Joker: Last Laugh #5

The penultimate chapter of DC's 2001 six-issue Last Laugh event arrives with a cover that says it all: a gleefully maniacal Joker — purple pinstripe suit soaked by driving rain — leaps triumphantly above a chaotic street scene packed with wild-eyed, Jokerized figures brawling and panicking below him. Scott McDaniel's pencils and Klaus Janson's inks give the whole thing a kinetic, rain-drenched energy that perfectly captures the Clown Prince of Crime at the height of his mayhem. Written by Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty with art by Ron Randall, "Mad, Mad World" promises a story as unhinged as its unforgettable cover.