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
Batman: The Man Who Laughs revealed that he was John Claridge, son of Henry Claridge, who Joker murders first in "The Man Who Laughs". When Batman believes he is going after the Mayor, it turns out that he poisoned the mayor's security instead, but instead of smiles they all wear mutilated frowns. When they finally face off at the reservoir, Batman makes a guess that the Joker is going to poison it, and then Joker goes on to detail what would have happened if it played out exactly like last time, but instead reveals that since the people closest to the reservoir would have been