Cameron Monaghan’s final Joker look in Gotham may be inspired in The Clown Prince of Crime’s Earth-2 version from the comics.
Yesterday we shared some pictures from Gotham‘s season finale where Jeremiah, the new character that the series introduced and has always suspiciously looked as a proto-version of the Joker, indeed becomes The Clown Prince of Crime. Although his look is extremely bizarre, almost Solomon-Grundy-like; he seems to have almost no hair and his factions are exaggerated compared to what Cameron Monaghan actually looks like.
Since Gotham follows no specific story arc from the comics but instead takes bits and pieces off of some of the best Batman stories out there, there’s no actual clue to tell us which Joker this might be. But, according to how this Joker looks like, our guess is that Gotham’s version is none other than the one from Earth-2 which first appeared in Justice League Of America Annual Vol. 3 # 1 back in 2008:
In the comics, Earth-2 Joker is already an old version of himself. After he fought Batman for years, he allegedly killed the Caped Crusader. But even with his age and disabilities, he’s still fighting against Batman supporters like Robin or Huntress, which is Batman’s daughter Helena Wayne in this universe. Although it’s very likely that we’ll see an early version of the Joker in Gotham, who’s just starting his feud with Batman, their looks are very similar.
You can read the official synopsis for next week’s episode below!
JEREMIAH RETURNS FOR HIS MOST TWISTED PLOT YET ON AN ALL-NEW “GOTHAM” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, ON FOX
Cameron Monaghan (“Jeremiah Valeska”) Guest-Stars
Gordon races to uncover the criminal element threatening to end talks of Gotham’s reunification with the mainland. A very much alive Jeremiah (guest star Cameron Monaghan) returns and organizes a twisted recreation of the murder of Bruce’s parents with the help of Jervis Tetch aka Mad Hatter (guest star Benedict Samuel) in the all-new “Ace Chemicals” episode of GOTHAM airing Thursday, Feb. 21 (8:00-9:00PM ET/PT) on FOX.
Gotham stars Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon, Donal Logue as Detective Harvey Bullock, Morena Baccarin as Dr. Leslie Thompkins, Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth, Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, Erin Richards as Barbara Kean, David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne, Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle, Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma/The Riddler, Cameron Monaghan as Jeremiah, and Chris Chalk as Lucius Fox.
Gotham airs on Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. on FOX.
