Ranking Every Joker Origin Worst To Best

10. Zero Year

If anyone were to pick up on a divisive aspect of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Batman, it would probably be Zero Year.

The duo fashioned a new origin not just for Batman, but for the modern day Gotham too. It was fairly controversial, and one of the biggest sticking points proved to be the introduction of a new Red Hood Gang, which of course came with a new origin for the Clown Prince of Crime.

The basic structure of the new gang was that each Red Hood received a numerical designation, with Red Hood One the leader. When Batman first emerges as a crimefighter, he shows an instant attraction to the character not unlike the Joker. At the same time, this version of the Red Hood is also drawn towards Bruce Wayne, and it was very much clear where this was all heading.

In the end, Red Hood One takes the big green acid bath and presumably emerges on the other side as the Clown Prince we all know and fear. Or at least that's one theory. The GCPD recovers the body of one Liam Distal from the water after the Red Hood falls into the vat, but it remains unclear as to what exactly happened, and who out of the gang really went on to become the Joker.