Joker's Body Count

The Joker arguably has the largest single body count of any villain in the DCU. Cheshire, Mongul, Black Adam, and the Secret Society of Super Villains have all devastated entire cities, but the Joker probably has killed the most people in single acts. Part of Joker's high murder rate is because he is largely indiscriminate in how he kills, ranging from the traditional, such as knives, guns, and explosives, to his signature Joker venom and electric buzzer. This list excludes the Emperor Joker storyline, though it's worth mentioning that in that storyline, the Joker not only murdered Batman dozens of times over, but also destroyed first the entire planet, and then nearly the cosmos (luckily, it was all undone).


 * Action Comics - murdered two security guards, two bodyguards
 * Action Comics - murdered Phillip Drum, a scientist who created a designer drug for him
 * Adventures of Superman #527 - murdered two teenage petty crooks
 * Batman Vol 1 2 - murdered the owner of a diamond.
 * Batman Vol 1 251 - unknown
 * Batman Vol 1 321 - murdered one of his goons for forgetting to laugh at his jokes.
 * Batman Vol 1 680 - murdered four henchmen and El Sombrero (New Earth)
 * Batman Vol 1 681 - murdered The Generalissimo a member of the The Black Glove
 * Batman: A Death in the Family (Batman ) - murdered Jason Todd and his mother, Sheila Todd
 * Batman: The Killing Joke - murdered the owner of an old theme park
 * Batman: The Man Who Laughs - murdered ten test subjects for Joker Venom, one reporter, one cameraman, four hospital orderlies, two security guards, and three millionaires. Not counting the two killed by the inmates he released and not mentioned off panel deaths, that's 21 total.
 * Detective Comics - unknown
 * Detective Comics - murdered Sarah Essen (New Earth)
 * Detective Comics - murdered a husband and wife, six pedestrians, and a fastfood manager
 * Infinite Crisis - murdered the Royal Flush Gang (4 humans plus one robot)
 * Infinite Crisis - murdered Alexander Luthor
 * Salvation Run - murdered Psimon
 * Salvation Run - murdered Iron Cross and Splitshot
 * Wonder Woman (Volume 2) - murdered 17+ hoods who worked for a local mafia boss
 * Wonder Woman (Volume 2) - murdered 11+ mafia assassins/thugs


 * Total so far: 86