Beware of TDKR spoilers below.

While he wasn’t even mentioned in The Dark Knight Rises movie, it seems The Joker has been name-checked in the film’s spin-off novelisation.

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According to the book, Gotham’s criminal fraternity were moved from Arkham Asylum to Blackgate Prison following the creation of the Dent Act. All but one that is, as the novelisation explains…“The worst of the worst were sent here, except for the Joker, who, rumour had it, was locked away as Arkham’s sole remaining inmate. Or perhaps he had escaped. Nobody was really even sure. Not even Selina”The page itself can be viewed at MTV , while Nuke the Fridge originally spotted the mention.So would you like to have seen The Joker name-checked in TDKR? Let us know below.Chris Tilly is the Entertainment Editor for IGN and has only read one novelisation - Back to the Future. His idle chat can be found on both Twitter and MyIGN