Joker Becomes Pregnant in New DC Comic, And You'll Never Guess the Father - IGN (2024)

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Did the Joker get pregnant in the comics? ›

The Many Origin Stories of the Joker

That spell winds up having some unintended consequences. Joker wakes up the next morning to discover he's suddenly nine months pregnant and ready to pop. He then vomits up a blob of sentient mud that quickly morphs into a tiny Joker doppelganger.

No stranger to shocking storylines, the Joker became pregnant and gave birth in a new comic from DC Comics. In the latest issue of the Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing, the iconic Batman is placed in an unexpected story that sees the Clown Prince of Crime introduce a miniature Joker to the world.

Yet the furor surrounding “Pregnant Joker” stemmed from a fundamental (and, in some cases, wilful) misreading of the story itself. Some news outlets and online pundits described Joker's condition in The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #4 as a conventional pregnancy, when that's demonstrably not the case.

Lucy Quinzel is the daughter of the Joker and Harley Quinn and the niece of Delia Quinzel.

Image via Warner Bros. Key to Arthur's spiral is new information he learns from his mother Penny (Frances Conroy), with whom he lives. Arthur finds a letter Penny has written to Thomas Wayne, claiming that Wayne is Arthur's real father.

"The Nativity" arc in Venom #164 features the alien symbiote becoming "pregnant" and giving birth to the Sleeper symbiote, resulting in Eddie Brock having vivid nightmares and experiencing symptoms similar to an expectant parent.

In the comic released January 4^th, the magician Zantana casts a spell to ensure that no one else will ever have the Joker's baby. But her true intention gets twisted in the spell and the Joker himself gets pregnant. We won't go into the strange details, but the Joker ends up having a son who looks just like him.

Since it's a fictional character and the story never mentions autism no-one could possibly know. However, when looking at Joaquin Phoenix's portrayal of the Joker it certainly doesn't shout autism at all… It's more likely that he's a psychopath where his Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) certainly doesn't help.

The psychopathology Arthur exhibits is unclear, preventing diagnosis of psychotic disorder or schizophrenia; the unusual combination of symptoms suggests a complex mix of features of certain personality traits, namely psychopathy and narcissism (he meets DSM-5 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder).

History. Jeanie was married to the man who would become the Joker when he worked as a chemist at the Ace Chemical Processing Plant.

Who is Joker's biological mother? ›

Penny Fleck marks the second time in Batman media where the Joker's mother has appeared, especially given that the Joker's origins are a mystery as well his name in the mainstream comic book continuity.

Jeremiah Valeska is a major antagonist in the television series, Gotham. He is the twin brother of the terrorist cult leader, Jerome Valeska, as well as being the arch-nemesis of Bruce Wayne. Jeremiah is the show's equivalent to the Joker, taking over from Jerome, although both of them never took on the Joker alias.

Ultimately it was revealed that Duela is the daughter of the The Jokester (Earth-3) and Three-Face (Evelyn Dent) , the Joker's heroic counterpart and archenemy of Owlman (Thomas Wayne, Jr.) This means she is Joker's daughter, just not the mainstream one.

No, the Joker does not have kids. But, Jokester of Earth-3 had a daughter called Duela Dent who joined the main continuity earth and was oftenn called the joker's daughter.

Joker Jr. was born after The Joker, who had manipulated Harley Quinn into re-entering a life of crime, impregnated her without her knowing. Harley out of shame refused to accept the child and gave him up.

Penny Fleck was the adoptive mother of Arthur Fleck, a mentally unstable failed comedian who would later call himself the Joker. Much like her son, Penny suffered from an unspecified mental illness.