Impostor Joker

Impostor Joker

Before he had his unfortunate encounter with The Joker, Winslow Heath was simple businessman who worked for pharmaceuticals company. He had a girlfriend named Beth who he was planning to propose to. One night while having a romantic picnic on a rooftop, The Joker showed up, riding a jet pack. He was being chased by Batman, who quickly caught up and tackled him to the ground. In order to distract Batman, he tossed a Joker Gas grenade at Winslow, who quickly started to succumb to the gas. Fortunately, it turns out that Winslow and Beth were stoners/drug users, and the drugs in their systems were able to stop the gas from killing them. Unfortunately, the gas put Winslow in a state of paralysis, and he was put in Gotham Hospital. He wasn't in a coma, though. He was fully aware of his surroundings, he could hear everything happening, but he could move or speak. 2 years later, they decided to run a brain scan on Winslow, and that's when they found out that he was conscious. Using advancements in medical science, they were able to restore him to full function. Admitting their negligence, the hospital gave Winslow a huge cash settlement. Using this money, he was able to set up his own pharmaceutical company, and soon became rich enough to rival Bruce Wayne and Simon Stagg. However, Winslow had a lot of time to think while stuck in his glass coffin, and he grew to greatly resent Batman, blaming him for bringing all of this misery to Gotham City. Seeking revenge against the Dark Knight, Winslow was able to get his hands on the recipe for Joker Toxin, and used hired a mad chemist named Dr. Kaligari to convert it into a non-lethal drug that they called "Joker Juice". It comes in a gaseous form contained in small, pill-shaped capsules. Crack it open, sniff it, and your hair turns green, your skin turns white, and you go crazy for about an hour. He then handed it out different citizens and orchestrated mad mob riots in different parts of Gotham. After a cop killed one of the Jokerz, more people started to buy the Joker Juice, and engaged in a coordinated attack on the GCPD. After several cops were killed in the riot, an impostor Batman rose up and told all of Gotham's citizens to defend their city by dressing up as Batman and killing any other the Jokerz they could find. Before long, the entire city engaged in a month-long war between the Jokerz and the Guardian Batz. In order to pull off his master plan, Winslow built an amusement park for citizens to have fun in to distract themselves from the carnage. However, this was a trap. He and Dr. Kaligari had developed a version of Joker Juice that made you destructive and violent, and had rigged to park's lampposts to spray the gas onto the crowds. Before long, the entire park turned into death arena with both Batz and Jokerz trying to kill each other all over the place. The Impostor Batman had led an army of Guardian Bats to lay siege to the park, and he strolled through the park, brutally slaughtering Jokerz left, right, and center. Batman chased the Impostor Batman into the Hall Of Mirrors, and was able to unmask him after a fight. It turns out that Winslow Heath was both the Impostor Joker, and the Impostor Batman. He'd orchestrated all of this to show Batman how his battles with the Joker constantly destroy Gotham, and the lives of everyone around them. Winslow then revealed the other reason he was doing this. After he was poisoned by the gas, Beth disappeared. It turns out that she'd taken the same drugs that night, and they also stopped the gas from killing, but also put her in the same "Glass Coffin" state. Batman didn't see her, and she was left there paralyzed for god knows how long. I wonder what it felt like when the crows ate her to death. Batman then tried to arrest Winslow, but he lost him in the crowd of Jokerz and Guardian Batz. No one has seen him since, but who knows where he is, or what he's planning.