Talk:The Joker vs Pennywise/Rap Meanings/@comment-35143091-20191121202022

As a Batman fan, I can't help but cringe at the first line. Joker debuted in Detective Comics #27 yet his intended death took place in his second appearance in Batman #1 where he is stabbed in the heart. Bill Finger wanted Joker to die because he was concerned that recurring villains would make Batman look inept but due to the overruling of then-editor Whitney Ellsworth, a hastily drawn panel, indicating that the Joker was still alive, was added to the comic. Here's a few sources backing up these claims:

https://www.cbr.com/dark-knight-flashback-the-joker-part-i/

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92572470

https://web.archive.org/web/20140223134810/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17182