[Poison Shadow]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Yes that's it. I typically do use a character's name over identity, so while I acknowledge that this isn't Catwoman's first (I assumed Cat-Woman was like Spider-Man, a hyphen for hyphen's sake), it is Selina Kyle's first costume.
My only point point in ever venturing into characters' original costumes was to say that Bane (and many characters formed in the 90s) was unique in having his very first costume stick and be his most iconic base.
@ CMIII, you were right I don't read New 52. That being said, I looked up his new look, eww. I only meant that artists who used the original concept and put in the finer details made it look better with time, not that mess. And his face getting cut off, I don't know the point or reason of it, but this feels like DC is borrowing a little from Marvel this time. In Marvel Moon Knight is one of the Batman characters (rich, brooding, a detective, martial arts master, etc.), the distinct difference is that Moon Knight is a schizophrenic with dissociative identity disorder (an acute multiple personality disorder). My point is eventually Moon Knight cuts off his arch-villain's face, and later the villain is brought back from the dead and wears his cut off face as a mask. I feel like New 52 Joker did this too, granted it wasn't Batman who cut it off (I gather from reading) and the act didn't kill The Joker, but the idea of it feels borrowed. Back to New 52, just no, and Joker has a daughter now too?! I mean I don't read the comics anymore, but who thought that was a good new pitch?

When the New 52 started, Joker had the Dollmaker slice off his face. During Grant Morrison's Batman run from a few years back, he did a story about how Joker has a psychological need to go through a transformation every few years to reinvent himself. It happened during a very bizarre issue which was basically a short prose story with only a few illustrations throughout, and it described his "process" as being a very physical metamorphosis. That particular issue ended with him splitting his tongue in half with a razor blade, making it seem as though he had a serpent's tongue on top of his new personality and mannerisms.

I've always liked that idea, as well as the New 52 DCC Joker figure itself too - so much, in fact, that I have both the blue and orange versions. Didn't set out to get both, but ended up with them all the same. I just wish the articulation was a little better, but I do like the "slasher movie icon" look in general. It is what it is: a temporary reinvention of a popular character. I can't blame anyone who doesn't like it, though. It is very weird.

A character calling herself The Joker's Daughter now wears his face as a mask after his disappearance. She's a part of the Suicide Squad with Harley Quinn.