([August] 1989)
DC,
1989 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 14.95 USD; 19.95 CAD
- Pages
- 292
- On-sale Date
- 1989-07-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- ISBN
-
0-930289-36-6
- Editing
- Mike Gold (editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor); Mark Waid (associate editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- cardstock cover
- Binding
- softcover
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
Issue Notes
Says "Greatest DC Stories Vol. 3" on spine.
[no title indexed]
The Joker / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Joker
- Reprints
-
in Las Mejores Historias del Joker jamás contadas (Zinco, 1989 series) (Noviembre 1989) [cover] - in Absolute Batman: The Killing Joke The 30th Anniversary Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([November] 2018)
-
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Editorial credits and indicia.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Dedication page illustrated with the cover art to Detective Comics #69.
The Joker's Dozen
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages
- Reprints
- from The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) (1988 [February 1989])
-
Indexer Notes
Text introduction illustrated with various reprinted covers & panels.
[Batman vs. the Joker]
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #1 (Spring 1940)
-
Indexer Notes
Robinson not credited with letters in item. Story title from Table of Contents.
The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #4 (Winter 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
Roussos not credited in item.
[The Joker and the Sparrow]
Batman and Robin / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Batman Sunday (McClure Syndicate) 1945-10-28 - 1945-12-09 [#104-110]
Indexer Notes
Schwartz not credited in item. Story title from this volume's Table of Contents, which erroneously states that the strips were originally published in 1948.
The Man Behind the Red Hood!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Lew Sayre Schwartz; Win Mortimer (Robin figure on splash)
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #168 (February 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
Reprinted from reprint in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213. Pencils credited to Sheldon Moldoff in item. Finger, Schwartz, and Mortimer not credited in item.
The Joker's Crime Costumes!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #63 (February-March 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
Finger and Schnapp not credited in item.
The Joker's Utility Belt!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #73 (October-November 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
David Vern credit from O'Hearn. Schnapp also not credited in item.
The Crimes of Batman!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- David Vern
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures); Lew Sayre Schwartz
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #61 (November-December 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits for original story given in item. Credits for script, pencils, inks, and letters from index of original printing.
The Crazy Crime Clown!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #74 (December 1952-January 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Schwartz and Gordon not credited in item.
Superman's and Batman's Greatest Foes!
Superman and Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #88 (May-June 1957)
-
Indexer Notes
Hamilton and Gordon not credited in item.
Crime-of-the-Month Club!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #110 (September 1957)
-
Indexer Notes
Wood and Gordon not credited in item.
The Great Clayface-Joker Feud
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 15.33 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #159 (November 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in two chapters of 7 2/3 pages each. Art credited to Jim Mooney and Sheldon Moldoff in item. Finger and Starkman not credited in item.
The Joker Jury!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #163 (May 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
Finger and Letterese not credited in item.
The Joker's Happy Victims!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!
Batman / comic story / 22.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #251 (September 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Inks credited to Dick Giordano in item.
Death Has the Last Laugh
Batman; The Joker / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #111 (February-March 1974)
-
The Last Ha Ha
The Joker / comic story / 18 pages
- Job Number
- S-2020
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Creeper
- Reprints
- from The Joker (DC, 1975 series) #3 (September-October 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Laughing Fish!
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #475 (February 1978)
-
The Sign of the Joker!
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Steve Englehart
- Pencils
- Marshall Rogers
- Inks
- Terry Austin
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #476 (March-April 1978)
-
Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker...!
Batman / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- Julianna Ferriter
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Since 1899, Gotham Police Headquarters has stood at the junction of the area called Five Points, on the lower east side of the city...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Lucius Fox; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Synopsis
- The Joker plans his own birthday party and invites all of Gotham to watch the explosive celebration with some of Batman's closest allies. It is up to the Caped Crusader to find the event before the fireworks start.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #321 (March 1980) [recolored]
-
Stacking the Deck: The Other Joker Stories
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 6 pages
- Reprints
- from The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) (1988 [February 1989])
-
Indexer Notes
Afterword illustrated with various reprinted covers & panels.
Creating the Greatest
text article / 5 pages
- Script
- Brian Augustyn
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- biography
- Reprints
- from The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) (1988 [February 1989])
-
Indexer Notes
Biographies of the stories' creators.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Joker -
1.
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told
-
2.
[no title indexed]
-
3.
[no title indexed]
-
4.
[no title indexed]
-
5.
The Joker's Dozen
-
6.
[Batman vs. the Joker]
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
7.
The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
8.
[The Joker and the Sparrow]
Batman and Robin -
9.
The Man Behind the Red Hood!
Batman and Robin -
10.
The Joker's Crime Costumes!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
11.
The Joker's Utility Belt!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
12.
The Crimes of Batman!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
13.
The Crazy Crime Clown!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
14.
Superman's and Batman's Greatest Foes!
Superman and Batman and Robin -
15.
Crime-of-the-Month Club!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
16.
The Great Clayface-Joker Feud
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
17.
The Joker Jury!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
18.
The Joker's Happy Victims!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
19.
The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!
Batman -
20.
Death Has the Last Laugh
Batman; The Joker -
21.
The Last Ha Ha
The Joker -
22.
The Laughing Fish!
Batman -
23.
The Sign of the Joker!
Batman -
24.
Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker...!
Batman -
25.
Stacking the Deck: The Other Joker Stories
-
26.
Creating the Greatest
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Merlin Haas
- Fernando Martello
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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