Thread:Tupka217/@comment-26127492-20190627035407/@comment-18172179-20190710235701

Darkknight2149 wrote: With Year One, DC hired Frank Miller to relaunch Batman's origin for post-Crisis continuity ... which he decided to use as a prequel to his Dark Knight Saga.

Sorry to butt in with inconsecuential lectures, but I feel the need to clarify something regarding the quoted statement.

Frank Miller was not hired to relaunch Batman's origins for the Post-Crisis continuity. He was already writing a prequel to his successful DKR and it was intended to be another graphic novel, published in prestige format just like TDKR. Unfortunately for Miller, the editorial team in Batman changed and the new editor, Dennis O'Neil, decided to take Miller's DKR prequel story and split it in the mainstream comic, labeling it "Year One" as part of the new canon origin for the character, and effectively negating a direct connection between YO and TDKR.

Of course, people noted the similarities between both stories and started assuming a connection based on the fact that they were both written by Miller. Little did they knew back then, Miller intended them to be in the same universe, but alas, such is the comic book industry when it comes to the wishes of the creators...

Anyways, I wouldn't be surprised if Joker is actually set in the "Damned" universe. It would actually make sense. The real question is, what would the universe should be called if Joker came out first? Do we retroactively assign that name, even though it wasn't intended as part of that specific universe to begin with? I'm not sure how to proceed... but that's mostly because I don't care enough about it.