The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told TBP

[The Fallen]

Can anyone tell me what stories this book contains?

 

[The Joker]

Sure thing. Here we go:

Batman #1: Joker's first appearance
Batman #4: The case of the Joker's crime circus
Newspaper comic strip from 1948: The Joker and the Sparrow
Detective Comics #168: The man behind the Red Hood
Batman #63: The Joker's crime costumes
Batman #73: The Joker's utility belt
World's finest comics #61: The crimes of Batman
Batman #74: The crazy crime clown
World's finest comics #88: Superman's and Batman's greatest foes
Batman #110: Crime of the month club
Batman #159: The great Clayface-Joker feud
Batman #163: The Joker jury
Batman Kellogg's special: The Joker's happy victims
Batman #251: The Joker's five way revenge
The Brave and the Bold #111: Death has the last laugh
The Joker #3: The last HA HA
Detective comics #475 & 476: The Laughing fish
Batman #321: Dreadful Birthday dear Joker


Great TPB. Essential for Joker fans.

 

[Mister J]

It's absolutely fantastic. The title pretty much nails it. Doc Ock gave you the rundown on the stories; O'Neil, Adams, Giordano, Sprang, Aparo, Englehart...that's some good stuff. I highly recommend it.

 

[The Fallen]

thanks Ock. I'll get my copy this weekend. Damn! It's Tuesday! Come on... hurry up...

 

[Joker]

it was the first TPB I ever bought

 

[frodawgg]

funny, i was just reading this the other day!

 

[Kool-Aid]

It was okay there were a few good stories and a few really bad ones......like Batman teaching a college course. It was funny when he tackled the kid dressed as the red hood though.

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

I do think The Man who laugh should be apart of it.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Sure thing. Here we go:

Batman #1: Joker's first appearance
Batman #4: The case of the Joker's crime circus
Newspaper comic strip from 1948: The Joker and the Sparrow
Detective Comics #168: The man behind the Red Hood
Batman #63: The Joker's crime costumes
Batman #73: The Joker's utility belt
World's finest comics #61: The crimes of Batman
Batman #74: The crazy crime clown
World's finest comics #88: Superman's and Batman's greatest foes
Batman #110: Crime of the month club
Batman #159: The great Clayface-Joker feud
Batman #163: The Joker jury
Batman Kellogg's special: The Joker's happy victims
Batman #251: The Joker's five way revenge
The Brave and the Bold #111: Death has the last laugh
The Joker #3: The last HA HA
Detective comics #475 & 476: The Laughing fish
Batman #321: Dreadful Birthday dear Joker


Great TPB. Essential for Joker fans.

This sounds good!
I always wanted to read Joker's First Appearance, and I heard the Joker's five way revenge is excellent.
I should get this.

 

[Mister J]

This sounds good!
I always wanted to read Joker's First Appearance, and I heard the Joker's five way revenge is excellent.
I should get this.

It is.

 

[Kool-Aid]

I always wanted to read Joker's First Appearance

Yeah, I was pretty sketch about reading it, because it was done in the golden age, but it turned out to be one of my favorite issues. Kane drew him really creepy....there was just something about him. Finger did a really good job writing it.

 

[LennonMcCartney]

I bought this comic on Friday from my local comic shop, after reading about Goyer and Nolan being inspired by Batman #1 and the Joker's Five Part Revenge. This book is disapointing. The Man Who Laughs could not be included in this b/c the volume was collected in 1988 or 1989, which precedes The Man who Laughs by at least ten years. Its on amazon for $4.00, and honestly, I would say thats what its worth. Yes it does include landmark issues such as Batman issue 1, but it also includes issues about the Joker stealing children's "mudpies" on the Beach. This is milding amusing and a nice peak into old comics, but not much more. I also feel that while the art in the "The Joker's Five Way Revenge" its GORGEOUS, the writing is VERY dated. Batman looks very girm and menacing, but thinks and behaves like Adam West. In one part of the comic one of the Joker's goons (who the Joker is trying to kills) asks Batman if he can stand behind Batman, to which Batman responds "why yes, this would be "Another reasonable request!". The goon proptly clogs Batman on the head. I won't give too much about the story away, nor will I say that modern Batman comics with such great dialouge as "I'm the goddamned Batman" are more mature or sophisticated, but "The Five Part Revenge of the Joker" is very dated. I have not read all the issues yet, but if you can, get a copy of The Killing Joke, or The Man who Laughs.

 

[Dark Spidey]

Would anyone be able to tell me which Joker stories were included in the 'Stacked Deck' expanded edition that weren't in the regular one?

 

[The Englishman]

Whats in The Greatest Batman stories ever told??

 

[The Fallen]

Would anyone be able to tell me which Joker stories were included in the 'Stacked Deck' expanded edition that weren't in the regular one?

I too wish to know the answer to this question...

 

[Carmine Falcone]

I received this bad boy today, I'm looking forward to reading it.
The cover is one of the best I've ever seen. Bolland =

 

[The Joker]

^^^^^ That's the one I have.

Enjoy it Carmine. It's an awesome read.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

I loved the first story.

 

[Fledermaus]

Would anyone be able to tell me which Joker stories were included in the 'Stacked Deck' expanded edition that weren't in the regular one?

Batman #353, by Gerry Conway and José Luis García-López, and Detective Comics #569-#570, by Mike W. Barr, Alan Davis, and Paul Neary

 

[The Englishman]

Whats in The Greatest Batman stories ever told??

?????????????

 

[Carmine Falcone]

?????????????

Check out the second post in this thread.
read, before you ask.

EDIT: Damn, I misread. Sorry.

 

[Lex Luthor]

I remember especially reading The Joker's first appearance story from Batman #1, and The man behind the Red Hood from Detective #168 quite a bit from this TPB.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

I remember especially reading The Joker's first appearance story from Batman #1, and The man behind the Red Hood from Detective #168 quite a bit from this TPB.

The stories I liked best are:
Joker's First appearance.
The Joker's Five Way Revenge
The Laughing Fish (and Sign of the Joker)

The quote in my sig is from the last one. I love how the Joker is written in that.

 

[The Joker]

I also liked 'Dreadful birthday Dear Joker'.

I thought it was great. Joker forcing all of Gotham to his birthday party where he intended to murder some people in a showy manner.

Very Jokeresque.

 

[Cobblepot]

Whats in The Greatest Batman stories ever told??

Batman vs. the Vampire, Tec#31 and 32, 1939

Dr. Hugo Strange and the mutant monsters, Batman #1, 1940

Knights of Knavery Batman #25, 1944

1001 Umbrellas of the Penguin, comic strip syndication, 1946

The Origin of Batman, Batman #47, 1984

The Birth Of Batplane II, Batman #61, 1950

The Jungle Catqueen, Tec #211, 1954

The First Batman, Tec #235, 1956

Origin Of The Superman - Batman Team, World;s Finest Comics #94, 1958

Robin Dies At Dawn, Batman #156, 1963

The Blockbuster Invasion Of Gotham City, Tec#345, 1966

Ghost Of The Killer Skies, Tec #404, 1970

Half an Evil, Batman #234, 1971

Man-Bat over Vegas, Tec #429, 1972

The Batman Nobody Knows, Batman #250, 1973

Deathmask, Batman #437, 1974

A Caper A Day Keeps the Batman at Bay, Batman #312, 1979

To Kill A Legend, Tec#500, 1981

The Autobiography Of Bruce Wayne, The Brave And The Bold #197, 1983

Son Of The Demon, graphic novel, 1987