Plot
Collects Batman (1940-2011) #1, 4, 63, 73,-74, 110, 159, 163, 251, 321, and 353, Detective Comics (1937-2011 1st Series) #168, 475-476, and 569-570, World's Finest (1941-1986) #61 and 88, Brave and the Bold (1955-1983 1st Series DC) #111, Joker (1975) #3, Batman Kellogg's Special, and Batman newspaper strips featuring the Joker. Introduction by Mike Gold. The 'Clown Prince of Crime' is featured in 19 classic tales by such comic book legends as Bob Kane, Carmine Infantino, Jim Aparo, Murphy Anderson, Neal Adams, Marshall Rogers, and Walt Simonson. This 'Stacked Deck' edition also collects Detective Comics (1937-) #569 & #570 by Mike W. Barr, Alan Davis & Paul Neary, plus the Joker tale from Batman (1940) #353 by Gerry Conway, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez & Dan Adkins. Also features a Foreword by Denny O'Neil, Afterword by Dick Giordano, and End Notes by Mark Waid.