Joker in other media City villains the Penguin, the Riddler and Catwoman. Jack Nicholson played the Joker in Tim Burton's 1989 film "Batman". The "Newsweek" review of the film stated that the best scenes are due to the surreal black comedy portrayed in the Joker. In 2003, American Film Institute ranked Nicholson's performance #45 on their list of 50 greatest film villains. Hugo Blick and David U. Hodges play younger versions of the character in flashbacks in "Batman" and "Batman Forever", respectively. In the film, Jack Napier is the right-hand man of mob boss Carl Grissom prior to his transformation into the Joker. During
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