| Posted: 14 April 2020 at 8:07am | IP Logged | 3
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I only just learned that Arkham Asylum wasn't created until the 70's/80's, and only truly evolved into its present state during the late 80's. That's also a part of the problem - now pretty much every one of Batman's rouges' gallery is considered to be insane - and that provides fodder for making them even more heinous.
In the distant past, the question of "Why doesn't Batman just kill the Joker?" could rightfully be easily dismissed. But after years of writers making it more personal, with Joker killing and torturing countless others - including several people close to Batman - it starts to become a logical question. Of course Batman can't kill Joker regardless because that means no more Joker stories - so it ends up adding to the bad feedback loop of Batman also being deranged for allowing this to continue.
In the end, this mess is all on the editors for allowing the writers to make it so bad.
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