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
Joker (character) retirement of then-Batgirl Barbara Gordon after she is paralyzed by the Joker) and films such as 1989's "Batman" and 2008's "The Dark Knight". Grant Morrison's 1989 "" explores the psychoses of Batman, the Joker and other rogues in the eponymous facility. The 1992 animated series introduced the Joker's female sidekick: Harley Quinn, a psychiatrist who falls for—and ends up in an abusive relationship with—the Joker, becoming his supervillain accomplice. The character was popular, and was adapted into the comics as the Joker's romantic interest in 1999. In the same year, Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle's comic book "Anarky" concluded with