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Issue: The Joker #3
Publication Date: September 1975
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Issues: #3 of 9 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/03/1975
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Interior Page
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Joker; Creeper [Jack Ryder]
First Line: Except for me--The Creeper!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Joker: The Clown Prince of Crime #[nn] published January 2013
as The Joker #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2056
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Minerva Menace!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson; Shazam]; Aunt Minerva (villain)
First Line: If the future of the world rests with the children, I'll control the children!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Hostess Twinkies ad on inside front cover. Captain Marvel is not referred to by name in this ad, just as Shazam in the title.
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The Last Ha Ha

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Joker (villain); Creeper [Jack Ryder]; Benny Khiss; Marvin Fargo; Sandy Saturn (first appearance)
First Line: Question: What do a jeweled mask, and ancient book and a comic strip have in common?
Synopsis: The Creeper is blamed for one of the Joker's crimes, and he must clear his name.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #4 [unnamed variant] published January 1976
as Das letzte HaHa [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published February 1988
as The Last Ha Ha [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1989
as The Last Ha Ha [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published November 1990
as The Last Ha Ha [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Joker: The Clown Prince of Crime #[nn] published January 2013
as The Last Ha Ha [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: S-2020
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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: What to sink your teeth into when you're hungry and you're not a werewolf.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Slim Jim Brand Smoked Beef Snack Sticks.
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First Line: Look what you can make with an Alabe Play Lab Kit!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Alabe Play Lab Kits.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Monster record.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Miscellaneous ads for gift items and gag items, e.g., "broken arm" cast, slot machine bank, x-ray vision specs.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Impossible? Not for the super bodybuilding system!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for brochures showing how to build a more muscular body and physique.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Write right now!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Miscellaneous "classified ad" type advertisements for various products, e.g., bodybuilding, back issue comics, Kung Fu lessons.
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First Line: 100-pc. toy soldier set made of durable plastic...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Get this 100-piece toy soldier set packed in a pasteboard footlocker toy storage box for only $1.50.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Comics
First Line: Warning! Supplies are dangerously low of Whiz Comics...
Synopsis: House ad for ordering DC's line of Famous First Editions.
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Comics
First Line: For the first time...a fantastic collection of D.C.'s world-famous villains and their amazing origins!
Synopsis: House ad for ordering DC's Limited Collector's Edition summer specials.
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Pages: 1
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Learn hypnotic control
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Miscellaneous ads for gag items, e.g., skin head wig, onion gum, joy buzzer.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Look who's smiling now!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for various college classes.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Comics
Character(s): Batman; Robin
First Line: We can put DC Comics right in your mail box
Synopsis: House ad for subscriptions to assorted DC Comics titles
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Pages: 0.5
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"Coming soon... The Legend of King Arthur"

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Feature(s): DC Comics
Synopsis: House ad promoting four-issue mini-series about King Arthur and the knights of the round table.
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Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Full scale battle games
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for various battle games, starting at $1.89. Games listed are assumed, based on other period ads.
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First Line: Fantasy's most bizarre hero now in his own macabre magazine--
Synopsis: House ad promoting Man-Bat comic.
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Joker]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2065
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers - Bob Rodi, William Nutt, Stanley Okuda, Bruce Parrello, Paul Deni, Jim F. Harris and Stephen Haney.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: 132-Piece Roman Soldiers
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for 132-piece roman soldier set; 2 complete roman armies for only $2.95.
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First Line: Earn famous name prizes or cash the easy Olympic way!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Earn cash or valuable prizes just for selling Olympic all-occasion cards and notecards.
Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: You've grown. Do you need a new Daisy?
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement promoting the Daisy BB gun line.
Back cover ad.

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