The Joker

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'''The Joker'''
 
'''The Joker'''
  
The maniacal harlequin who has been an implacable foe of [[Batman]] and [[Robin]] since 1940.
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The maniacal harlequin who has been an implacable foe of [[Batman]] and [[Robin]] since 1940 (first appearance Batman No. 1/1, Spring 1940).
 
   
 
   
 
[[Image:Joker.jpg|left]]Batman No. 4/1 calls him "the cleverest and the most dangerous criminal in the annals of crime..." (Winter 1941: "The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus!"), and Batman No. 8/4 describes him as "a grim jester, arch-criminal, [and] master fiend" (Dec/Jan 1941-1942: "The Cross-Country Crimes!").  
 
[[Image:Joker.jpg|left]]Batman No. 4/1 calls him "the cleverest and the most dangerous criminal in the annals of crime..." (Winter 1941: "The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus!"), and Batman No. 8/4 describes him as "a grim jester, arch-criminal, [and] master fiend" (Dec/Jan 1941-1942: "The Cross-Country Crimes!").  
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*DCCP No. 72, Aug 1984: "Madness in a Dark Dimension"
 
*DCCP No. 72, Aug 1984: "Madness in a Dark Dimension"
  
==External Link==
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==External Links==
  
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_%28comics%29 Wikipedia entry on the Joker]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_%28comics%29 Wikipedia entry on the Joker]
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*[http://www.dcindexes.com/indexes/indexes.php?character=343 Earth-1 Joker Index by Mike]
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*[http://dccomics.com/dcu/heroes_and_villains/?hv=origin_stories/joker&p=1 The Joker's Origin(s) at dccomics.com]
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*[http://lovedatjoker.livejournal.com/ Love Dat Joker Blog]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:08, 26 August 2009

The Joker

The maniacal harlequin who has been an implacable foe of Batman and Robin since 1940 (first appearance Batman No. 1/1, Spring 1940).

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Batman No. 4/1 calls him "the cleverest and the most dangerous criminal in the annals of crime..." (Winter 1941: "The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus!"), and Batman No. 8/4 describes him as "a grim jester, arch-criminal, [and] master fiend" (Dec/Jan 1941-1942: "The Cross-Country Crimes!").

By his own account, he is "the greatest criminal on Earth" (Detective Comics No. 388, Jun 1969: " Public Luna-tic Number One!") and "the world's greatest clown" (Batman No. 53/1, Jun/Jul 1949: "A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole in the Ground!"), as well as "The greatest comedian of all--the caliph of crime clowns, the grand mogul of mountebanks, the king of jesters...the one and only Joker! Ha, ha, ha!" (Batman No. 57/3, Feb/Mar 1950: "The Funny Man Crimes!").

In May-June 1957 (WF No. 88: "Superman's and Batman's Greatest Foes!') and again in November 1962 (WF No. 129: "Joker-Luthor, Incorporated!), the Joker forms a temporary partnership in crime with the nefarious Lex Luthor. (TGSB)

Joker appearances in the Superman Chronicles

  • WF No. 88, May/Jun 1957: "Superman's and Batman's Greatest Foes!"
  • WF No. 129, Nov 1962: "Joker-Luthor, Incorporated!"
  • WF No. 156, Mar 1966: "The Federation of Bizarro Idiots"
  • WF No. 159, Aug 1966: "The Cape and Cowl Crooks"
  • WF No. 177, Aug 1968: "Duel of the Crime Kings"
  • SPJO No. 125, Dec 1969: "Superman's Saddest Day"
  • DCCP No. 41, Jan 1982: "The Terrible Tinseltown Treasure-Trap Treachery"
  • WF No. 276, Feb 1982: "Double X Means Double Death"
  • DCCP No. 72, Aug 1984: "Madness in a Dark Dimension"

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