Cover: Win Mortimer

Detective Comics #193

Mar 1953 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Joker's Journal!”

In "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.

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writer David Vern · artist Bob Kane · artist Lew Sayre Schwartz · inker Charles Paris · cover Win Mortimer

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Cast · 2 characters

Karen Duncan Roy Raymond

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writer David Vern

artist Bob Kane

artist Lew Sayre Schwartz

inker Charles Paris

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

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After being forced to run the prison newspaper, the Joker escapes from jail and decides to run his own newspaper for criminals, including tips on committing crimes. Batman goes undercover to join Joker's newspaper to get the goods on criminals who have eluded the law.

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