Batman comic writer Chip Zdarsky  "The Joker: Year One" officially began with the release of Batman #142 this week, and it certainly is a unique take on a flashback story about The Joker. Zdarsky takes readers on a dark, trippy, journey back through The Joker origin we know (inspired by Alan Moore's "The Killing Joke") while trying to reconcile the modern lore that has multiple Jokers showing up around the the DC Universe over the years – not to mention all the conflicted and/or mysterious accounts of his true origin and identity.