10 Insanely Dark Batman Moments That'll Never Make It To Film
2. Joker Cuts His Face Off
Just when you thought the Joker couldn't get any more twisted, he goes and cuts his own face off and wears the decomposing flesh as a mask.
This stomach-churning act of self-mutilation was carried out during Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's fan-favourite run on Batman, right after DC rebooted its line with the New 52 event, and it made the character all the more terrifying.
Not only is the fleshmask-wearing Joker the stuff of nightmares from a purely visual standpoint, it forced unsettled readers to ask the question of what the Clown Prince is willing to do to his enemies, if he's happy to do that to himself.
Since we're unlikely to see a future Batman movie with tonal similarities to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre anytime soon, don't expect to see this version of the Joker find his way to the DC cinematic universe.