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Issue: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1989
 
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Publisher: FlagWarner Books
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Indicia Publisher: Warner Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 292
ISBN: 0446391255
UPC/EAN: 978044639125251495
Price: $18.95 CAD
$14.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 27 (19 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland
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Subject Matter
superhero
Joker
Joker
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[untitled]

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Inside front and back cover pages.
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The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told

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Jerry Robinson
Jerry Robinson
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Subject Matter
Joker
Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Title page, indicia information page and dedication page.
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Table of Contents

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Contents listing.
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The Joker's Dozen

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Gold
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Text introduction illustrated with various reprinted covers & panels.
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Batman vs. the Joker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger
Bob Kane
Jerry Robinson
Tatjana Wood
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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FlagBatman #1 [Cover Number with Period] published January 1940
was The Joker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger
Bob Kane
Jerry Robinson
Adrienne Roy
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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FlagBatman #4 published January 1941
was The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Joker and the Sparrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alvin Schwartz (not credited in the book)
Jack Burnley
Charles Paris
Nansi Hoolahan
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin
Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Sparrow (female villain)
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from Batman Sunday comic strips from October 28 - December 9, 1945 (#104-110)
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The Man Behind the Red Hood!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger (not credited in the book)
Lew Schwartz; Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Charles Paris; George Roussos (credited)
Anthony Tollin
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Robin
Red Hood; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker
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FlagDetective Comics #168 published February 1951
was The Man Behind the Red Hood! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Joker's Crime Costumes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger (not credited in the book)
Dick Sprang
Charles Paris
Greg Theakston
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth
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FlagBatman #63 published February 1951
was The Joker's Crime Costumes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Joker's Utility Belt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Vern
Dick Sprang
Charles Paris
Glenn Whitmore
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman and Robin
Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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FlagBatman #73 published October 1952
was The Joker's Utility Belt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Crimes of Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Vern
Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures); Lew Sayre Schwartz
Charles Paris
Daniel Vozzo
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon
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FlagWorld's Finest Comics #61 published November 1952
was The Crimes of Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Crazy Crime Clown!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alvin Schwartz (not credited in the book)
Dick Sprang
Charles Paris
Glenn Whitmore
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon
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FlagBatman #74 published December 1952
was The Crazy Crime Clown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Superman's and Batman's Greatest Foes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Edmond Hamilton (not credited in the book)
Dick Sprang
Charles Paris; Stan Kaye (credited)
Glenn Whitmore
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman and Robin; Superman
Joker; Lex Luthor; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Perry White; Lois Lane
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FlagWorld's Finest Comics #88 published May 1957
was Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Crime-of-the-Month Club!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Wood (not credited in the book)
Dick Sprang
Charles Paris
Shelley Eiber
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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FlagBatman #110 published September 1957
was Crime-of-the-Month Club! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Great Clayface-Joker Feud

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger (not credited in the book)
Sheldon Moldoff; Jim Mooney (credited)
Charles Paris; Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Helen Vesik
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Joker; Clayface [Matt Hagen]; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]
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FlagBatman #159 published November 1963
was The Great Clayface-Joker Feud [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Joker Jury!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger (not credited in the book)
Charles Paris; Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Charles Paris
Jerry Serpe
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]
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FlagBatman #163 published May 1964
was The Joker Jury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Joker's Happy Victims!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
E. Nelson Bridwell
Carmine Infantino
Murphy Anderson
Shelley Eiber
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Joker; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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FlagThe Joker's Happy Victims! [Batman Kellogg's Pop-Tarts Comics] #[nn] published January 1966
 
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The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Neal Adams
Dick Giordano
Tom Ziuko
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Joker; Batman
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FlagBatman #251 published September 1973
was The Joker's Five-Way Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Death Has the Last Laugh

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Haney
Jim Aparo
Jim Aparo
Bob LeRose
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Joker; Batman; Commissioner Gordon
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FlagThe Brave and the Bold #111 published February 1974
was Death Has the Last Laugh [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Last Ha Ha

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Denny O'Neil
Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Joe Orlando
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Subject Matter
Joker
Joker; Creeper
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FlagThe Joker #3 published September 1975
was The Last Ha Ha [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Laughing Fish!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Englehart
Marshall Rogers
Terry Austin
Petra Scotese
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Joker; Batman; Silver St. Cloud
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FlagDetective Comics #475 [unnamed variant] published February 1978
was The Laughing Fish! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Sign of the Joker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Englehart
Marshall Rogers
Terry Austin
Petra Scotese
Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Joker; Batman; Silver St. Cloud; Commissioner Gordon
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FlagDetective Comics #476 [unnamed variant] published March 1978
was Sign of the Joker! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Len Wein
Walt Simonson
Dick Giordano
Julianna Ferriter
Ben Oda
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Lucius Fox; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Since 1899, Gotham Police Headquarters has stood at the junction of the area called Five Points, on the lower east side of the city...
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.
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FlagBatman #321 [unnamed variant] published March 1980
was Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
 
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Stacking the Deck: The Other Joker Stories

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mark Waid
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Afterword illustrated with various reprinted covers & panels.
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Creating the Greatest

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Brian Augustyn
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Subject Matter
biography
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Biographies of the stories' creators.
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A Celebration of Last Laughs

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Joker
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Promotional text and image on back cover.

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