r/joker

Like Batman before him the joker will enter public domain ten years from now which is exciting and I’m already thinking of ways to adapt him to my own Batman stories. I’m wondering however if I wanted to I can make him into a pennywise type of monster that has a disguise of a harmless clown but when he shows his true colors he’s more of a demonic monster but would I be in trouble from DC comics who currently have the Absolute universe version of Joker have a similar theme despite my idea being nothing at all like absolute joker? If anyone has an answer I’d appreciate it a ton!