The Joker #1 [State of Comics & Collectibles Neal Adams Homage Variant Cover]
(May 2021)

DC, 2021 Series
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Price
[none]
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2021-03-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Ages 13+
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [circle]
Barcode
761941372228 00123
Printer
Transcontinental Printing Interweb Montreal

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Joker (DC, 2021 series) #1 [Guillem March Cover]. There exist further variants:

Look Out, Gotham! The Joker's Back in Town! (Table of Contents)

The Joker / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams (credited) (signed as Neal Adams)
Inks
Neal Adams (credited) (signed as Neal Adams)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Joker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Homage to the cover of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #251, also by Adams.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Joker / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
James Tynion IV (credited)
Pencils
Guillem March (credited)
Inks
Guillem March (credited)
Colors
Arif Prianto (credited)
Letters
Tom Napolitano (credited)
Editing
Dave Wielgosz (credited) (associate editor); Ben Abernathy (credited) (editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I spend a lot of time these days thinking about my last night in Chicago.
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Joker; James Gordon; Danny Ryan; Sean Mahoney; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mayor Christopher Nakano; Bane (images); Barbara Gordon; Sarah Essen (photo); Punchline (images); Cressida Clarke; Cressida's aide
Synopsis
A retired Jim Gordon is having difficulty putting the job behind him as he finds himself haunted by the Joker's attacks on his family. A mysterious woman offers to pay Gordon millions for him to track and kill the Joker.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story takes place after the Joker toxin attack at Arkham Asylum in Infinite Frontier (DC, 2021 series) #0.

Story is broken into chapters.
Prologue: Boogeymen
Chapter One: Call It a Day
Chapter Two: All That Glitters
[Chapter Three:] Belize

Punchline: Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Punchline / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Johns (credited); James Tynion IV (credited)
Pencils
Mirka Andolfo (credited)
Inks
Mirka Andolfo (credited)
Colors
Romulo Fajardo Jr. (credited)
Letters
Ariana Maher (credited)
Editing
Dave Wielgosz (credited) (editor); Ben Abernathy (credited) (group editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Punchline [Alexis Kaye]; Leslie Thompkins; Harper Row [Bluebird]; Cullen Row; Queen of Spades; The Joker (photo)
Synopsis
Preparing for Punchline's upcoming trial, the prosecution is having difficulty building a case against her due to witnesses turning up dead. Leslie asks Harper to investigate to find evidence against her. Meanwhile in Blackgate, Punchline challenges the Queen of Spade's prison gang authority.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story takes place after Punchline (DC, 2021 series) #1.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Look Out, Gotham! The Joker's Back in Town!
    The Joker
  2. 1. ["I spend a lot of time these days thinking about my last night in Chicago."]
    The Joker
  3. 2. Punchline: Chapter 1
    Punchline
This issue was modified by
  • James Frail
  • John Monagle
  • Jim Van Dore