“The Joker repeatedly confessed his feelings to Batman and showed an interest in other men,” she explains. Related: Suicide Squad cut The Joker’s same-sex kiss from the final movie That is why it’s so important to me and other queer readers to return his homosexuality.”Įlena then points to specific storylines where The Joker’s homosexuality has played a part in the comic book series. “This opinion was shared by other comic books authors and artists for decades. “Neal Adams claimed that The Joker was and always had been homosexual. “The Joker is a comic book character with almost 80 years history, half of which he was portrayed as homosexual – for instance, in such significant graphic novels as Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns or Grant Morrison’s Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth,” the petition reads. Superfan Elena Shestakova has pointed out that for at least half of The Joker’s he was depicted as homosexual – one who is obsessed with Batman. However, hundreds of fans have now signed a new petition calling for the clown-faced menace to be gay again. For nearly 80 years, The Joker has made Batman’s life difficult in the DC Comics series, as well as numerous big screen and animated adaptations, becoming one of the most iconic villains the world has ever seen.
