Those keeping up with DC Comics know the publisher has been teasing the Absolute Joker ’s ‘true’ form for over a month through various cover artworks, with fans eagerly anticipating their first in-narrative look at the monstrous villain in Absolute Batman #15. But the question remains: Has DC’s new Joker gone too far in both design and sheer evil?

Thanks to the main cover by Nick Dragotta and variant covers by artists Jock, Ben Oliver, Brian Bolland, Sanford Greene, Leon Webstore, and Dave Wilkins for Absolute Batman #15, fans now have a clear idea of what the Joker of the Absolute Universe looks like.

As a refresher, the Joker debuted in Absolute Batman #1 and has since appeared in several issues, as well as the Absolute Evil #1 one-shot. However, in all these in-narrati

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