The Joker: MY BISEXUAL KING

My redesign of Jack Napier’s Joker outfit.

LADY LOTUS

For about 300 years, the Murakami Family was a part of Japanese royalty, with many of their descendants being raised to be kings, lords, and queens. Himiko was raised to be one of these nobles, and was given everything she ever asked for on a silver platter. When she turned 15, her narcissistic, abusive and self-righteous father decided he wanted to humble his family by living amongst the commoners, much to the dismay of everyone else. Given that Japan had been ruled by the rich 1% from the comfort of the flying city of New Tokyo and the poor had been left to decay in squalid conditions, the commoners saw an opportunity to release their rage on one of the former nobles. The family was constantly harassed by everyone, when all they wanted was to live a peaceful life. Eventually, Himiko’s mother succumbed to illness and died within a month, and she would’ve survived if they’d been living in their palace with the finest doctors. Then one fateful day, the commoners laid siege to their home, strung Himiko, her father, and her sister to the wall, and burned down their house. On that day, something inside of Himiko snapped, and she swore that no matter what, she’d get back at everyone, and burn down everything and everyone they love. She then killed her father, changed her identity, and joined a powerful Yakuza mob, gradually working her way up the ranks until she was the right hand assistant of the leader. She then poisoned and killed him by sprinkling a poisonous lotus flower in his food. Overtaking the crime family, she turned their headquarters into an underground network of assassins called "The Lotus Network", taking the name Lady Lotus. In a year, she was able to take over the entire criminal underworld of Japan, making herself one of the most powerful people in the country. Having established true order in her country, Himiko became a better leader than most of the politicians running Japan, so much so that she became a member of Japanese high society, though she had no desire to join New Tokyo's society, seeing it for the shallow garden of narcissism and apathy it truly is. She ran Japan better than anyone else, as she actually gave a shit about the people living under her. When she took control, she made the economy stable, provided free health care, and made sure everyone in Japan was happy and content. Unfortunately, she made things better through a lot of shed blood. Deciding that Earth would be a better place with her as its benevolent queen, Lady Lotus set her sights on the entire world. No matter the cost, she'll make the world a better place.

The Riddler: The King Of Questions

This is yet another redesign I did of The Riddler. This one is heavily inspired by his jacket from Batman Forever & Dr. Robotnik’s Chaos Emerald form from Sonic The Hedgehog 2. Whaddya think?

My Redesign of Sweet Tooth: Gotham’s Candy King

Richard Pynk was the former owner of Pynk Candies, a major candy company in Gotham that had a series of lawsuits behind it for making unsafe products. Richard himself was a very rude and reckless man, often blowing the company’s money on big houses and fancy cars. Eventually, the workers rebelled and started a strike. While the workers were rioting outside, Richard tried to raid the factory’s vault and jump ship before things could get worse. While running across the catwalk above the vats of molten candy, a Molotov cocktail went flying through the window and hit Pynk, setting him on fire. In his frantic desperation to put out the fire, he fell over the side of the catwalk and plunged into one of the candy vats, right when his workers came barreling through the factory doors and started trashing the place. Richard crawled out of the vat and lay on the floor, covered in blood and molten candy. He was then rushed to the hospital. He managed to escape the hospital and became a serial killer, who stalked his former workers and killed them with poisoned candy. He then attacked the Gotham Candy Expo, rigging the place to blow with Coke & Mentos bombs if people didn’t try his products.

My redesign of The Joker: The Mountebank of Menace

Arkham Asylum: Kingdom Of Madness - Mad Hatter

After the inmates are freed from their cells and start a riot in Arkham Asylum, Batman has to journey in and resolve the chaos. To take back the asylum and save the guards and doctors taken hostage, Batman has to fight off a lot of his villains. He has to fight Poison Ivy in the Greenhouse, Scarecrow in the Medical Wing, Mad hatter in the Cafeteria, Two-Face in the Security Wing, and The Joker in the Movie Theater, where Joker dresses in drag and sings "I'm A Sweet Transvestite" from Rocky Horror Picture Show. However, it's revealed that the person who set the inmates free is none other than the head doctor, Hugo Strange. Hugo is revealed to be a complete nut case who's obsessed with Batman, and his plan was to see how he's able to defeat his rogues gallery. Revealing he's figured out who Batman is, his ultimate goal is to replace Batman, planning on trapping him inside Arkham Asylum. He'd then taking up the mantle of Batman, thinking that he'd be a better Batman than Bruce ever was. In this story, Mad Hatter overtakes the cafeteria by broadcasting his mind control frequency over the intercoms. He now has a decent sized army composed of both inmates and guards, with Batman being forced to fight all of them. When he finally confronts Hatter, Hatter has set up a tea party in the cafeteria, and proceeds to drug his two henchmen, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, with Bane's venom.

My Favorite Micro Riddler Designs

"Three tragedies in 24 hours. A trinity, if you will. Trinities are holy. Good things come in threes. Third time's the charm. But nothing good comes out of Gotham, does it? If this is a sermon, then let me say what Gotham needs is an exorcism. Who's up to the task? I dabble in numerology, as it happens. The thing about devils is that they disguise themselves before our very eyes. The road to Hell and all those Good Intentions. Batman, Batman, why hast thou forsaken me? You never answered my question. Riddle Me This........ When is a murderer not a murderer? The bodies are piling up, Batman."

Who knew a misanthropic eco-terrorist could be so zen?

Batman #151 (Absolute Power Tie-In)