Another great example of this archetype is Loki from the Norse mythology and subsequently the Marvel comics, who, like the Joker, treads a thin line between malicious violence and harmless humor.

Heath Ledger stunned the world with his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. The DC supervillain is presented much more realistically than he ever had before, but he retains as much menace ...

Joker’s disdain for Nazis has roots in a 1997 ... and has been shared online ever since. Injustice: Gods Among Us, the franchise, started as a video game in 2013. An intricate fighting game ...