It's the "B side" of the issue in question as the main story is Joker going around a hospital of cancer patients while being chased by an ineffective Red Hood/Jason Todd who really should have smoked Mister J within the same second of seeing him.
B side plot is Zatanna casts a spell on Joker by saying "No one else will ever have your baby", backwards obviously, and the result is Joker "gives birth" the next morning to a sentient pile of mud that eventually forms into a likeness of his own.
This panel seems to make it clear this isn't some villainous plot.
It's the "B side" of the issue in question as the main story is Joker going around a hospital of cancer patients while being chased by an ineffective Red Hood/Jason Todd who really should have smoked Mister J within the same second of seeing him.
B side plot is Zatanna casts a spell on Joker by saying "No one else will ever have your baby", backwards obviously, and the result is Joker "gives birth" the next morning to a sentient pile of mud that eventually forms into a likeness of his own.
So I guess Zatanna raped The Joker, right?
I don't really care what the explanation is, it's a dumbass story that shouldn't be told.
If that’s where “stories” are at, now - I think that tells you all you need to know…
Jfc that’s a terrible plot…
The rest of the author's works aren't very interesting either, so it's par for the course from Matthew Rosenberg.