Detective Comics #193
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Joker's Journal!", the Joker, freshly escaped from prison, turns his cunning toward a new kind of mischief: launching a criminal underground newspaper with tips on outsmarting the law. Batman, determined to stop the chaos, goes undercover to infiltrate the paper and track down the criminals who’ve slipped through his net. Written by David Vern and illustrated by Bob Kane and Lew Sayre Schwartz, with inks by Charles Paris, this 1953 classic features a cover by Win Mortimer.
In "The Joker's Journal!" from Detective Comics #193, the Joker, newly imprisoned and assigned to run the prison newspaper, uses the opportunity to escape and launch his own criminal publication—complete with crime tips and a roster of rogue operatives. Batman, determined to stop the chaos, goes undercover as a contributor to infiltrate the Joker’s network and track down the criminals who’ve slipped through the law’s grasp.
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Reprinted in Batman #46 (1954), Blackhawk #125 (1958), Detective Comics #256 (1958), Mighty The 100-Page Comic! #10 (1959), Five-Score Comic Monthly #73 (1964), Batman vs. the Joker #3 (D2969) (1966), Batman #924 (1978), Caped Crusader Classics! #2 (1988), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9 (2021)
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