Jeering Joker and Glaring Gorilla

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"Feel like Batman triumphing over his arch-enemy" yup, the ol' caped crusader just loves to kill in cold blood, with a gun.


I'm beginning to think Frank Miller got his start in the toy industry.


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[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, there's two toys that would never be made for kids nowadays! I never saw that Joker before. He's holding a dagger? That's nuts!

Chris

[Klosterheim]

It seems like these would be made for a Wild West shootout toy with cowboy figures, later converted for the Joker and the Ape.

[comicmike]

I'm surprised to catch this tidbit of Joker toy history

[comicmike]

Could that be a snipit of Neal Adams work as part of the merchandising art?

[Werewolf]

Wow, there's two toys that would never be made for kids nowadays! I never saw that Joker before. He's holding a dagger? That's nuts!

I don't know, that stuff is pretty yikes! Not even a good idea at the time. They could have gone with laser guns and aliens or something. But taking out an endangered species or having Batman cap the Joker, yeah, that's not good.

[jwyblejr]

Like I said on Facebook,I think the gorilla one was trying to cash in on King Kong.

[EmergencyIan]

That dagger gives a lot of insentive to kill the Joker, and quickly.

I’m not so surprised by these. Boys toys were much more violent back then and no one really batted an eye. All of the best toys, including action figures had guns, if you were to ask most little boys. (Of course, superheros could, generally, get buy fine without and kids were fine with that) When I was a little boy, cap guns and toy knives were still staple toys. I had tons of both, over the years, as a child. We even still played Cowboys and Indians. That was already politically incorrect back then, as it should have been...but, it was still okay in kid circles. Different times.

- Ian