Everyone in Gotham City knows these Joker. He is a serial killer and terrorist who is world famous, especially due to his unique appearance. His own face and behavior mean that the few times that the Joker really has to disappear and lie low, he has to use an alias, especially since he often doesn’t remember his own name.
Over the years, the Joker has used a wide variety of aliases to help him evade detection. Some of these were names that even the most ardent Joker fan would be able to guess, and some of them were so unbelievably obvious that it’s hard to imagine that the Joker really thought they were Good ideas. Of his many aliases over the years, some have been more obvious than others, but all are essential to the Joker’s plans.
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A. Rekoj was the Joker’s most obvious alias
Detective Comics #45 by Bill Finger and Bob Kane
A. Rekoj is easily the most obvious name that the Joker has ever used. During his earlier years, Joker was plotting revenge against those who wronged him, and he intended to fulfill his revenge by posing as a music store owner, sending gift records to his targets. They released joker gas the first time they were played. It was a ridiculous plan, but it worked, and he killed several people before he was finally exposed.
It’s a wonder it took the world’s greatest detective so long to realize that A. Rekoj might just be the return of the villainous Joker. It was one of the first times in comics that the Joker decided to use an alias, and it’s by far his worst. Over the years, however, the Joker has been much better at hiding who he really is.
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Joseph Kerr was the beginning of Joker in a new life
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #65 by JM De Matteis, Joe Staton, Steve Mitchell, Digital Chameleon, and Willie Schubert
The Joker has been trying to kill Batman for years, but he never expects to actually succeed. He always expects Batman to escape, no matter what ridiculous death trap he’s set into. But the Joker was faced with the unthinkable when it appeared that he actually killed Batman with a bomb. Initially, the Joker was overjoyed, but he quickly realized that without Batman, crime has no punchline. Because of this, the Joker immediately gave up his life of crime and assumed the identity of Joseph Kerr.
Joseph started working in a decent job, and he even managed to find love. Unfortunately, the new status quo did not last, and when Batman was seen alive again, the Joker’s personality returned, destroying Joseph’s life. It is not clear how long he would have remained in hiding, as Joseph Kerr is not a particularly good alias.
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Jack Napier is the Joker’s most commonly accepted “real” name
Batman: White Knight #1 by Sean Murphy, Matt Hollingsworth and Todd Klein
Jack Napier is by far the most accepted name of the Joker. In Tim Burton BatmanThe Joker was reworked to be responsible for the Thomas and Martha Wayne murders, and he was given the name “Jack Napier,” which is now widely believed to be the Joker’s real name. Even though his last name is not Napier, Jack is often used as his first name. The Jack Napier name is used in Sean Murphy’s Batman: White KnightWhere the Joker was actually cured of his insanity by Batman during a brutal attack.
Once cured of his madness, the Joker’s persona subsides, and Jack takes control. Readers get their first long-lasting look at what a sane version of ​​The Joker would really be like. While previous stories like Go beautiful Touching on this possibility, no one has explored it as much as Murphy’s interpretation of Jack Napier.
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Jack Oswald White is another “official” Joker name
Flashpoint next #5 by Geoff Johns, Tim Sheridan, Jeremy Adams, Xermánico, Mikel JanÃn, Jordie Bellaire, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Rob Leigh
The Flashpoint Universe is one of the darkest worlds in the DC Multiverse. Instead of Bruce Wayne becoming Batman, it was Thomas Wayne, and Martha Wayne became the Joker. In this world, Joe Chill killed Bruce in Crime Alley during the fateful night, leading to a much darker world in general. The fight between the Batman – Thomas – and the Joker – Martha – was absolutely brutal. Eventually, both characters realized that the Flashpoint Timeline is not meant to exist.
Curious about who was supposed to be the Joker instead of her, Martha used this knowledge to track down the person who would have been the Joker if Bruce had survived instead. Martha reveals that the man’s name is none other than Jack Oswald White, and he lives with his family and works a menial job, very similar to the backstory told in Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. The killing joke.
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Johanne Kaiser was Joker’s identity in a nightmare world
Night Terrors: The Joker #1 by Matthew Rosenberg, Stefano Raffaele, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Tom Napolitano
During the events of the line-width crossover Night terrorsEach character is trapped in a world of their worst nightmare. The Joker’s “night terror” was specifically the idea of ​​him accidentally killing Batman. Without Batman, the Joker became extremely demotivated to commit crimes and finally ended up getting a job at Wayne Enterprises under the name of Johann Kaiser. No one recognized that he was the Joker, mostly due to the absurd dream logic of nightmares.
According to the names, Johann Kaiser is a much stronger alias than his previous “Jack” names. It still wouldn’t be too hard for a world-class detective to guess that Johann Kaiser was just the Joker, but it wouldn’t be anyone’s first thought either.
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Red Hood was a truly great Joker disguise
Detective Comics #168 by Bill Finger, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer and George Roussos
Red Hood is mostly known today for being the alias of Jason Todd, but originally, the Red Hood was none other than the Joker, and no one saw this change in name coming. in Detective Comics #168, Batman tells the one criminal who got away from him by diving into a cotton swab. He eventually comes to learn the identity of the criminal: The Joker. After Batman has been fighting the Joker for years, he only discovered this link by pure chance.
After the Red Hood launches an attack on a school where Batman was giving a lecture, Batman finally unmasks him and discovers it to be the school janitor who defeated the real Red Hood and locked him in a tool shed. When Batman freed the man, he discovered that it was none other than the Joker. The alias was great because there really is no connection between the Joker and the Red Hood moniker.
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Oberon Sexton was one of the Joker’s most successful aliases
Batman and Robin #13 by Grant Morrison, Frazer Irving and Pat Brosseau
The Joker used the Oberon Sexton alias to great success. Originally a British novelist who specialized in true crime, Sexton eventually decided to stage the ultimate true crime by killing his wife. He intended to turn this into a story, but was promptly murdered by the Joker almost immediately after. The Joker then stole his identity and returned to Gotham City. The disguise, due in part to being a real person, was so good that the Joker was able to work directly with Batman and Robin.
The Joker didn’t use this identity much, almost immediately shedding it after this particular story, but it was by far one of the greatest he had. Being able to work directly with Batman and Robin requires a lot more than just a simple name change.
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Mr. Grimaldi was an odd choice of name
Batman #144 by Chip Zdarsky, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Andrea Sorrentino, Stefano Nesi, Dave Stewart, Alejandro Sánchez and Clayton Cowles
When the Joker was first starting out, he hadn’t really made a name for himself yet. One of the earliest aliases used by him was Mr. Grimaldi, taking the name of Joseph Grimaldi, a 17th century English performer who often took the role of a clown. The Joker clearly took inspiration from this backstory, as he borrowed the name during one of his first criminal acts, as detailed in The Joker: Year One.
The alias is strange, because on the surface, Mr. Grimaldi doesn’t immediately sound any alarms about being related to the Joker. But on the other hand, he only ever used this alias while literally dressed in a full clown suit. The only reason the Joker managed to get away with this is that no one knew who he was yet. Overall, this alias could go either way, but due to lack of use, it’s one of his better ones.
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Darwin Halliday’s red mask was almost the perfect disguise
Batman #131 by Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Tomeu Morey and Clayton Cowles
Darwin Halliday bears absolutely no resemblance to the Joker. It’s almost a perfect alias. While Batman was trapped in another universe, he discovered that certain characters were inherently changed, and some were outright missing. One of the biggest absences was the Joker, who was obviously nowhere to be found. Instead, a new man was running Gotham, someone Batman had never seen before: the criminal Red Mask.
Batman had no idea who the Red Mask was, but the first time he even caught a glimpse of Darwin Halliday, he knew instantly that he was the Joker. The mystery makes this one of the best Joker aliases. Even though the name has no relation to the Joker at all, seeing Darwin was all Batman needed to know exactly what he was on the inside.
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Eric Border was the perfect Joker alias
Batman #36 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Danny Miki, FCO Plascencia and Steve Wands
After the events of Death of the family of the New 52 Batman Run, the Joker disappeared from Gotham City – or so everyone thought. In fact, the Joker simply took up residence in Arkham Asylum, posing as the orderly known as Eric Border. The Joker interacted with Batman several times as Border, holding full conversations with him, and Batman never suspected a thing. The Joker went to great lengths to hide his identity, using muscle relaxers and even changing the pigmentation of his skin through chemicals.
It’s not like the Joker didn’t leave any clues either, because he eventually revealed the source of the name Eric Border and showed that the clues were all there. But the unassuming name combined with all the effort the Joker put into his appearance means that Batman simply never caught on. Of all his alternate names over the years, Eric Border is definitely the one Joker’s Greatest.