{"id":17687,"date":"2026-07-26T10:18:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17687"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:18:47","slug":"arkham-officially-has-one-joker-story-left-to-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17687","title":{"rendered":"Arkham Officially Has One Joker Story Left To Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Arguably the worst thing to happen to the <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/tag\/batman-arkham\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Batman: Arkham<\/em><\/strong><\/a> franchise, long before <em>Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League<\/em>, is that Rocksteady chose to restrict its Arkhamverse story to a trilogy and end it so definitively with <em>Batman: Arkham Knight<\/em>. Indeed, more than a decade ago, Rocksteady severed a handful of <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/gotham-knights-batman-arkham-sequel-continuity-universe\/\" target=\"_blank\">valuable continuity tethers in <em>Batman: Arkham Knight<\/em><\/a>, ensuring that no prequel or sequel could explore the franchise\u2019s lore further without a ton of narrative obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>For instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/batman-arkham-side-missions-city-knight-pyg-anarky\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Batman: Arkham Knight<\/em>\u2019s side missions<\/a> officially confirm that the last time Batman encountered Firefly and Deathstroke was during the events of <em>Batman: Arkham Origins<\/em>, which took place 10 years earlier, staggeringly, and thus no new <em>Batman: Arkham<\/em> game that wanted to be set between <em>Batman: Arkham Origins<\/em> and <em>Batman: Arkham Knight<\/em> would be able to feature them. Ironically, despite the fact that he\u2019s already outrageously oversaturated in general, the Joker could bear fruit for the series once more.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"batman-arkham-told-joker-rsquo-s-ending-now-it-can-tell-his-beginning\">\n                        Batman: Arkham Told Joker\u2019s Ending, Now It Can Tell His Beginning<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-origins-joker.png\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-origins-joker.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-origins-joker.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-origins-joker.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-origins-joker.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-origins-joker.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-origins-joker.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"batman arkham origins joker\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-origins-joker.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-origins-joker.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\"><em>Batman: Arkham Origins<\/em>&#8216; Joker key art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> The first time that the <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/batman-absolute-joker-redeem-arkham-asylum-game\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Batman: Arkham<\/em> franchise\u2019s Joker<\/a> and Batman encounter one another is depicted in <em>Batman: Arkham Origins<\/em> with a great plot twist and thrilling detective work. <em>Batman: Arkham Origins<\/em> had a massive weight on its shoulders in having to explore several iconic <em>Batman: Arkham<\/em> franchise characters\u2019 origins and backstories, including Riddler (known then as Enigma), Bane (who is made a phenomenally tragic character by the end), and Mister Freeze (debuting in <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/batman-arkham-origins-remaster-unofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Batman: Arkham Origins<\/em>\u2019 Cold, Cold Heart DLC<\/a>, inspired heavily by <em>Batman: The Animated Series<\/em>\u2019 \u201cHeart of Ice\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s an excellent sequence in <em>Batman: Arkham Origins<\/em> where fans play as Joker and traverse his troubled, anguished mind, where we finally see when Joker originally wore a red capsule on his head as a patsy in the <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/dc-red-hood-gang-jokers-original-team-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hood gang<\/a> and met Batman, falling into a vat of chemicals and becoming obsessed with the Dark Knight thereafter as someone he could relate to. Of course, it\u2019s debated whether this origin is even genuine or not, considering that Joker\u2019s fascination with Batman in the <em>Batman: Arkham<\/em> franchise seems to have begun when Batman saved him from free-falling to his death.<\/p>\n<section class=\"emaki-custom-block emaki-custom-note\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"emaki-custom note\" id=\"custom_block_6\">\n<div class=\"custom_block-content note\">\n<p>A whole <em>Batman: Arkham<\/em> game where Joker is playable would be incredibly novel, but maybe not too unprecedented; <em>Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League<\/em> basically had Harley Quinn as its protagonist, and the <em>Batman: Arkham<\/em> series is debatably Joker\u2019s story more than it is Batman\u2019s, anyway.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>If we were lucky enough to be graced with a <em>Batman: Arkham<\/em> prequel that took place in the two years prior to <em>Batman: Arkham Origins<\/em>, it would be neat to have a sequence where we see the true events of <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/batman-arkham-origins-joker-story-black-mask-good\/\" target=\"_blank\">what led to Joker becoming \u2018Joker.\u2019<\/a> Otherwise, the franchise may be right to rid itself of him and move forward with the story, not backward.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"maybe-batman-arkham-should-be-finished-with-joker\">\n                        Maybe Batman: Arkham Should Be Finished With Joker<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-knight-joker-cremation.png\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-knight-joker-cremation.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-knight-joker-cremation.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-knight-joker-cremation.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-knight-joker-cremation.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-knight-joker-cremation.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-knight-joker-cremation.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"batman arkham knight joker cremation\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-knight-joker-cremation.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-knight-joker-cremation.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture><figcaption style=\"display: none;\">Joker&#8217;s cremation scene in\u00a0<em>Batman: Arkham Knight<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> It\u2019s interesting to assess the <em>Batman: Arkham<\/em> franchise in its totality and see how ubiquitous Joker is within it, considering that the homicidal villain literally dies in the second installment, <em>Batman: Arkham City<\/em>. Joker was technically even living on borrowed time throughout the whole sequel, with the decision to inject himself with Titan in <em>Batman: Arkham Asylum<\/em> being what led to his death.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/batman-arkham-city-ending-meaning-joker-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joker dies at the end of <em>Batman: Arkham City<\/em><\/a> after accidentally making Batman drop and destroy the last phial of the cure that could\u2019ve saved him. However, <em>Batman: Arkham Knight<\/em> brought him back as a hallucination made manifest by Batman\u2019s exposure to fear toxin, as well as Batman apparently still being infected with Joker\u2019s Titan-tainted blood, even though he drank a phial of the cure himself in <em>Batman: Arkham City<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Joker becomes an incorporeal being who is always around and makes for a wonderfully funny and poignant NPC companion throughout most of <em>Batman: Arkham Knight<\/em>, until Batman fights for ownership of his mind and locks Joker away in its recesses. Before Rocksteady ended its <strong><em>Batman: Arkham<\/em><\/strong> trilogy, though, <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/batman-arkham-origins-worth-playing-remastered-collection-prequel\/\" target=\"_blank\">WB Games Montr\u00e9al\u2019s <em>Batman: Arkham<\/em> prequel<\/a> was something of a rebirth for the character, and future prequel stories could keep him around as long as they wanted.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arguably the worst thing to happen to the Batman: Arkham franchise, long before Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, is that Rocksteady chose to restrict its Arkhamverse story to a trilogy and end it so definitively with Batman: Arkham Knight. Indeed, more than a decade ago, Rocksteady severed a handful of valuable continuity tethers in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/batman-arkham-city-joker-key-art.jpg?w=1600&h=900&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}