cesar romero played the joker in original batman series.
cesar romero played the joker in original batman series.
who played the joker in original batman series?
cesar romero
he was hired to write comic book scripts by his friend, julius schwartz, an editor at dc comics. it was at dc where levine — who like all batman writers and artists of this time ghosted under bob kane's byline — would eventually become best known to batman fans as "david v. reed". reed's first story published by dc, "ride, bat-hombre, ride" in "batman" #56 (dec. 1949–jan. 1950) was the start of his first tenure chronicling batman's adventures. he and artist lew schwartz created the villain deadshot in "batman" #59 (july 1950). reed wrote such key stories as "the birth of batplane ii" in "batman" #61 (nov. 1950), "the joker's millions" and "two-face strikes again", the latter two featuring the return of the original villains introduced by kane and writer bill finger. another story from this period, "the joker's utility belt", once mistakenly believed to have been written by finger, was eventually adapted for cesar romero's first appearance as the joker on the 1960s "batman" television series, broadcast as the episodes "the joker is wild" and "batman gets riled". besides "batman", vern reed wrote for superman in "action comics", "world's finest comics" and several of dc's non-superhero series.
david vern reed
the joker made his final chronological appearance in the direct-to-video feature film "" (2000), in which he mysteriously returns to gotham city forty years in the future, apparently unaged since his battles with the original batman. flashbacks reveal that before he died, the joker kidnapped and tortured robin (tim drake), turning him into an insane, miniature version of himself dubbed 'joker junior', learning batman's secret identity in the process. the joker's death was edited and redubbed amid controversy surrounding the columbine high school massacre; the original version sees joker junior shoot the joker in the heart, whereas the edited version simply sees him push the joker into damaged cables to be electrocuted out of sight. however, a microchip implanted in drake's neck was revealed to have possessed a copy of the joker's consciousness and dna, allowing him to take over his host until he is defeated by the new batman (terry mcginnis), who destroys the microchip and the joker alongside it.
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