Jared Leto’s The Joker Appears On Suicide Squad Empire Magazine Cover

Based on the Suicide Squad photos, trailers, and television spots, there’s so much to love about Jared Leto’s portrayal of The Joker; however, I do find some of those tattoos covering his body to be visually distracting, especially the one on his forehead that reads, “Damaged.”

On a positive note: The tattoo of an exaggerated smile on the back of his left-hand is pretty awesome, and apparently, I’m not the only one to think so. Empire has made it the focal point of their two newstand covers for their September issue. Adding a nice amount of contrast to the image, The Joker gives a menacing stare directly into the camera while putting his left hand up to where his mouth is.

Check out the full-cover directly below.

It feels good to be bad… Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity.U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do.However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?

Written and directed by David Ayer based on the characters from DC Comics, the film stars Will Smith (“Ali”), Jared Leto (“Dallas Buyers Club”), Margot Robbie (“The Wolf of Wall Street”), Joel Kinnaman (“RoboCop”) and Viola Davis (“The Help”). The cast also includes Jai Courtney (“Insurgent”), Jay Hernandez (“Takers”), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (“Thor: The Dark World”), Ike Barinholtz (“Neighbors”), Scott Eastwood (“Fury”), Cara Delevingne (“Paper Towns”), Adam Beach (“Cowboys & Aliens”), and Karen Fukuhara in her feature film debut. It is produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, with Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers.

Suicide Squad opens worldwide in 3D, and in 2D, and in select IMAX 3D theaters beginning August 5, 2016.