Batman: White Knight stopped with a fist, i.e. Batman's methods. This led him to turn the Joker into a politician, using the character's intelligence and charisma to win the people of Gotham over. DC Comics had no problems with the ideas that Murphy had for the series such as changing the timeline in Batman's history. However, the adult content like nudity and profanity that Murphy had intended to include were not permitted. Murphy revealed that the Joker in "White Knight" has the real name Jack Napier, a callback to Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman" film where the Joker played by Jack Nicholson also shares
Alternative versions of Joker As Batman grappled with the Joker, the Joker died as the chemicals that had transformed him finally caught up with him, but as he died, his decaying body infected Batman with a virus that gradually transformed him into a new Joker. By the time he realized what the Joker's death had done to him, the process was too advanced for him to find a cure, Batman killing most of his allies and transforming Damian into a mini-Joker before turning on the rest of the Justice League and then conquering the world. Although the Batman Who Laughs successfully leads the other