My name is James Holmes, but you can call me The Joker. I am 24 years old. I am the Dark Knight who rose from the gloom. When they least expected it, the audience watching Batman’s adventures saw a real scene of blood and hatred erupt in the dark. I, The Joker, do make a difference.
My grandfather died in the Vietnam war. He specialised in burying mines in the rice paddies where farmers worked. My uncle says that, thanks to my grandfather’s ability, more than 500 Vietnamese had their bodies dismembered by mines. There is a photograph in my father’s arsenal which shows body pieces of a Vietnamese flying through the air.
My grandfather was unlucky. As he squatted on a road digging a hole to bury a mine, he fell into a bamboo spike trap. It was a hole two metres deep. His body was rescued by our helicopters. My uncle counted 18 wounds. My grandfather was buried with military honours at his funeral in Denver.