DC celebrates the 80-year history of Batman's greatest foe, The JOKer! This new hardcover includes The JOKer's most memorable appearances, from his 1940 debut in the pages of Batman #1 (1940) to recent classics from top creators including Scott Snyder, Tony S. Daniel, Paul Dini, and more! Discover the stories that shaped the villain into one of pop culture's most indelible, twisted icons.
(W) Bill Finger (A) Bob Kane (CA) Jim Lee
They don't call him the Crown Prince of Crime for nothing! Just in time for the upcoming Warner Bros. movie JOKer, DC serves up a new helping of The JOKer's best capers from the pages of Batman #8, 67, 145, 260, 353 and #366; Detective Comics #388 and #833-834; The Spectre #51; and Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Harley Quinn vs. The JOKer #1.
(W) Brian Azzarello (A) Lee Bermejo (CA) Lee Bermejo
FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK! From writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo, the team behind the best-selling BATMAN: DAMNED, JOKER tells the story of one very dark night in Gotham City-a harrowing night of revenge, murder and crime as only The JOKer can deliver it, as he brutally takes back his stolen assets from the Penguin, the Riddler, Two-Face, Killer Croc and others.
MYTHOLOGY
(W) Peter J. Tomasi (A) Doug Mahnke (CA) Doug Mahnke
Alfred Pennyworth...attacked at Wayne manor! Who's hunting those closest to Batman? Commissioner Gordon calls in the Dark Knight Detective when there's a murder at the Gotham City Aquarium-staged to look exactly like Thomas and Martha Wayne's crime scene, right down to the playbill and pearls. How does this bizarre homicide tie into the shadowy monster that attacks Dr. Leslie Thompkins? This creature looks to wage a war on Batman-and it's using JOKer gas to do it! Collects Detective Comics #994-999.
DYING IS EASY #4 (OF 6)
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(W) Joe Hill (A) Martin Simmonds (CA) Martin Simmonds
From the powerhouse team of Joe Hill (Locke & Key) and Martin Simmonds (Punks Not Dead) comes the fourth chapter in the inaugural Syd "Sh*t-Talk" Homes mystery! Syd finds himself out of the frying pan, up the creek, and, well, sh*t outta luck-but when a talk with his ex-wife shines light on new information about the death of JOKe thief and general a-hole Carl Dixon, Syd just might have the lead he needs to clear his name...
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(W) Joe Hill (A) Martin Simmonds (CA) Gabriel Rodriguez
From the powerhouse team of Joe Hill (Locke & Key) and Martin Simmonds (Punks Not Dead) comes the fourth chapter in the inaugural Syd "Sh*t-Talk" Homes mystery! Syd finds himself out of the frying pan, up the creek, and, well, sh*t outta luck-but when a talk with his ex-wife shines light on new information about the death of JOKe thief and general a-hole Carl Dixon, Syd just might have the lead he needs to clear his name...
(W) Melissa De La Cruz (A) Thomas Pitilli (CA) Thomas Pitilli
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alex and Eliza and The Witches of East End comes a reimagining of Gotham for a new generation of readers. Before they became Batman, Catwoman, and The JOKer, Bruce, Selina, and Jack were high schoolers who would do whatever it took-even destroy the ones they love-to satisfy their own motives. After being kicked out of his boarding school, 16-year-old Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City to find that nothing is as he left it. What once was his family home is now an empty husk, lonely but haunted by the memory of his parents' murder. Selina Kyle, once the innocent girl next door, now rules over Gotham High School with a dangerous flair, aided by the class clown, Jack Napier. When a kidnapping rattles the school, Bruce seeks answers as the dark and troubled knight-but is he actually the pawn? Nothing is ever as it seems, especially at Gotham High, where the parties and romances are of the highest stakes...and where everyone is a suspect. With enchanting art by Thomas Pitilli, this new graphic novel is just as intoxicating as it is chilling, in which dearest friends turn into greatest enemies-all within the hallways of Gotham High!
(W) Dan Jurgens (A) Ronan Cliquet (CA) Travis Moore
How many Nightwings does it take for one JOKer to strike to get to the real one? Four Nightwings. And that's not even the punchline-how will Ric interact with the JOKer when he's not quite sure which one of his two memories is the real one...and exactly how dangerous this clown standing before him is?
ALAN QUAH VAR ED
(W) Dan Jurgens (A) Ronan Cliquet (CA) Alan Quah
How many Nightwings does it take for one JOKer to strike to get to the real one? Four Nightwings. And that's not even the punchline-how will Ric interact with the JOKer when he's not quite sure which one of his two memories is the real one...and exactly how dangerous this clown standing before him is?
RED RANGE BENEATH FLAMING SKY #1
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(W) Keith Lansdale (A) JOK (CA) JOK
Keith Lansdale unleashes his imagination on the historical and somewhat steampunk world his father (Joe R. Lansdale) and the late Sam Glanzman created back in 1999! Caleb Range (aka, the Red Mask) and his young companion Turon find themselves beneath the surface of the Earth, in a place that seems lost in time. They are quickly confronted by a group of steampunk pirates in hot pursuit of a strange fellow who can only speak one name over and over again... Seetoc! Oh, and did we mention there are dinosaurs, loads and loads of dinosaurs!
RED RANGE BENEATH FLAMING SKY #1
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(W) Keith Lansdale (A) JOK (CA) MJ Hiblen
KEITH LANSDALE, THE WRITER WHO RECENTLY BROUGHT YOU X-FILES AND CREEPY STORIES, UNLEASHES HIS IMAGINATION ON THE HISTORICAL AND SOMEWHAT STEAMPUNK WORLD HIS FATHER (JOE R. LANSDALE) AND THE LATE SAM GLANZMAN CREATED BACK IN 1999, WHERE OUR HEROES WERE ON THE RUN FROM THE KKK. NOW, CALEB RANGE (AKA THE RED MASK), AND HIS YOUNG COMPANION TURON, FIND THEMSELVES UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, IN A PLACE THAT SEEMS LOST IN TIME. THEY ARE QUICKLY CONFRONTED BY A GROUP OF STEAMPUNK PIRATES IN HOT PURSUIT OF A STRANGE FELLOW WHO CAN ONLY SPEAK ONE NAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN...SEETOC! OH, AND DID WE MENTION THERE ARE DINOSAURS...LOADS AND LOADS OF DINOSAURS! SIX STUNNING VARIANT COVERS BY MJ HIBLEN, JOHN GEBBIA, PERTH ALACAR, NIR LEVIE, VALENTIN RAMON, AND HUSEYIN OZKAN!
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(W) Keith Lansdale (A) JOK (CA) John Gebbia
KEITH LANSDALE, THE WRITER WHO RECENTLY BROUGHT YOU X-FILES AND CREEPY STORIES, UNLEASHES HIS IMAGINATION ON THE HISTORICAL AND SOMEWHAT STEAMPUNK WORLD HIS FATHER (JOE R. LANSDALE) AND THE LATE SAM GLANZMAN CREATED BACK IN 1999, WHERE OUR HEROES WERE ON THE RUN FROM THE KKK. NOW, CALEB RANGE (AKA THE RED MASK), AND HIS YOUNG COMPANION TURON, FIND THEMSELVES UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, IN A PLACE THAT SEEMS LOST IN TIME. THEY ARE QUICKLY CONFRONTED BY A GROUP OF STEAMPUNK PIRATES IN HOT PURSUIT OF A STRANGE FELLOW WHO CAN ONLY SPEAK ONE NAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN...SEETOC! OH, AND DID WE MENTION THERE ARE DINOSAURS...LOADS AND LOADS OF DINOSAURS! SIX STUNNING VARIANT COVERS BY MJ HIBLEN, JOHN GEBBIA, PERTH ALACAR, NIR LEVIE, VALENTIN RAMON, AND HUSEYIN OZKAN!
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(W) Keith Lansdale (A) JOK (CA) Perth Alacar
KEITH LANSDALE, THE WRITER WHO RECENTLY BROUGHT YOU X-FILES AND CREEPY STORIES, UNLEASHES HIS IMAGINATION ON THE HISTORICAL AND SOMEWHAT STEAMPUNK WORLD HIS FATHER (JOE R. LANSDALE) AND THE LATE SAM GLANZMAN CREATED BACK IN 1999, WHERE OUR HEROES WERE ON THE RUN FROM THE KKK. NOW, CALEB RANGE (AKA THE RED MASK), AND HIS YOUNG COMPANION TURON, FIND THEMSELVES UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, IN A PLACE THAT SEEMS LOST IN TIME. THEY ARE QUICKLY CONFRONTED BY A GROUP OF STEAMPUNK PIRATES IN HOT PURSUIT OF A STRANGE FELLOW WHO CAN ONLY SPEAK ONE NAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN...SEETOC! OH, AND DID WE MENTION THERE ARE DINOSAURS...LOADS AND LOADS OF DINOSAURS! SIX STUNNING VARIANT COVERS BY MJ HIBLEN, JOHN GEBBIA, PERTH ALACAR, NIR LEVIE, VALENTIN RAMON, AND HUSEYIN OZKAN!
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(W) Keith Lansdale (A) JOK (CA) Nir Levie
KEITH LANSDALE, THE WRITER WHO RECENTLY BROUGHT YOU X-FILES AND CREEPY STORIES, UNLEASHES HIS IMAGINATION ON THE HISTORICAL AND SOMEWHAT STEAMPUNK WORLD HIS FATHER (JOE R. LANSDALE) AND THE LATE SAM GLANZMAN CREATED BACK IN 1999, WHERE OUR HEROES WERE ON THE RUN FROM THE KKK. NOW, CALEB RANGE (AKA THE RED MASK), AND HIS YOUNG COMPANION TURON, FIND THEMSELVES UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, IN A PLACE THAT SEEMS LOST IN TIME. THEY ARE QUICKLY CONFRONTED BY A GROUP OF STEAMPUNK PIRATES IN HOT PURSUIT OF A STRANGE FELLOW WHO CAN ONLY SPEAK ONE NAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN...SEETOC! OH, AND DID WE MENTION THERE ARE DINOSAURS...LOADS AND LOADS OF DINOSAURS! SIX STUNNING VARIANT COVERS BY MJ HIBLEN, JOHN GEBBIA, PERTH ALACAR, NIR LEVIE, VALENTIN RAMON, AND HUSEYIN OZKAN!
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(W) Keith Lansdale (A) JOK (CA) Valentin Ramon
KEITH LANSDALE, THE WRITER WHO RECENTLY BROUGHT YOU X-FILES AND CREEPY STORIES, UNLEASHES HIS IMAGINATION ON THE HISTORICAL AND SOMEWHAT STEAMPUNK WORLD HIS FATHER (JOE R. LANSDALE) AND THE LATE SAM GLANZMAN CREATED BACK IN 1999, WHERE OUR HEROES WERE ON THE RUN FROM THE KKK. NOW, CALEB RANGE (AKA THE RED MASK), AND HIS YOUNG COMPANION TURON, FIND THEMSELVES UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, IN A PLACE THAT SEEMS LOST IN TIME. THEY ARE QUICKLY CONFRONTED BY A GROUP OF STEAMPUNK PIRATES IN HOT PURSUIT OF A STRANGE FELLOW WHO CAN ONLY SPEAK ONE NAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN...SEETOC! OH, AND DID WE MENTION THERE ARE DINOSAURS...LOADS AND LOADS OF DINOSAURS! SIX STUNNING VARIANT COVERS BY MJ HIBLEN, JOHN GEBBIA, PERTH ALACAR, NIR LEVIE, VALENTIN RAMON, AND HUSEYIN OZKAN!
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(W) Keith Lansdale (A) JOK (CA) Huseyin Ozkan
KEITH LANSDALE, THE WRITER WHO RECENTLY BROUGHT YOU X-FILES AND CREEPY STORIES, UNLEASHES HIS IMAGINATION ON THE HISTORICAL AND SOMEWHAT STEAMPUNK WORLD HIS FATHER (JOE R. LANSDALE) AND THE LATE SAM GLANZMAN CREATED BACK IN 1999, WHERE OUR HEROES WERE ON THE RUN FROM THE KKK. NOW, CALEB RANGE (AKA THE RED MASK), AND HIS YOUNG COMPANION TURON, FIND THEMSELVES UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, IN A PLACE THAT SEEMS LOST IN TIME. THEY ARE QUICKLY CONFRONTED BY A GROUP OF STEAMPUNK PIRATES IN HOT PURSUIT OF A STRANGE FELLOW WHO CAN ONLY SPEAK ONE NAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN...SEETOC! OH, AND DID WE MENTION THERE ARE DINOSAURS...LOADS AND LOADS OF DINOSAURS! SIX STUNNING VARIANT COVERS BY MJ HIBLEN, JOHN GEBBIA, PERTH ALACAR, NIR LEVIE, VALENTIN RAMON, AND HUSEYIN OZKAN!
In these moody tales from the 1970s, Batman faces his own lonely existence while struggling against one of his earliest foes, Dr. Hugo Strange. This run also includes the renowned " JOKer Fish" story line, in which the Clown Prince of Crime comes up with his most off-the-wall scheme ever, along with the 2005 miniseries in which The JOKer runs for office with the slogan "Vote for me or I'll kill you!" Collects Detective Comics #439 and #469-476, Batman #311, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #109-111, Legends of the DC Universe #26-27, Batman: Dark Detective #1-6, and a story from Batman Chronicles #19.