Built and designed by Vekoma, the ride originally opened at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in 1996 as The Joker's Revenge.

Time Warner saw the opportunity to advertise and promote their latest movies through their Six Flags parks, so they added The Joker's Revenge, the first Vekoma Hurricane roller coaster in the United States and the first Vekoma roller coaster to run backwards a full circuit.

[2] It was the park's first roller coaster to be themed to a DC Comics character and feature inversions.

During the opening week, park employees were dressed in yellow jackets and green colored hair.

The funhouse queue line was reused for the park's Brutal Planet Haunted House during Fright Fest that year.

It is a Zamperla Giant Discovery frisbee ride that features a funhouse queue just like the original attraction.

The other Vekoma Hurricane is located at Walygator Parc as The Comet which only travels riders forwards and not backwards.