Joker Trades & GNs

Graphic Novels, Trades, and Prestige Formats

 

 

Batman Vs. the Joker (1966)

• Four Square Book published by The New English Library LTD, 160 pg
• Contains B&W  comic reprints of:
  • “The Challenge of the Joker”(reprints Batman #136)
  • “The Joker’s Winning Team” (reprints Batman #86)
  • “The Joker’s Millions” (reprints Detective Comics #180)
  • “The Joker’s Journal” (reprints Detective Comics  #193)
  • “Batman Clown of Crime” (reprints Batman #85)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (GN, 1985)

Batman: The Killing Joke (GN Prestige Format. January, 1988)

The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told HC (January, 1988)

• Stories Collected:
  • “Batman vs. The Joker” (Originally in Batman #1, Spring 1940)
  • “The Case of the Joker’s Crime Circus” (reprints Batman #4, Winter,1941)
  • “The Joker and the Sparrow” (Originally in newspaper comic strip syndication, 1948)
  • “The Man Behind the Red Hood” (Reprints Detective Comics #168, Feb, 1951)
  • “The Joker’s Crime Costumes” (Reprints Batman #63 Feb/Mar ,1951)
  • “The Joker’s Utility Belt”  (Reprints Batman #73 Oct/Nov, 1952)
  • “The Crime’s of the Batman” (Reprints Word’s Finest Comics #61”-Nov, 1952)
  • “The Crazy Crime Clown” (Reprints Batman 74, Dec/Jan, 1953
  • “Superman’s ad Batman’s Greatest Foes” (Reprints World’s Finest Comics #88- May-June, 1953
  • “Crime-of-the-Month Club” (Reprints Batman #110, Sept, 1957)
  • “The Great Clayface-Joker Feud” (Reprints Batman #159, Nov 1963)
  • “The Joker’s Jury” (Reprints Batman #163, May 1964)
  • “The Joker’s Happy Victims” (Reprints Batman Kellog’s Special, 1966)
  • “The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge”  (Reprints Batman #251, Sept, 1973)
  • “Death has the Last Laugh” (Reprints The Brave and the Bold #111- March, 1974)
  • “The Last Ha Ha” (Reprints The Joker#3 Sept 1975)
  • “The Laughing Fish” (Reprints Detective Comics #475, Feb, 1978)
  • “The Sign of the Joker” (Reprints Detective Comics #476, Apr, 1978)
  • “Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker–!” (Reprints Batman #321, Mar 1980)

Batman: A Death in the Family (TPB 1988)

• Stories Collected:
  • Batman #426- #429 (Dec 1988—Jan1989)

Batman: Digital Justice (HC, 1990)

Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories (Leather Bound HC Ext. Edition, 1990)

• Stories Collected:
  • Batman vs The Joker” (Originally in Batman #1, Spring 1940)
  • “The Case of the Joker’s Crime Circus” (reprints Batman #4, Winter,1941)
  • “The Joker and the Sparrow” (Originally in newspaper comic strip syndication, 1948)
  • “The Man Behind the Red Hood” (Reprints Detective Comics #168, Feb, 1951)
  • “The Joker’s Crime Costumes” (Reprints Batman #63 Feb/Mar ,1951)
  • “The Joker’s Utility Belt”  (Reprints Batman #73 Oct/Nov, 1952)
  • “The Crime’s of the Batman” (Reprints Word’s Finest Comics #61”-Nov, 1952)
  • “The Crazy Crime Clown” (Reprints Batman 74, Dec/Jan, 1953
  • “Superman’s ad Batman’s Greatest Foes” (Reprints World’s Finest Comics #88- May-June, 1953
  • “Crime-of-the-Month Club” (Reprints Batman #110, Sept, 1957)
  • “The Great Clayface-Joker Feud” (Reprints Batman #159, Nov 1963)
  • “The Joker’s Jury” (Reprints Batman #163, May 1964)
  • “The Joker’s Happy Victims” (Reprints Batman Kellog’s Special, 1966)
  • “The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge”  (Reprints Batman #251, Sept, 1973)
  • “Death has the Last Laugh” (Reprints The Brave and the Bold #111- March, 1974)
  • “The Last Ha Ha” (Reprints The Joker#3 Sept 1975)
  • “The Laughing Fish” (Reprints Detective Comics #475, Feb, 1978)
  • “The Sign of the Joker” (Reprints Detective Comics #476, Apr, 1978)
  • “Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker–!” (Reprints Batman #321, Mar 1980)
  • NEW TO THIS EDITION:
    • “The Last Laugh” (Reprints Batman 353, Nov 1982) 
    • “Catch a Catscan” (Reprints Detective Comics #569, Dec 1986) 
    • “The  Last Laugh” (Reprints Detective Comics #570, Jan 1987) 

Batman: The Sunday Classics HC 1943-1946 (1991) (Reprints Newspaper Strips)

Batman Archives Vol. #2 (1991)

• Collects:
  • “The Harlequin’s Hoax”, (Reprints Detective Comics #69, November 1942)

Batman: Knightfall, Part 1: Broken Bat (1993)

Speeding Bullets (Prestige Format Elseworld, 1993)

• J.M. DeMatteis (w), Eduardo Barreto (a)
• Elseworld story. What would happen if Clark Kent became Batman and it was Lex Luthor  who took an acid dip?

Batman: Dark Joker – The Wild (HC, January 1993)

Batman Archives Vol. #3 (November 1993)

• Collects:
  • “A Crime a Day” (Reprints Detective Comics #71, January 1943)
  • “Slay ‘Em With Flowers” (Reprints Detective Comics #76, June 1943)
  • “The Joker’s Double” (Reprints Detective Comics #85 March 1944)

Batman & Houdini: The Devil’s Workshop (Prestige Format GN 1993)

• Howard Victor Chaykin and John Francis Moore (w), Mark Chiarello (a)

The Batman Adventures: Mad Love (Prestige Format GN, 1994)

The Last Angel (Prestige Format GN, 1994)

• Eric Lustbader (w), Lee Moder (p), Scott Hanna (i), Don Maltz (c)
• Batman and Catwoman’s roles are reversed when he becomes possessed by and Aztec Bat-God. It’s up to Catwoman to stop him before he commits a heinous crime. Just guess who’s behind all this after all…

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Movie Adaptation ( Prestige Format GN, 1994)

Legends of the World’s Finest 1-3 (Prestige Format, 1994)

Batman: Bloodstorm (Prestige Format GN, 1994)

Batman and Spiderman (Prestige Format GN,  September1995) “Disorderly Minds”

The Devil’s Advocate HC (December 1995)

Batman: Mitefall (Prestige format GN,)

Batman: Haunted Knight (TPB, 1996)

Batman/Deadman: Death and Glory (1996)

Batman and Captain America (1996, Prestige Format GN)

• Artist:  John Byrne

Batman: Dark Allegiances (Prestige Format, 1996)

Batman and Superman Adventures: World’s Finest Movie Adaptation (Prestige Format GN, 1997)

Batman: I, Joker (Prestige Format GN, 1998)

Batman Archives Vol. #4 (June 1998)

• Collects:
  • “The Case of the Practical Joker” (Reprints Detective Comics #91 September 1944)
  • “The House That Was Held for Ransom” (Reprints Detective Comics #102 August 1945)

Elseworld’s Finest:  Supergirl & Batgirl (Prestige format, 1998)

• Barbara Kesel (w), Matt Haley (p), Tom Simmons (i)

Batman: Nosferatu (Prestige Format GN, 1999)

Batman in the Seventies (TPB, January 1999)

• “This one’ll kill you, Batman! (Reprint from Batman #260, Jan-Feb 1975)

Batman: The Long Halloween (TPB 1999)

Harley Quinn (Prestige Forma GN, 2000)

Batman Ego (Prestige Format GN, 2000)

L’ Avocat Du Diable  (France, Prestige Format, 2000)

• French translation
• Reprints Chuck Dixon’s The Devil’s Advocate.
• New Painted cover and inner cover art by Tanino Liberatore

Batman Lobo (Prestige Format GN, 2000)

Batman Archives Vol. #5 (March 2001)

• Collects:
  • “The House the Joker Built” (Reprints Detective Comics #109, March 1946)
  • “Acrostic of Crime” (Reprints Detective Comics #114, August 1946)
  • “Royal Flush Crimes” (Reprints Detective Comics #118,  December 1946)

Joker vs. Mask (TPB, April 2001)

• Collects Miniseries issues 1-4

Batman: Dark Victory (2002)

Batman Black and White (2002)

• “Case Study” Paul Dini (w), Alex Ross (a)

Robin: Tragedy and Triumphs (TPB, January 2003, cover and story)

• Collects Detective Comics #618-621 and Robin II #1-4 (Joker storyline)

Batman: Child of Dreams (TPB, 2003)

Batman: Black and White volume 2 (Oversized-Janurary 2003 and Std size-Janurary 2008 HC)

• “A Black and White World” Neil Gaiman (w), Simon Bisley (a)
• “Night after Night” Kelly Puckett (w), Tim Sale (a)

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (January 2004)

• Reprints miniseries of the same name issues #1-6

Batman: Hush Vol. 2 (TPB 2004)

Batman in the Eighties (TPB, Jan 2004)

• “Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker! (Reprints story from Batman #321, March 1980)

Batman Chronicles: Volume 1 (TPB, 2005)

• “The Joker” (Reprints Batman #1)
• “The Joker Returns” (Reprints Batman #1)

Absolute Batman Hush Deluxe Slipcase HC (January 2005)

Batman: Scrarecrow Tales  (TPB, 2005)

• Reprints “The Scarecrow Fearsom Face-Off” From Joker #7 (1976)

The Batman Strikes!:  Crime Time #1 (TPB, June 2005)

• Bill Matheny (w), Chirstopher Jones (p), Terry Beatty (i), Jeff Matsuda (c)
• Contain Stories from The Batman Strikes #1-5:
• “Penguin Rising”
• “City of Bats”
• “Outlaw and Disorder” (Joker)
• “Without a Change”
• “Deadly Partner”

Batman Archives Vol. #6 (June 2005)

• Collects:
  • “The Crime Parade” (Reprints Detective Comics #124, June 1947)
  • “Crime in Reverse”  (Reprints Detective Comics #128,  October 1947)

 

Batman:  The Greatest Stories Ever Told volume 1 (TPB, January 2005)

• “The Joker’s Five Way Revenge”  (Reprints Batman #251, September 1973)

Batman:  Zero, (Japanese Dujoinshi Manga. December, 2005)

• Explicit Batman x Joker; Alfred
• Otome (??writer and artist)
• See Images Here!

The Batman Strikes!:  In Darkest Night (TPB, December 2005)

• Bill Matheny (w), Christopher Jones (p), Terry Beatty, (i), Jeff Matsuda (c)
• Reprints stories from The Batman Strikes!
  • “The Cat’s Price”
  • “Icestorm”
  • “Firefall”
  • “Sanity Plea” (Joker)
  • “Illumination”

Batman Chronicles: volume 2 (TPB, 2006)

• “Joker Meets Cat-Woman” (Reprints Batman #2)
• “The Case of the Laughing Death” (Reprints Detective #45)

Batman Chronicles: volume 3 (TPB, 2007)

• “The Case of the Joker’s Crime Circus” (Reprints Batman #4)
• “The Riddle of the Missing Card” (Reprints Batman #5)

Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told volume 2 (TPB, January 2007)

• “All my enemies agaisnt me!” (Reprints Detective Comics 526, May 1983)
• “Citizen Wayne” (Reprints cameo from Batman Chronicles #21, Summer 2000)

Batman Chronicles: volume 4 (2007)

• “Wanted: Practical Jokers!” (Reprints Batman #7)

Harley and Ivy: Love on the Lam (TPB, January 2007)

Batman Archives Vol. #7 (November, 2007)

• Collects:
  • “The Rebus Crimes”, (Reprints Detective Comics  #137 July 1948)
  • “The Invisible Crimes”.  (ReprintsDetective Comics #138 August 1948)
  • “The Sound Effect Crimes” (Reprints Detective Comics #149 July 1949)

Batman Black and  White volume 3 (HC January 2007)

• “The Bottom Line” Michael Golden (w), Jason Pearosn (a)

Superman: Emperor Joker (TPB, January 2007)

• Collects:
  • Superman volume 2 #160: Emperor Joker Pt 1 “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World”
  • Adventures of Superman #582: Emperor Joker Pt 2 “Crazy about You”
  • Superman The Man of Steel #104: Emperor Joker Pt 3 “Bounty Man of Steel—No Axioms”
  • Action Comics #769:  Emperor Joker Pt 4 “Supermanarepu S”
  • Superman: Emperor Joker #1:  “Emperor Joker pt 5”
  • Superman volume 2 #161:  Emperor Joker pt 6 “You Say You Want A  Revolution?”
  • Adventures of Superman #583:  Emperor Joker pt 7 “Fallen Idols: The Reign of Emperor Joker”
  • Superman The Man of Steel #105: Emperor Joker pt 8: “All World His Stage”
  • Action Comics #769: Emperor Joker pt 9

The Batman Strikes!:  Duty Calls (TPB, September 2007)

• Bill Matheny (w), Christopher Jones (p), Terry Beatty (i), Jeff Matsuda (c)
• Reprints stories from The Batman Strikes! #11-14 and #16-18

Batman Chronicles: volume 5 (TPB, 2008)

• “The Cross Country Crimes”  (Reprints Batman #8)
• “The Case of the Costume-Clad Killers” (Reprints Detective Comics #60)
• “The Case of the Lucky Law-Breakers” (Reprints Batman #9)

Batman Chronicles: volume 6 (TPB, 2008)

• “Laugh, Town, Laugh” (Reprints Detective Comics #62)
• “The Joker’s Advertising Campaign” (Reprints Batman #11)

Joker HC (GN January, 2008)

• Brian Azzarello (w),  Lee Bermejo(a)
• Read it Here!

Batman Black and White volume 3 HC (January 2008)

Batman: Going Sane (TPB, January 2008)

• “Going Sane” (Reprinting Batman Legends of the Dark Knigt  #66-68)
• “Gotham Emergency” (Reprinting Batman Legends of the Dark Knight #2oo)

Joker: Arkham Asylum volume 1 (TPB, January 2008)

• Collect Arkham Asylum Series: Joker, Penguin, Poison Ivy, Two Face,  Scarecrow,

Batman: The Joker’s Last Laugh (TPB, 2008)

• Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty (w), Pete Woods, Marcos Martin, Walter McDaniel, Andy Kuhn, Ron Randall, Rick Burchett (a)
• “Stir Crazy”, Joker’s Last Laugh #1, 2001
• “Siege Mentality” , Joker’s Last Laugh #2, 2001
• “Lunatic Fringe” , Joker’s Last Laugh #3, 2001
• “Joker: Last Laugh” , Joker’s Last Laugh #4, 2001
• “Mad, Mad, World” , Joker’s Last Laugh #5, 2001
• “You Only Laugh Twice” , Joker’s Last Laug #6, 2001
• While locked up in the Slab penitentiary, the Joker finds he has a terminal brain tumor. Determined to go out with a bang, he uses a venom to “jokerize” other inmates, making them insane and bear a physical resemblance to his own white skin, green hair, and wide smile. Chaos soon spreads throughout the entire DC Universe and war is declared against the Joker by President Lex Luthor.

Batman: The Man Who Laughs HC (December 2008)

Joker the Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008)

• Brand new soft cover Edition.  Some stories are from previous collections but include new more recent stories.  Alex Ross  cover.
• Stories Collected:
• “Batman vs. Joker” (Reprints Batman #1, Spring 1940)
• “Joker’s Utility Belt” (Reprints Batman #73 Oct/Nov 1952)
• “Crime-of-the-month Club” (Reprints Detective Comics #332 Oct, 1964)
• “The Laughing Fish” (Reprints Detective Comics  #475, Feb 1978)
• “Sign of the Joker” (Reprints Detective Comics #476,  Mar 1978)
• “Have a Dreadful Birthday, Mr. Joker” (Reprints Batman #321, Mar 1980)
• New to this edition:
• “The Joker’s Comedy Errors”  (Reprints Batman #66, August/September 1951)
• “Laughter at Midnight” (Reprints Batman Adventures Annual #1, 1984)
• “New Year’s Eve”  (Reprints Batman the Long Halloween #4, Mar 1997)
• “Case Study” (Reprints Batman Black and White volume 2, 2002)
• “Hush Chapter 7: The Joke” (Reprinted in Batman #614, Jun 2003)
• “Slayride” (Reprints Detective Comics #826, Feb 2007)

Batman Chronicles:  volume 7 (TPB, 2009)

•    “The Wizard of Words” (Reprints Batman #12)
•    “Comedy of Tears” (Reprints Batman #13)
•    “The Harlequin’s Hoax” (Reprints Detective Comics #69)

Batman Chronicles:  volume 8 (TPB, 2009)

•     “A Crime a Day!” ( Reprints Detective Comics #71)

Batman: The Cat and the Bat (TPB, 2009)

• Fabian Nicienza (w), Kevin Maguire (a)
• Batgirl gets a hold of his father’s notebook on open cases when Catwoman appears and snatches it from her inexperienced hands.  This leads to a city-wide chase of cat and mouse between the two costume ladies confronting strange, dangerous and sometimes shameful situations.
• See Joker’s cameo Here!

Batman: The Killing Joke (GN  Deluxe Ed, 2010)

• Artist Brian Bolland retouched some of the original art.
• This edition has been re-colored to fulfill Brian Bolland’s original concept.

Batman Chronicles: volume 9 (TPB, 2010)

•      “The Joker Reforms” (Reprints Batman #16)
•     “Slay ‘em With Flowers” (Reprints Detective Comics #76)

Oracle the Cure (TPB, January 2010)

Batman Chronicles: volume 10 (TPB, 2010)

•        “The Case of the Timid Lion” (Reprints Batman #19)

Joker Arkham Asylum volume 2 (TPB, January 2011)

• Collects Arkham Asylum Series:  Harley Quinn, Riddler, Mad Hatter, Killer Croc, and Clayface

Batman Hush:  Unwrapped (HC special sketch Edition, 2011)

• Scott Loeb (w), Jim Lee (p)
• This edition is presented solely  in Lee’s pencils (just minor coloring) so the collector can enjoy the full force of Jim Lee’s art.
• Collects the Hush storyline from Batman #608-619 from 2003

Batman:  Knight and Squire (TPB, 2011) “For Six”

• Paul Cornell (w), Jimmy Broxton (a)
• Reprints the Miniseries Knight and Squire #1-6 from early 2011
• Joker tries to kill all of England’s heroes with the help of his greatest fan: JarvisPoker.

Batman Red Hood:  The Lost Days (TPB, 2011)

• Judd  Winnick (w), Jeremy Haun (a)
• Reprints miniseries Batman Red Hood: The Lost Days #1-6 from earlier 2011
• Tells the story from Jason Todd’s resurrection by Ra’s Al Ghul and his slow transformation into the Red Hood.  At the end of the series, he faces the madman responsible of his death.  Can Jason be ready to strike his vengeance?  Witness the end of the beginning in this trade.

Batman Under the Red Hood (TPB, 2011)

• Judd Winnick(w), Dough Mahnke, Paul Lee, Shane Davis, Eric Battle, Tom Nguyen, Cam Smith, Rodney Ramos, and Wayne Faucher(a)
• New edition. Cover by Jock
• Collects the storlines from Batman #635-641 and Batman Annual #25
• Batman is confronted with a hidden face from the past — it’s the return of the vigilante Red Hood, who appears to be Batman’s one-time partner, Jason Todd, the same Jason Todd who died many years ago. But the Red Hood’s violent ways pit him against the Dark Knight in his hunt for the very person responsible for his death: The Joker.

Arkham City (HC, October2011)

• Paul Dini (w), Carlos D’Anda (a)
• Collects the Arkham Asylum 5-issue miniseries that prequel the video game of the same name

Batman The Long Halloween (SC Trade, October 2011)

Batman Death in the Family (SC Trade, 2011)

• New Edition Reprints Batman #426-429 and Teen Titans #60-61 

Batman: Noël HC (November, 2011)

• Lee Bermejo (w), Lee Bermejo (a)
• Batman searches for the Joker while trying to rediscover himself through encounters that parallell Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL.