Should Joker 'die' at the end of Death of the Family?
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ognl...ature=youtu.be

I think the video speaks for itself. But yeah... how can Batman just throw the Joker in Arkham for the 1000th time after he's done with this new storyarc????

I would like for him to go away for atleast two years by thought to be dead and give lesser known villains time to face Batman such as Dr. Phosophorous, Spook,Calendar Man,and the like. Cat-Man wasamong those names until just a few years ago so why not another one have belated status elevation among those capable and worthy? Not to mention big names like Riddler and Penguin getting more face time. Joker's longest absence was for four years between 1969-1973. He went out with a great note in JLA and was just off the map not even "killed" off and then rose to a long string of great stories upon his return but at the same time it was not Joker force feed to us all the time and psychoanalyzed one hundred times over.

Joker also almost entirely vanished from the books after he killed Jason Todd. For like 2 or 3 years he was NEVER seen other than a very rare cryptic panel, like Batman Secret Origins #1 on the last page, just a tease to show readers he was in fact still alive and would be back with a vengeance (since he was presumed dead after Batman and Superman couldn't find his body following the helicopter crash at the end of "Death In The Family". The success of the Burton movie kinda pushed them to bring him back sooner than they may have, but the entire point was to let the horror of the Joker resonate with readers; inside a year, he crippled Batgirl and murdered Robin, where do you go from there? They had to put him away for a while.

Plus the story where he finally returned and had to "become" the Joker again, healing both physically and psychologically from almost dying and then having to confront an imposter Joker, was pretty neat. Late 80s/early90s Batman comics were pretty spiffy. A lot of what came later was, too, but the movies and cartoons led to Too Much Joker all-around the DCU. When he's in every book, or even shows up for more than one story a year, it's too much.

I don't follow any of the Bat-books outside of Batman & Robin, Inc., and Beyond... but wasn't he out of commission for like a year before Death of the Family? At least I think I'd read that....

I remember "The Nail" handled the idea of Bruce killing Joker rather well

my prediction: joker kills alfred. dick kills joker again. the family disbands = death of a family.