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Cesar Romero as the Joker in Batman (1966), wearing bright makeup with white face, green hair, and a magenta suit, grinning with hands clasped against a red background. Heath Ledger as the Joker sits at an interrogation table with Christian Bale as Batman standing behind him in a scene from the film The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight, with smeared white face paint, red lips, dark eye makeup, and green-tinted hair, wearing a purple coat and looking intensely forward.
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the Joker: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Questions and answers added. Mar 18, 2025
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - The Joker Controversy: An Origin Story (PDF). Feb 14, 2025
Updated for the release of Joker: Folie Γ  Deux. Oct 04, 2024
Updated to mention the Academy Awards won by Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix. Jun 07, 2021
Updated for the release of Joker. Jan 14, 2020
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - The Joker Profile. Mar 13, 2018
Add new Web site: DC Comics - Joker. Jan 31, 2018
Media added. Sep 01, 2016
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of The Joker. Aug 16, 2011
Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - The Joker. Aug 16, 2011
Add new Web site: DC Comics - Joker. Aug 16, 2011
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Sociopath Vs Psychopath. Aug 16, 2011
New article added. Dec 23, 2008
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