Joker gets a on-going (with punchline backup)

[Dthirds3]

https://aiptcomics.com/2020/12/15/dc...er-new-series/

[Hypo]

DC Comics launching ‘The Joker’ #1 a new ongoing series March 2021



It features a Punchline backup as well.

[Stars & Stripes]

Hooray for more Bluebird... not sure how I feel about having to read a Joker comic to see her adventures, though.

[jb681131]

Come-on ! Enough with the Joker already.

[sifighter]

I’m getting some carnage ongoing series flashbacks from the Jim Gordon description

[Dthirds3]

Come-on ! Enough with the Joker already.

Look, all of his solos are canned withing 6 issues. He's a good villan. But outside that he can't hold sales to save his life

[Stars & Stripes]

Look, all of his solos are canned withing 6 issues. He's a good villan. But outside that he can't hold sales to save his life

This really should’ve just been a Punchline solo that continues the one-shot’s story.

[Dthirds3]

Also every time he gets a solo he gets less and less evil.

[Vordan]

Look, all of his solos are canned withing 6 issues. He's a good villan. But outside that he can't hold sales to save his life

Maybe this will finally change that, when was the last time he even had a solo anyway?

[GSman]

Look, all of his solos are canned withing 6 issues. He's a good villan. But outside that he can't hold sales to save his life

I doubt that will be the case here tho, Joker is without a doubt the most famous and popular supervillain of all time, Joker War itself showed there's still quite the demand for his stories, and the movie definitely boosted his popularity. I don't see this getting canned not with how big the character is right now. And it's also been a while since he's had a solo, hell I can't remember the last time.

[Arsenal]

Guess this is where the whole Bane-Joker thing is largely gonna take place.

Outside of the inevitable Batman crossover of course.

[Frontier]

I can't say Tynion would've been my first choice for a Joker book because I don't really love his take on Joker, but I'm willing to give it a shot. He hasn't had a series in like forever so it'll be interesting to see what they do with it.

And, of course, the continuation of Punchline.

[Celgress]

Also every time he gets a solo he gets less and less evil.

I agree with you. I would have loved a Punchline mini-series at present (a longer series if the story and sales justified it) a Joker ongoing not so much....

Still, I'll pick up the first issue (at a bare minimum) as I've greatly enjoyed Tynion's work with Batman.

[Stars & Stripes]

I agree with you. I would have loved a Punchline mini-series at present (a longer series if the story and sales justified it) a Joker ongoing not so much....

Still, I'll pick up the first issue (at a bare minimum) as I've greatly enjoyed Tynion's work with Batman.

The story established in the Punchline one-shot could’ve easily sustained at least a mini. (And I don’t just say this because of my Bluebird bias).

[OBrianTallent]

The Joker has only had one ongoing solo series as far as I know which ran 10 issues from 1975-76. Any others were mini series or events.
I do agree though that making Punchline the main story and Joker the backup might have been the better course.