DC Fan Creates Epic Batman Who Laughs Pumpkin

Few things go together better than the Joker and Halloween, but he better make room for the holiday’s newest favorite, the Batman Who Laughs.

The Batman Who Laughs is at times stealing the show in DC Metal, and fans are starting to take notice. In fact, the character already has his very own pumpkin carving, courtesy of @zbarraza.

Zach shared an image of his creation with DC Metal creators Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, which features the character’s menacing grin (highlighted by flame) and a spiked visor made out of foil.

It’s pretty impressive, right? You can view it in all of its glory in the photo above.

So who is the Batman Who Laughs? The character has surfaced as the messenger of the ancient entity known as Barbatos and has been making the rounds in the dark multiverse to recruit an army of dark Batmen. He appeals to their wants and desires, telling them about the worlds in the light, and offering them the chance to take them by force.

As for his origins, it turns out there is a reason that the Joker has been trying to get Batman to kill him all these years.

“The Batman Who Laughs is Bruce asking, ‘What if I killed the Joker and I found out that he has a toxin in his heart that essentially made whoever kills him the next Joker, and that’s why he’s always tried to get Batman to kill him?’ It’s one of the darkest stories that we could do,” Snyder told CBR. “What happens then, what happens to the family, all of that is in [the] Batman: The Batman Who Laughs one-shot.”

Now, if Zach wanted to add on to his already impressive pumpkin, he could carve a few evil looking Robin pumpkins for good measure. The Batman Who Laughs is seen toting around three Robins hooked to chains, and it would probably look just as disturbing in Pumpkin form.

On second thought Zach, maybe don’t do that.

You can find out more about his past when The Batman Who Laughs one-shot hits comic shops on November 15.