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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

That has been his origin since 1951.

It hasn't.

The Red Hood thing as a shared disguise wasn't from the original origin story. Nor was the part about the Joker being an ordinary guy (or specifically, a failed comedian) hired to be the Red Hood. That all comes from waaaay later.

In essence, you're describing the post-Crisis New Earth/Earth-1 origin of the Joker. The 1951 origin was the pre-Crisis Earth-2 origin of the Joker, and it was way simpler:

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/3/38/Joker_%28Earth-Two%29_005.jpg

The original origin was basically just a throwaway backstory, because the Joker was originally little more than a throwaway character. He was actually supposed to die in his first appearance until the editor forced them to keep him alive for future stories because he thought he could be interesting.

The real problem is that neither of those two versions of the Joker technically exist anymore. The current Joker in the comics is the post-Flashpoint/New 52 Prime Earth version. And Prime Earth sucks.