One of the biggest secrets in the world of DC Comics has been revealed as one of its most iconic characters, an enigmatic villain, gets an official name. In the latest issue of Flashpoint Beyond #5, the Joker’s real name has been revealed: Jack Oswald White.
This is something that fans of DC and the character have greatly appreciated, and that is that the identity of the Joker is something that many have always tried to find out. Whether it’s the Heath Ledger version, with multiple different stories of how he got the scars, or the unreliable narration of just about every character’s monologue in the comics, we don’t know Joker’s origins for sure, at least now we know his real name.
How did they reveal the Joker’s real name?
Issue 5 of Flashpoint Beyond, a sequel to Flashpoint, has the Flashpoint universe’s version of the Joker, Martha Wayne and Thomas Wayne, arguing over the villain’s origin.
Martha reveals that she forced Psycho-Pirate, a villain capable of knowing all of DC’s timelines, to tell her everything she knew about the main DC. It is at this point that Psycho-Pirate revealed that the Joker’s real name is Jack Oswald White.
We’ve seen the Joker go by several different names before, especially on the big screen, but this is one of the first times he’s been made canon in the comics. In addition, the musician Jack White would be inspiration for the character’s name. Jack White also thanked DC for having using his name.
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“I’d love to thank DC comics for giving The Joker the name of “Jack White” after me. Though his hair is usually not as blue as mine, i still take it as a flattering gesture on their part and consider it an honor. It was a lonely journey through my life being the only person with that name until now. Jack White III,” he wrote on an Instagram post.