Joker: Last Laugh #4

The Joker wraps himself in an American flag and grins his widest, most unsettling grin across this cover by Scott McDaniel and Klaus Janson — declaring "I Love This Country!" while a collage of postcards from Washington D.C., Honolulu, Waterloo, and San Francisco swirl around him, suggesting chaos spreading coast to coast. It's a darkly playful image that captures the Clown Prince of Crime at his most theatrically menacing, wearing patriotism like a punchline. Written by Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty, this fourth chapter of the 2001 crossover event promises a story with plenty of sinister reach.