Line #18 YMMV/BatmanEndgame


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Greg Capullo's signature deceptively crude and hauntingly beautiful pencilwork.
2	* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
3	** Batman fighting the [[spoiler: Jokerized]] Justice League in his Fenrir PowerArmor which was tailor-made to fight against them specifically, whose features included a processor that could keep up with The Flash, a lasso crafted by Hephaestus which could induce illusions, and ''miniaturized red stars he used as knuckle-dusters''.
4	** The [[FinalBattle Final]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Battle]] between Batman and The Joker.
5	* BrokenBase: Some fans are not exactly thrilled to have ''another'' Joker story after his handling on the ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'' arc, especially because this one aims to top ''that'' one in terms of "making ComicBook/TheJoker a threat" escalation. On the other hand, some fans like that it's the Joker ''and'' also like several scenes that have been spread throughout (such as the Batman Vs. Joker-ized Justice League sequence or the fact that he's such a hard-core threat ''[[EnemyMine that all of Batman's rogues' gallery are willing to band with Batman if they are to have a chance in Hell of beating the damn clown'')]].
6	* CompleteMonster: Finally deciding to kill Batman for real, ComicBook/TheJoker creates a new [[SyntheticPlague Joker Venom]] and infects the entire Justice League with it, making them extremely aggressive and have them attack Batman as a distraction, before using the same toxin on all of Gotham. Joker plans to burn down the entire city as Batman tries to stop him, showing again and again that no crime is too awful for the Joker to get his laughs.
7	* CrazyIsCool: Joker's parade floats complete with the Batcave's T-Rex that the Joker steals amongst other trophies and puts in Joker make-up.
8	* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Bruce Wayne's supposed death. Scott Snyder has already mentioned that he'll come back after the entire Bat-Cop storyline is done and was even advised by Dan Slott to do this and let the fans get angry. As it later appears, it's zig-zagged; while Bruce actually ''did'' die, he was revived by the [[ImmortalityInducer dionesium. However, he also lost all of his memories and knowledge of his training in the process, and is now working in the Narrows to aid the survivors of the Endgame there. While Alfred initially tried to get him to come back, he changed his mind later.]]
9	* {{Narm}}: For some reason, Batman's protective mask against the Joker toxin doesn't completely cover his lower face. When he screams, it makes it look like he has a mirror for a mustache.
10	* NightmareFuel: Metric tons:
11	** Jokerized Justice League members, especially Superman. What makes it [[NothingIsScarier creepier]] is that their grinning clown faces don't appear until long after the toxin has already turned them homicidal, making it appear that they just went crazy on their own. Wonder Woman even states that she's ''always'' hated Batman and just hasn't gotten around to killing him until now.
12	** After the teasing of it in ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'', it's revealed the Joker DOES hide under Jim Gordon's bed. And his bluff about know Batman's real identity? Not a bluff after all.
13	** The effects of the new Joker toxin, now a virus that transforms Gotham into a kind of LaughingMad ZombieApocalypse.
14	** The page of Joker slowly swimming towards the Batcave entrance. ''Jesus''.
15	* OlderThanTheyThink: This isn't the first time Crazy Quilt has been DarkerAndEdgier - back in the 1980's, he nearly beat [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Jason Todd]] to death.
16	* ShockingMoments: [[spoiler: Eric Border,]] the kind orderly working at Arkham is revealed to be The Joker, who knows Batman's true identity.
17	* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: One of the biggest complaints about this storyline is that it hits the same highlights as ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'' ( Joker scaring everybody (this time by making them believe that he's immortal or even a demon), dispersing Joker Venom in a fashion that infects many people in Gotham (this time as a virus), having people that Batman cares about Jokerised and used as weapons against him (this time by ''infecting the Justice League''), invading the Batcave, doing all of this out of a HoYay sense of WomanScorned (and being ItsAllAboutMe, deciding to wreck all of Gotham because he's essentially pulling one ''hell'' of a RageQuit), being pretty much unstoppable for a good chunk of the story (this time because he lucked into some of the raw element that makes the Lazarus Pits, giving him a powerful healing factor, which helps with the aforementioned attempt to make people he's a demon)...), only difference is the writers trying to make things go up to eleven.
18	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Joker being a [[UnreliableNarrator potential]] EldritchAbomination? ''How is that not an amazing thing!?'' Wouldn't that have completely {{justified\|Trope}} his JokerImmunity, his sick inhumanity? Wouldn't that be great!? But turns out he just got Lazarus Pit water...
19	** Sure, a supernatural Joker would have been a huge [[BrokenBase Base Breaker]] for replacing the powerless but brilliant maniac version. Except not too long after this story was published, DC revealed there were ''three'' Jokers running around, meaning both version could exist.

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