What will be the Joker's form when he returns?

[Murrocko]

I'm still not 100% sure why it was necessary for Joker's face to be removed in the first the place.

[PyroSikTh]

He's going to be a woman. I'm serious. Female Loki, Female Thor. Its a trend.

You mean like...Joker's Daughter?

[exile001]

Scott Snyder has said that when the Joker returns he will have a new face and a new form. What do you think that might be? And what kind of explanation will he give?

I don't know about the face and form. I could see him going in any number of ways. As far as the explanation, I expect he will be deliberately very ambivalent and playing off the end of DOTF. That is, I expect, especially if the face and form really are noticeably different, that he will leave open the possibility that the Joker actually died at the end of DOTF and has been resurrected, thus fulfilling Bruce's dark musings about Gotham sending him back worse than before. Snyder won't come out and say that, but it may well be implied all over the place.

Such would fit not only with DOTF, but with Tec 27 and its implications that the Joker is, in fact, immortal, or at least the avatar of some immortal principal of Gotham. It would also fit with Snyder's statement that the Joker's first appearance was about love, and the second will be about hatred. That is, under Joker's anger at having been spurned by his "King" will be the implied lament "You killed me!"

Snyder said in an interview posted on CBR a while ago that DotF was Joker showing his love and, now spurned, the next arc will be him showing his hate.

I found DotF exciting and terrifying, so can't wait for the next arc.

The story about the Joker's "love" had him mutilated, deformed and demonically twisted. I want the story about his hate to see him light-on-his-feet, charming, human-looking and insidious. Like a man, but one who just focuses all his energies in a very specific way.

I'd like that a lot. Like the Family Man from Hellblazer.

[Kingcrimsonprog]

Hush is going to fix his face...

That would be a pretty good solution

[jade_nova]

I'm still not 100% sure why it was necessary for Joker's face to be removed in the first the place.

Because it's edgy and modern. Don't you know that is what all the criminals are doing nowadays.

[doctormistermaster]

Whatever his form it won't even be his final form!

[SpOck]

Hush is going to fix his face...

I hope so! A Scott Snyder Hush story would be awesome!

[SpOck]

He will be a transgendered, midget Mexican wrestler. Following Marvel's lead of pandering to the mainstream media, they'll announce this on The Price is Right.

I expect nothing less.

[Mahes]

Whatever his form it won't even be his final form!

Joker = Frieza?

[jade_nova]

To appeal to minority readers the Joker is going to get rid of his white face and will have black face.

[Barry]

The Joker in this weeks New 52 Futures End #12 looks like the classic Joker only 35 years older.

[KurtW95]

Because it's edgy and modern. Don't you know that is what all the criminals are doing nowadays.

Yes. The other day I was mugged by a guy without a face.

[RubberLotus]

He's going to be a woman. I'm serious. Female Loki, Female Thor. Its a trend.

Note that both of those characters belong to that Other Company. The one that DC has something of a reputation for doing the exact opposite of.

[oasis1313]

He's going to be a woman. I'm serious. Female Loki, Female Thor. Its a trend.

Why not? Demasculating characters or recasting them as a more politically correct race is all the rage now at DC and Marvel.

[son of booyah]

He'll work at the DMV