Time to Monkey Shine

The Joker wasn’t the most reliable narrator, as we saw brilliantly demonstrated in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. His stories about his past simply couldn’t be trusted. Time to Monkey Shine is one of those stories, and it didn’t feature Red Hoods, chemical vats, or even The Batman.

But it does feature Aunt Eunice, with whom the young Joker lived. She couldn’t have been more abusive; she starved him, screamed at him, and, of course, beat him. Without friends, the kid’s only companion was a stuffed gorilla, which, of course, the aunt confiscated.

So the Joker’s psychotic behavior could be explained.

Yes, this was quite a story.