I will tell you .. the Joker was in comic books for DC comics long, long before Batman issue #1, written by Bill Finger... and so.. and so was Batman / Bruce Wayne.. who may not have been created by Bill Finger / (Bob Kane (?))....

The men who were seemed.. SEEMED to die eerily and develop eerie rigourmortis smiles when they died actually went into suspended animation.. they were men marked for assassination and the BILL FINGER Joker of Batman issue #1 (pre-crisis).. he helped FAKE their deaths so they could ALL escape to a place if sanctuary.. the Joker of this issue truly is Sherlock Holmes... he rather likes Robin too... for Robin is capable of defeating this Joker whereas Batman.. doesn't seem to be able to.. but Robin can... (.. the Joker says.. ".. ahh.. Batman let me win that fight...."..).... the Joker learned how to do what he does in this issue - Batman issue #1 - .. from Baroness von Gunther, the mother of Ahania Blacksmith aka Society Lex 1.... who claims she did actually die but died with a frozen smile on her face.. a mannequin was put in her coffin at the funeral home.. and she was taken.. to Tennessee (Meryl Streep is playing her together with Hanno Ridal Raudsepp's real mother, Marga Anto Raudsepp).. (Anto for "Anton".. (?)..).... Ahania Blacksmith aka Society Lex 1 was a character in DC comics long before issue #1 of Batman written by Bill Finger and art by Bob Kane... as was the Baroness von Gunther...