

He chose to focus on Batman using means to incapacitate the members instead of neutralizing them completely, to avoid hurting his closest friends outside of the members of his Bat-family. Snyder described coming up with original ways for the human Batman to take on the superhuman Justice League as difficult. "Endgame" celebrates the 75th anniversary of Batman and the Joker's debut and is designed as a transitional story that will alter the status quo of the Batman universe so that Snyder and Capullo can explore new elements afterwards. Now I think you've betrayed that, and it's time for me to just burn everything down.' So I guess that's where I'm coming from with this." The story was planned in part from the conclusion of Snyder and Capullo's work on "Death of the Family", and Snyder wanted to convey the message that Joker and Batman's bond had been broken, by having the Joker turn Batman's closest allies against him, the Justice League.

Snyder said, "So this is really sort of the Joker saying, 'I once found meaning in our relationship and your relationship to your rogues. Endgame details how Joker reacts to Batman's perceived betrayal of their dynamic. Snyder described "Endgame" as the concluding chapter of his Joker story, initially set up in " Zero Year" with a possible origin for the New 52 Joker, and continued with "Death of the Family" highlighting how Joker initially found meaning in his relationship with Batman. The Joker's role as the story arc's central villain was not announced, and was detailed only in the issue's final pages, revealing the character would return to comics for the first time since his disappearance at the end of the "Death of the Family" (DotF) story arc in 2012, also written by Snyder. Written by Scott Snyder with art by Greg Capullo, "Endgame" was first printed in October 2014, in Batman #35. Set after the events of Batman Eternal, the story involves the return of Batman's arch-enemy, the Joker, following his disappearance in the 2012 story arc " Death of the Family". " Batman: Endgame" is a six-issue comic book story arc first published by DC Comics in 2014, featuring the fictional superhero Batman.
