YMMV / Joker

• Alternative Character Interpretation: In-Universe, but the comic gives weight to the idea: Batman doesn't intervene until the end because Joker killing criminals makes his job easier. The panel of Batman observing from afar is clever but it means Batman spotted Joker early in the comic... and let him murder Tommy Bang Bang and all other criminals. He barely tried saving Johnny, too. Or maybe that's just how the Joker sees Batman?
• Broken Base:
  • On whether or not making the Joker a rapist was going too far and Out of Character.
  • The whole character of Joker in this comic has led to debate. Some say he's still in character, just a lot more toned down than normal while others say he barely resembles the Joker personality wise.
  • Making Harley Quinn silent. Some were okay with it, others hated it and thought it was out-of character.
• Common Knowledge: One common misconception about this story is that it's set in the same continuity as The Dark Knight Trilogy. It's not; it's a standalone story with no connection to any other.
• Nightmare Fuel: Oh so very very much... What do you expect when you have The Joker as the focal point of the story?
• Older Than They Think: Most people would assume that Joker's appearance in this story is inspired by the Heath Ledger Joker in The Dark Knight, but this Joker was actually designed long before the first images of Ledger in makeup went public. The similarities are a complete coincidence.
• One-Scene Wonder:
  • The Riddler shows up in a single scene and comes off as the most competent and awesome criminal in the book.
  • Batman also only appears in about four pages, and aside from the word "Us?" he has exactly one line. And it is still awesome.
• Squick: A lot of the scenes involving the Joker, in particular some of his more gruesome murders, but a genuinely creepy example is of him doing something as seemingly innocuous as eating shrimp in a thoroughly revolting manner. And while Croc's deformities are toned down his cannibalism isn't.

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