(1989)
Warner Books,
1989 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 14.95 USD; 18.95 CAD
- Pages
- 292
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Warner Books Inc.
- Brand
-
W Warner Books
- ISBN
-
0-446-39125-5
- Barcode
- 9780446391252 51495
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- cardstock cover
- Binding
- softcover
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
[no title indexed]
The Joker / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker
- Reprints
- in Batman: The Killing Joke The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2019 series) ([November] 2019) [Textless]
-
in Батман: Убийствена шега (Артлайн Студиос [Artline Studios], 2021 series) (2021)
-
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told
credits, title page / 3 pages
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Indexer Notes
Title page, indicia information page and dedication page.
The Joker's Dozen
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages
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
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #1 (Spring 1940)
-
The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #4 (Winter 1941)
-
The Joker and the Sparrow
Batman with Robin / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Al Schwartz (not credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- Nansi Hoolahan
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Sparrow (female villain)
- Reprints
- from Batman Sunday comic strips from October 28 - December 9, 1945 (#104-110)
Indexer Notes
This volume's Table of Contents erroneously states that the strips were originally published in 1948.
The Man Behind the Red Hood!
Batman; Robin / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (not credited in the book)
- Pencils
- Lew Sayre Schwartz; Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
- Inks
- Charles Paris; George Roussos (credited)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Red Hood; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #168 (February 1951)
-
The Joker's Crime Costumes!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (not credited in the book)
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- Greg Theakston
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #63 (February-March 1951)
-
The Joker's Utility Belt!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #73 (October-November 1952)
-
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
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #61 (November-December 1952)
-
The Crazy Crime Clown!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Al Schwartz (not credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #74 (December 1952-January 1953)
-
Superman's and Batman's Greatest Foes!
Batman and Robin; Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton (not credited in the book)
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Charles Paris; Stan Kaye (credited)
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Lex Luthor; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Perry White; Lois Lane
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #88 (May-June 1957)
-
Crime-of-the-Month Club!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Dave Wood (not credited in the book)
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- Shelley Eiber
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #110 (September 1957)
-
The Great Clayface-Joker Feud
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (not credited in the book)
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff; Jim Mooney (credited)
- Inks
- Charles Paris; Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
- Colors
- Helen Vesik
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Clayface [Matt Hagen]; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #159 (November 1963)
-
The Joker Jury!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (not credited in the book)
- Pencils
- Charles Paris; Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #163 (May 1964)
-
The Joker's Happy Victims!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from The Joker's Happy Victims! [Batman Kellogg's Pop-Tarts Comics] (DC, 1966 series) (1966) [reformatted], (1966) [reformatted]
-
The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!
Batman / comic story / 23 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #251 (September 1973)
-
Death Has the Last Laugh
Batman / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Commissioner Gordon
- Reprints
- from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #111 (February-March 1974)
-
The Last Ha Ha
Joker / comic story / 18 pages
- Characters
- Joker; Creeper
- Reprints
- from The Joker (DC, 1975 series) #3 (September-October 1975)
-
The Laughing Fish!
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Silver St. Cloud
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #475 (February 1978)
-
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
- Characters
- Joker; Batman; Silver St. Cloud; Commissioner Gordon
- 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
text article / 6 pages
Indexer Notes
Afterword illustrated with various reprinted covers & panels.
Creating the Greatest
text article / 5 pages
- Script
- Brian Augustyn
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- biography
Indexer Notes
Biographies of the stories' creators.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
The Joker -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told
-
3.
Table of Contents
-
4.
The Joker's Dozen
-
5.
Batman vs. the Joker
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
6.
The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
7.
The Joker and the Sparrow
Batman with Robin -
8.
The Man Behind the Red Hood!
Batman; Robin -
9.
The Joker's Crime Costumes!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
10.
The Joker's Utility Belt!
Batman and Robin -
11.
The Crimes of Batman!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
12.
The Crazy Crime Clown!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
13.
Superman's and Batman's Greatest Foes!
Batman and Robin; Superman -
14.
Crime-of-the-Month Club!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
15.
The Great Clayface-Joker Feud
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
16.
The Joker Jury!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
17.
The Joker's Happy Victims!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
18.
The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!
Batman -
19.
Death Has the Last Laugh
Batman -
20.
The Last Ha Ha
Joker -
21.
The Laughing Fish!
Batman -
22.
Sign of the Joker
Batman -
23.
Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker...!
Batman -
24.
Stacking the Deck: The Other Joker Stories
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25.
Creating the Greatest
-
26.
[A Celebration of Last Laughs]
The Joker
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- Boris Ammerlaan
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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