The Joker #3

In the aftermath of the Joker’s brutal attack, Jim Gordon struggles to rebuild his life while his son James Jr. begins showing unsettling fascination with the criminal mastermind. When Jim’s ex-wife Barbara arrives with a request to take custody of their son, the emotional stakes rise as past wounds resurface and the fragile stability of their fractured family hangs in the balance.

In "null," the Joker is in the hands of the Sampson family—Vicky and Buddy, driven by grief over their brother Billy’s death—as they haul him across the country toward their Texas home, where vengeance awaits. While Jim Gordon lies recovering in Gotham, Barbara and Julia work a secret trail to find him, but Jim, ignoring Barbara’s warnings, sets out on a reckless path of his own to intercept the Joker before the Sampsons do.

In "Chapter Eighteen: Turbulence," chaos erupts mid-flight when Vengeance hijacks a plane bound for Dallas, setting off a high-stakes chain reaction. With Cressida Clarke turning the tide against Barbara Gordon and capturing her and Julia Pennyworth, Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock race to Texas—not just to rescue them, but to confront a secret that could unravel everything, including the truth behind the A-Day gas attack.

In "Chapter Nineteen: Strange Appetites," the Sampson family gathers for a tense dinner, their table set not for feast but for vengeance—planning to cook and consume their enemy, the Joker. The moment is shattered when Vengeance arrives, her fury turning the family's ritual into a bloody showdown as she declares her own claim on the Clown Prince of Crime.

In "Chapter Twenty: The Banes of Our Existence," the fallout from the chaotic showdown at the Sampson Family compound lingers as James Gordon faces scrutiny over what transpired. With The Joker’s fate still uncertain and the lines between justice, vengeance, and madness blurring, Gordon must confront his own complicity in a storm that drew in figures like Bane, Vengeance, and the enigmatic Isabella Hallows—each with their own reasons to play the game.

In "null," James Gordon recounts a harrowing chain of events to Batman, piecing together the explosive confrontation at the Sampson Family compound where Vengeance, Bane, and The Joker converged with Gordon, Cressida Clarke, and the Sampsons in a clash of vengeance and chaos. As the past unfolds through fractured memories and escalating violence, the true fate of The Joker remains shrouded in the aftermath of a night that tested every line between hero and monster.