Is Joker Batman's brother?

If there is a Joker sequel, then Batman and the Joker's possible brotherhood might be further explored. However, in the wider DC Universe, the Batman and Joker are not brothers and never were. (Image: Warner Bros.)
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Is Bruce Wayne and Joker siblings?

That's right: Batman and Joker are half-brothers, at least according to Penny. The movie never explicitly makes clear whether that's true or not. Arthur, donning a red clown nose, pays a visit to Wayne Manor and performs an impromptu magic show for an enthralled young Bruce Wayne (played by Dante Pereira-Olson).
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Who is Batman's brother?

On antimatter Earth, Owlman was now Thomas Wayne Jr., the older brother of that reality's Bruce Wayne. In most mainstream DC universes, Batman's genesis occurred when young Bruce Wayne was witness to the murder of his parents, and was inspired to devote his life to fighting crime.
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Is Joker the son of Thomas Wayne?

When he opens a letter she's addressed to him, he sees a handwritten note that describes Arthur as Thomas' son, suggesting that the Joker and Batman are half brothers.
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Is Thomas Wayne jokers dad?

Cullen spoke with THR and revealed that when he played his big bathroom confrontation scene with Phoenix, he played it as though Thomas Wayne is actually Arthur's father: “I was very surprised when I read the twist.
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Who is Bruce kid at the Joker?

However, as mentioned above, young Bruce Wayne is in the film. Oddly enough, he's played by child actor Dante Pereira-Olso, who also played the younger version of Phoenix's hitman character Joe in You Were Never Really Here.
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Is Joker older than Batman?

The Joker was initially depicted as being much older than Batman. However, The Killing Joke presented his origin as a young comedian with a pregnant wife, and he was about 25 in it. This was nine years before the common DC canon, making him 34 now, so maybe the Joker is the same age as Batman.
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Are Joker and Batman friends?

Batman and Joker become best friends in ArkhaManiacs. DC Comics has explored the relationship between this iconic hero/villain pair for years. Often creators depict how twisted their dynamic can be, but in one new graphic novel from DC, a much lighter approach is taken.
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Does Batman know Joker identity?

The Bat-Family foils their plan and in the end, Batman reveals that not only has he been aware of which Joker was the real one, but that he's hiding the knowledge of the Joker's identity to protect the Joker's ex-wife and son from harm.
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Whats the relation between Joker and Batman?

Their relationship is driven forward by the Joker's bizarre fascination with Batman and The Caped Crusader has even stated that, in his own way, the Joker is in love with him. The Joker views himself as Batman's greatest necessity and in most origin stories, Batman was responsible for the creation of the Joker.
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What is Joker's real name?

Jack Napier, also known as the Joker, is a fictional character introduced in the 1989 superhero film Batman, directed by Tim Burton. Primarily portrayed by Jack Nicholson, the character was based on the iconic supervillain the Joker.
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Does Batman have a sister?

With the couple now parents to a baby girl, this completely alters the Batman mythology because, in the comics, Bruce Wayne doesn't have an older sister. In fact, it's well-known that he is an only child.
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Why does Joker lick his lips?

The film, as pointed out by Digital Spy, reveals the lip-licking was Ledger's way to try and keep his prosthetic scars from coming loose. Apparently, the make-up used to create the Joker's infamous facial scars would begin to slip off when he talked.
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Was all of Joker in his head?

1. It's all in his head. Before the credits roll on Joker, audiences are asked to suspend all belief that what they've been watching is actually true. As the movie heads into its final chapter, it becomes increasingly clear that the Harlequin of Hate has been telling a few porky pies.
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How did Joker get his scar?

In 1989's Batman, we see the transformation of Jack Napier into Joker. His face is lacerated by shattered glass when a deflected bullet hits a dial in the Axis Chemical's facility. It causes him to plunge over a railing into a vat of chemicals below.
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Who is Batman's bestfriend?

Batman And Alfred Pennyworth

Batman and Alfred is the first and most important friendship most fans came to know in comics. It's a relationship that extends beyond mere friendship since Alfred Pennyworth served as Bruce Wayne's surrogate father after the death of Bruce's parents.
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Is Joker's name John?

"John Doe" (later known by the name "Joker") is a minor character in Batman: The Telltale Series, and the anti-heroic/villainous deuteragonist of its sequel Batman: The Enemy Within.
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Why is Joker so crazy?

The heist goes awry; the comedian leaps into a chemical vat to escape Batman, surfacing disfigured. This, combined with the earlier accidental death of his wife and unborn child, drives the comedian insane, turning him into the Joker.
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Who killed Thomas Wayne?

In the original script for 1989's Batman, crime boss Rupert Thorne hires Joe Chill to murder Thomas Wayne due to the latter running against Thorne for city council. In the final version of the film, however, Jack Napier (who would later become the Joker) is Thomas and Martha's killer.
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Is the Joker immortal?

Part four of the new Batman comic series Endgame was released recently. The new issue revealed the shocking new origin of Batman's most infamous villain, The Joker. As it turns out, The Clown Prince of Crime is actually immortal.
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Is Arthur Fleck Bruce Wayne's son?

The latter scene occurs as Arthur is forced to face facts about his supposed Wayne heritage. When he finally opens one of the letters that his mother has been sending to Thomas Wayne (Brett Cullen), he discovers that he's Wayne's son — Bruce Wayne's (Dante Pereira-Olson) half-brother.
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Does Bruce Wayne have a brother?

The Wayne family history on Earth-Thirty-Two is very similar to the Earth-One Wayne family above, but with one addition: on Earth-Thirty-Two, Bruce Wayne had an older brother, Thomas Wayne, Jr..
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Is Arthur Fleck adopted?

After discovering his mother's records at Arkham State Hospital in a folder he had stolen from the clerk at the hospital archives, he uncovered the hard truth that he had been abandoned as a child, adopted by Penny Fleck and abused by her boyfriend when he was a boy and that the head trauma from his injuries might have ...
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Why did Joker cut his face?

When the Joker became obsessing over destroying the Bat-Family, he decided to arrange for his face to be surgically removed. According to the Joker, he did this to symbolize how even without his, "Mask" he was still the joker where-as Batman's Robins and Bat-Girls' identities were only mask-deep.
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