Perhaps the largest and most destructive groups to arise in the wreckage of the Con are the Jokers. They are not a unified clan, instead splintering based on ideologies. One of the two major divisions is the Ledgers, generally chaotic and terrifying vandals who carved swathes of destruction through the Sailor Senshis to prove their might and took extreme advantage of the ill-conceived promotional Daily Bugle pencils. The other crowd to emerge was the Hamills, flamboyant pranksters who concocted elaborate death traps but usually ended up distracted by their contingent of Harleys before making any real inroads into enemy territories.  Smaller crowds popped up intermittently, like the Nicholsons (non-functional Tommy Guns did them no good) and the Romeros (nobody really likes to talk about what happened to the Romeros, but it involved attack dogs in shark costumes). Jokers seldom clash, but when they have it historically becomes a weeks-long ordeal that eclipses every other occurrence in the vast halls. The three most notable clashes have been:

-    The Jokerz Rebellion, in which the Hamills were usurped by those cosplaying “Jokerz” from Batman Beyond and attempted to go on a “recruitment drive” among nearby camps. It was quashed by a particularly zealous Batman who had somehow fashioned crude bombs (he was later discovered to be a chemist before the disaster, earning him the folk moniker of “Exploding Bat”)

-    The Robin Purge. Self-explanatory, in which the Ledgers attacked Robins for continuity’s sake and the Hamills did to attempt to re-enact events of Batman Beyond once again.

-    and The Purple Harvest, in which all Jokers simultaneously formed a pact to lay waste to any and all camps in search of purple fabric with which to make new suits, focusing their ire especially on Star Sapphires and Prince’s followers. It was a terrible year for Prince to introduce his own comic.

The Jokers are still formidable, but rogue Batmen often quell them, taking after the mythical Exploding Bat or simply putting to use their countless hours spent watching Bruce Lee films in Screening Room K. When confronted with one or more Joker, attempt to divert them by “playing hyena,” laughing and falling on the floor. They will think you’ve been hit by “Joker gas,” though no such substance has yet been concocted. Failing that, attempt to find the latest Bat, no matter how low in the rankings, and flee in the ensuing fracas.