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The maniacal harlequin who has been an implacable foe of [[Batman]] and [[Robin]] since 1940. | The maniacal harlequin who has been an implacable foe of [[Batman]] and [[Robin]] since 1940. | ||
| − | Batman No. 4/1 calls him "the cleverest and the most dangerous criminal in the annals of crime..." ( | + | [[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!"). |
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!"). | 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!"). | ||
Revision as of 22:38, 23 June 2006
The Joker
The maniacal harlequin who has been an implacable foe of Batman and Robin since 1940.
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!").
The Joker has occasionally allied with Lex Luthor against Batman, Robin and Superman.
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"
