In the last issues of the Joker Seven series, written by Greg Pak, plenty of the character’s past is revealed. We learn he was in the military, but that he stopped because he could not face the problems in his own head. In addition, we see how he uses his powers for personal gain and how he ends up in the role of mentor to an underachieving young girl. He wants to make her a star and she ends up falling in love with him.
In recent issues we see more of Joker’s associates. Two members of the Joker Club appear. The first is obsessed with death (he’s a stake through his heart) and the second is obsessed with money. Neither is necessarily evil, just different components of a fantastic person going bad. They come into conflict when they learn …