game used a Sunsoft 5B mapper in the Famicom version, which was changed to a Nintendo MMC3 for the North American release. The Joker appears in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, both in flashback sequences opposing the original Batman and in the "present" of Batman Beyond. Eventually, Dick Grayson figures it all out and confronts Oberon about all the domino killings really being a set routine of jokes. Alfred attempts to subdue the villain, but the Joker chops off his hand before absconding with Batman's crime-fighting trophies. Batman then proclaims that Joker is his greatest enemy ever, and the two along with the other Gotham residents link together and put the city back together. The Joker attempts to attack Batman with an axe, Batman counters and the two begin to fight. He then picks up a larger rock and pins Psimon to the ground, giving him a speech on his views on survival and beats him to death with the rock, destroying his brain in the process, proceeding to take command as chief. Bruce is later seen in the Batcave, with the Joker's profile on-screen, with "Identity Unknown" displayed, meaning Batman did not know who the Joker was. The League is revealed to be infected with a more powerful strain of Joker toxin, customized to each individual. A completely different version of the game was released on the Each version of the game is essentially the same in storyline and format.