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Warning ! Spoilers ahead forBatman # 99
TheJoker Waris nearing its end , and bothBatmanand the Joker front ready for a conflict that might very well be their last . Joker , ever the maniac poet , has determined that the site of their ultimate duel will take place at one of the most iconic locations not just in Gotham , but in the total DC Universe as well . Joker has decided to face Batman at the place where the Clown Prince of Crime was hold : Ace Chemicals .
For readers who might not know , Ace Chemicals was werethe Joker became Joker . The human beings who would become Joker found his way into the plant and fell into a large vat of various chemical substance that Ace had in product . When he came out , his skin was bleached white , and his hair was green . The chemical more than in all likelihood warped his psyche as well , as Joker observe while ride in his Jokermobile to the plant itself . The chemicals transform him , turn him into what he conceive to be a courier of the metropolis ’s dark look trying to get out , which is why he ’s plunged it into bedlam with his war , seeking to restore Gotham ’s dark side . Joker believe thatBatman bought his way into Gotham , infecting it with justice , when in fact Gotham has always been rotted to gist , belonging to the Joker himself .
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AsBatman # 99reveals , write by James Tynion IV with art by Jorge Jimenez , Joker ’s final deed of his warfare will be at Ace Chemicals . Once he gets " habitation " , Joker call his novel girlfriend Punchline , ordering her to make certain her toxins are quick at everytheater for the mint of Gotham to experience . She warns Joker that Batman will add up for him , but the Joker is consider on it , inject all of the men in the plant with him so that it will be just be and Batman once the Dark Knight go far .
Not only that , but Joker tells Punchline to get the Good Book out and up the ante : a thousand dollar mark for every soul one his thugs kill , and a million for any of Batman ’s friend they get by to kill . Joker ’s take out out all the block on his biggest and darkest tone-beginning yet on Gotham . WhenPunchlineasks Joker is he ’s worried about Batman , he replies that he ’s not . According to Joker , he knows the Dark Knight so well that he knows exactly where he is and whatBatman will do next , such is the nature of their dismal and distorted family relationship over the years .
Of course , the bad and most terrible surprises up Joker ’s sleeves are those he ’s preserve for Batman himself . When Batman finally arrives at Ace , Joker is already prepared to shake Batman to his very sum ( more than he already has ) at the place of his birth , unleashing a quicken corpse foBatman ’s dead butler Alfredto aggress him . He also assume the new Batsuit that was meant to show in a shining new age of hope for Gotham City , disfigure and translate to be Joker ’s own suit . It ’s quite possible the Ace Chemicals might before long not just be the place of origin of the Joker , but could very well become the concluding resting place of theBatmanif Joker succeed in breaking the Dark Knight . sports fan wo n’t have to wait long to find out , asBatman # 100will be the final chapter of theJoker War .
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