Batman asked the Chair "What is The Joker's true name?"

The Joker's true name is not "there are three Jokers". Now, if the Chair had expanded on The Joker's name by saying, "Well, his name is Bob Vance, but there are actually 3 versions of him running around" that would be... Better, at least.

But that's not what the Chair said. It just told Batman "Idk but there's 3 of them lol".

By the way, how do these 3 Jokers work? How long is the new 52? 6 years? How do THREE FREAKING JOKERS not run into each other ONCE or cause a similar incident at the same time? Are they a council? Do they have an agreed upon schedule?

It's just awful. Horribly, completely, awful.

The best solution is the craziest of those Jokers, kill the other 2... We return to the same..

This is too much to hold more than one saga.. in the future we will look at 3 Joker in Arkham? No I dont think so.

The explanation that he changes his personality as he sees fit was always the best and explained all of the changes he expirienced over the years. What's funny is that even in the New 52 It was described like that.

This is why I read comics from the beginning to the year 2000 there is a drop in quality after that .

Don't care it's still stupid.

@dernman: You realize I'm also saying it's stupid, right?

yes

I'm just saying it's stupid for so many reasons that I can't concentrate on just one.

Actually don't mind this too much, could be interesting. At least it isn't Marvel with what they just did with Cap.

Yeah that was odd to me as well.

Batman: "Who killed my Parents"

The Chair: "Your parents weren't killed… you haven't established that they were ever alive, I mean Batman, philosophically we could argue your parents were never alive to begin with, and therefore never died, so instead of answering your question, I am going to tell you something else that creates more questions than it answers, like maybe you were adopted and you actually have 200 parents?"

Batman: "Dammit chair, I don't want your drama, just give ma straight answer"

The Chair: "Straight answer Batman? You some sort of homophobe? Okay, now my answer is that you have three sexualities"

The Chair: "Nah, just jokes Batman… its just a prank bro… don't hit me, my mother's name is Martha too, don't punch me bro. The Rock will play me in the eventual movie you know?"

If there is 3 jokers then It make sense that the chair did not said a particular name,the question was wrong,why say "Bob" if he didn't specified which joker he was talking about?

This is the mistery of the story, this is what Batman is trying to find out.

Another thing, why couldn't Batman just ask the chair what it meant by 3 Jokers?

He could have said three names rather than one.

If The Chair can't discern that Batman means a particular Joker, then it could be there all day, a lot of people would have Joker as an alias, is it Jeff Moreau? Shotaro Hidari? If The Chair can discern, then why be so cryptic and or just mention three names, knowing who Batman means. I am starting to doubt whether The Chair is real at all, they seem like some sort of fictional puppet dancing to some cosmic creative writers tune.

@bluehope: That still makes no sense. The Mobius Chair reads the intentions of its owner. It would obviously know what Batman meant by that question.

There's no need to try and blindly justify this. As a massive Batman and Joker fan, this is incredibly stupid.

@sc: There's just so many contradictions and leaps in logic.

I guess joker's username is thereare3ofthem.

@wastelandman: Wow.

It literally gets dumber as time goes on.

Not even going to overreact to this. How often do we see these big, drastic, headline grabbing revelations and changes in comics only for the end result to be more mildly than it originally appeared? I'll wait to see how this plays out before I start crying foul

The Joker is in fact the Trinity.

One is Batman, one is Wonder Woman, and one is Superman.
Duh.

This will be retconned quickly

Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration?!

@curlyinsaneguy: Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration!

Just sounds like a poorly though gimmick in all honesty.

Amen to that. I mean female Thor...enough said.

“Sometimes I remember it one way, sometimes another… If I’m going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice!”

~ Joker, Batman: The Killing Joke, 1988.

Almost from the very start of the Batman comics there were two Jokers !!! Third appear years latter !!!

Huge Spoiler !!!

@drarcania: What are you talking about?

@slayz: I disagree. First off you can't assume that these Joker's have never met. In fact it would make more sense if they did and are all actually connected. One could also complain that GL's ring din't know what mother box is even though Hal stated that The Guardians know everything and the ring knows all that The Guardians know. It could very well be compared to Mobius' chair not knowing who Joker is even if it is all knowledgeable.(BTW the example I provided comes from fist vol. of New 52 JL)

@batman3000: Nope.

That's sort of my point. If they did all exist, then they would have had to coordinate with one another, which is stupid as hell.

It doesn't matter if you disagree, that's how the logic checks out. The Mobius Chair isn't some cryptic puzzle machine. You ask a question, it reads your intentions, and answers that question based off the intentions. GL rings aren't comparable, every single Lantern in the GLC is issued one, and while they do provide a library of knowledge, they don't know everything. Hal's throw away comment about the Guardians "knowing everything" means nothing, especially within context.

If a GL could know everything just with their ring, what would the point of the Mobius Chair be?

But sure. Let's say you're right for a second.

The World's Greatest Detective's follow up question isn't, "How do these 3 Jokers exist"? Or, "What are the names of each of the Jokers"? Or even better, "Where are they now"?

I doubt there are actually three Jokers - it's obviously the start of a conundrum that Batman needs to solve. It's literally a couple of panels and everyone is crying foul. Let's just wait and see what transpires.

My bigger problem with logic is why the mysterious woman with the French accent (I'm sure you all know who she is) was kept in custody and questioned for a whole hour over the theft of a sandwich... Is this the best use of their resources?

@rainshadow777: Except Batman literally says that Joker was caught in two locations at the same time.

@slayz: That's because something is afoot, dear Slayz! And Bruce Wayne is going to get to the bottom of it. If it turns out that Batman has always been fighting three literal different jokers, and that it isn't a worlds crossing over scenario or simple ruse to throw him into confusion by the one true Joker then I'll send you the deed to my house. If it turns out I'm right you send me a hundred bucks.

Because they caused. Ain't sure where is Civic City, but Google place it somewhere in California, West US.
While Baltimore is on East US. Next.

@rainshadow777: When did I say that this couldn't be a result of the different timelines crossing paths? Quote me on that. All I've ever said is that there are literally three physical Jokers in this new timeline.

You're being ignorant if you deny it. The Mobius Chair has absolute knowledge, it wouldn't state that there are 3 Jokers if there was only one in actuality. Brush up on your reading comprehension, take things in context, and reevaluate your stance.

This is a stupid story direction.

@rubear: So in 6+ years, two Jokers were never caught at the exact same time and brought to Arkham?

I'm interested to see how this gets expanded upon. A very odd twist, indeed.

@slayz: You're clearly very passionate. I just don't think you need to be so concerned after seeing this little teaser in the plot. There obviously won't be three Jokers for long.

This was probably the only thing that bothered me about Rebirth.

@slayz: Batman didn't have any particular Joker in mind. The implication is that he's encountered all three of them and always thought they were the same person.

I dont read any of the new DC comics, but why cant Batman just ask the chair again what it meant?

Man, this is why I don't read comicbooks anymore.

I agree with you that it makes no sense but in DC Universe Rebirth #1 it was revealed that the New 52 or the Flashpoint isn't a thing after all. It was revealed that someone stole memories and parts of the life of all superheroes and made them think that they have been like this for 5-6 years, made them forget some of their friend and etc. So, at least the part where all three of them have never ran to each other makes partly sense.

@nickzambuto: To Batman's knowledge, there only was a single Joker.

Therefore, the Chair should have understood he was referring to a single Joker.

But sure, let's assume your position. Batman doesn't then ask, "What are THEIR names"?

@slayz: You're proposing that out of the three Jokers that Batman has apparently met and assumes to all be the same person, the chair should have just arbitrarily chosen one of them out of random? Not asked the user to specify who he was referring to? If Batman asked the chair "what is the Mexican's name" the chair wouldn't have asked "which one?"?

@nickzambuto: That's a false equivalence. We're not talking about an entire race of people, we're talking about 3 seperate individuals.

Yes. The Chair should have assumed what Batman meant by his question. That's literally what I'm saying. It logically should have concluded what Batman meant, and proceeded to correct him and fill him in with their names.

Geoff Johns... ugh...

I'm so glad he's finally done writing anything involving Batman after this. Hopefully this turn of events gets retconned and swept under the rug quickly, because part of me thinks even Johns didn't know what he meant by this.

if there are three Jokers now, well I hope at least one of them is Cesar Romero

Oh there's multiple glaring reasons. How about the fact that Batman hasn't noticed? Or the fact that the Joker would kill any dupilcates

@black_arrow said:

EXACTLY! Long live Morrison! I would also like to point out that if there are three versions of Joker running around on Earth-Prime, are we going to see other versions of more characters? We've already seen Superman (post crisis) and Superman (new 52) as well as Wally West (post crisis) and Wally West (new 52). So many questions.... I hope they are answered well.

So we can all agree this whole Joker is 3 people is stupid? Because anything related to Joker at this point makes me cringe.