Joker is dying in the DC Comics, putting Batman in an extremely challenging position. Kicking off the major Batman comics event Hush 2, the first chapter saw Batman discovering the broken and ...

While Joker 2 certainly takes big swings ... As Arthur is left to bleed out, dying, the murderer takes a knife and cuts himself a new smile — much like the one that Heath Ledger is seen sporting ...

Even so, when faced with a dying Joker, there are few he can turn to for help. This leads him to approach his oldest ally, in the opening scene of Batman #159, the second part of Hush 2.

The inmate then carves a smile into his own face, suggesting the spirit of the Joker lives on. The movie ends with Arthur dying in Arkham, once again hallucinating Lee shooting him. Yes ...

As the camera watches Arthur on the floor dying, the young inmate is cackling manically, while using the knife to slash open the corners of his mouth into a wide grin. So does Joker: Folie á ...

Ledger’s Joker described himself as a dog just chasing ... But because Jerome sprayed acid on his straight-laced brother Jeremiah before dying, the character and questions lingered.