([August] 2020)

DC, 2020 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
34.99 USD; 45.99 CAD
Pages
156
On-sale Date
2020-06-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Ages 17+
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC Black Label [outside circle]
ISBN
978-1-4012-9428-1 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401294281 53499
Editing
Will Dennis (editor - original series); Jeb Woodard (group editor - collected editions); Scott Nybakken (editor - collected edition)
Color
color
Binding
hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

Collects the original graphic novel with behind-the-scenes material from the writer and artist, plus their all-new story from The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Joker / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Inks
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Colors
Lee Bermejo (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Joker
No image yet

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page with creator credits on a pattern background

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Indicia and publisher information on a pattern background

How Joker Came to Be (or Almost Didn't) (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Brian Azzarello (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Foreword by Brian Azzarello, dated 2019

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Colors
?

Indexer Notes

Pattern background on an otherwise blank page

Joker (Table of Contents: 5)

The Joker / comic story / 122 pages (report information)

Script
Brian Azzarello (credited)
Pencils
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Inks
Lee Bermejo (credited) (pages 1, 4, 14, 16, 18-23, 48, 49, 66, 73, 115, 117, 119-121); Mick Gray (credited) (pages 2-3, 5-13, 15, 17, 24-47, 50-65, 67-72, 74-114, 116, 118, 122)
Colors
Trish Mulvihill (credited as Patricia Mulvihill)
Letters
Rob Clark Jr. (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Shelly Frost; Joker (villain); Jonny Frost (villain; death); Monty (villain; death); Killer Croc [Waylon Jones] (villain); Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel] (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain); Abner [Penguin] (villain); Tommy (villain; death); Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain)
Reprints

Two Fell into the Hornet's Nest (Table of Contents: 6)

The Joker / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Brian Azzarello (credited)
Pencils
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Inks
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Colors
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Letters
Jared K. Fletcher (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Joker; Killer Croc; Poison Ivy; Scarecrow; Penguin; Two-Face; Riddler; Batman; Robin
Synopsis
Joker and Batman are both inmates at Arkham receiving shock therapy.
Reprints
Keywords
Arkham Asylum

Held for Observation (Table of Contents: 7)

The Joker / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Inks
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Colors
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Joker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Introduction to the bonus material, featuring promotional art created in 2008 for the Las Vegas premiere of the film The Dark Knight at the Palms Casino Resort.

Joker: Dark Night (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Brian Azzarello (credited); Lee Bermejo (credited)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

The original proposal for the Joker: Dark Night miniseries, which became the Joker graphic novel.

Cover Art for Wizard Magazine #194 (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lee Bermejo
Inks
Lee Bermejo
Letters
typeset

Characters
Lex Luthor; The Joker; Bizarro
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art for Wizard magazine #194, featuring three of the DC Universe's greatest villains.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Inks
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Two-Face; The Joker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Preliminary character studies for Two-Face and the Joker, created in 2005 following the release of the film Batman Begins.

[Cover Art for the Joker Graphic Novel] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Joker / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Inks
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Colors
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Joker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Final cover art for the Joker graphic novel, originally created as the cover for the first issue of the proposed miniseries.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Joker / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Inks
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Joker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unused cover art for the second issue of the proposed miniseries.

Black-and-White Art (Table of Contents: 13)

The Joker / illustration / 6 pages (report information)

Pencils
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Inks
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Joker; Harley Quinn; Batman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Black and white art for pages 4, 23, 73, 119, 120, 121

Original Art and Reworked Art for Page 49 (Table of Contents: 14)

The Joker / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Inks
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Colors
Trish Mulvihill (credited as Patricia Mulvihill)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Joker
Reprints

Joker and Lex (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman; Superman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Brian Azzarello
Pencils
Lee Bermejo
Inks
Lee Bermejo
Colors
Trish Mulvihill
Letters
Nick Napolitano

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker (villain); Lex Luthor (villain)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art is drawn in a style similar to the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.

[Biographies] (Table of Contents: 16)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Biographies of Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo, Mick Gray, and Patricia Mulvihill.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

The Joker / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Inks
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Colors
Lee Bermejo (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Joker

Indexer Notes

Back cover with text on contents of collection, includes illustration from the original cover of the Joker graphic novel.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Joker
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. How Joker Came to Be (or Almost Didn't)
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Joker
    The Joker
  7. 6. Two Fell into the Hornet's Nest
    The Joker
  8. 7. Held for Observation
    The Joker
  9. 8. Joker: Dark Night
  10. 9. Cover Art for Wizard Magazine #194
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
  12. 11. [Cover Art for the Joker Graphic Novel]
    The Joker
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    The Joker
  14. 13. Black-and-White Art
    The Joker
  15. 14. Original Art and Reworked Art for Page 49
    The Joker
  16. 15. Joker and Lex
    Batman; Superman
  17. 16. [Biographies]
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    The Joker
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