Jared Leto was missing from the “Suicide Squad” cast photo the other week, but now comes a stand-alone with him seemingly in Joker makeup. The photo is taken in a way that is to remind us of Alan Moore’s cover for his 1988 Batman Comic “The Killing Joke.” That’s the comic that finally gave the Joker an origin story and paralyzed Barbara Gordon (Batgirl). And – SPOILER (but hey, it’s 27 years old so come on now) – it’s the one where Batman may or may not have killed The Joker at the end (which I guess is still in debate).
Here’s that photo – side by side with the comic cover. Underneath are the last two pages of “The Killing Joke” (just to further that debate).