What Happened To Everyone Who Used A Lazarus Pit?

10. The Joker

Having been shot several times by Talia al Ghul, it looked like it was finally curtains for The Joker in 2001's Legends of The Dark Knight #145… until a certain Caped Crusader turned up to save his life.

While Batman likely wouldn’t have let his greatest rival die regardless, the main reason for the Dark Knight saving the Clown Prince of Crime was that he had vital information that Bats needed in order to track down Talia and her nefarious father Ra’s.

Deciding that he has no choice, Batman prepares a Lazarus Pit and brings The Joker back to life. As the World’s Greatest Detective and Alfred await an even crazier Joker emerging from the Pit, the twist to this tale was that the Lazarus Pit gave the Jester of Genocide his sanity back.

In one of the most poignant moments in the history of The Joker, we saw this most evil of villains have to deal with the realisation of the horrible acts he’d done throughout his life.

Of course, comics being comics, Mr. J was soon back to his murderous ways once his Lazarus Pit dip began to wear off.