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JOKER: LAST LAUGH #1
Cover Date: December 2001
Cover Price: $2.95
Publication Date: 2001-10-03
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Cover Credits:
Art: Brian Bolland (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty |
| Pencils | Pete Woods |
| Inks | Andrew Pepoy |
| Lettering | Willie Schubert |
| Colors | Tom McCraw |
| Color separations | Digital Chameleon |
| Editing | Matt Idelson |
Feature Character(s):
- Joker (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1)
Guest Star(s):
- Nightwing II (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1)
- Oracle (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1)
- Black Canary II (last in Birds of Prey #35)
Supporting Character(s):
- Shilo Norman (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1)
- Warden Zimmer (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1)
- Dr. Keaton (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1)
- Dina Bell (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1)
Villain(s):
- Airstryke (last in JLA #34; next in Outsiders Vol. 3 #6)
- Apeface (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; next in Birds of Prey #36)
- Black Mass (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1)
- Captain Nazi (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; next in Birds of Prey #36)
- Chiller (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; next in Outsiders Vol. 3 #6)
- Doctor Polaris (last in Flash Vol. 2 #135)
- Doctor Sivana (last in Power of Shazam! #47; next in Birds of Prey #36)
- Effigy (last in Green Lantern Vol. 3 #142; next in issue #3)
- Floro (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; next in issue #3)
- Frag II (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; next in Nightwing Vol. 2 #62)
- Hector Hammond (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; next in Birds of Prey #36)
- Hellgrammite (last in JLA #18; next in Birds of Prey #36)
- Joe Gardner (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; next in Birds of Prey #36)
- Mammoth (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; next in issue #5)
- Mister Mind (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; next in Birds of Prey #36)
- Multi-Man (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; next in Birds of Prey #36)
- Psimon (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; next in Birds of Prey #36)
- Rancor (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Blue Beetle II (last in Birds of Prey #35)
- Batman (last in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1/2)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Story continued from Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1; continues next issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman: The Joker's Last Laugh ([July] 2008)
Synopsis: - As Nightwing and Oracle enjoy a romantic meal outside Gotham, a riot in the Slabside Penitentiary is making headline news - it has been instigated by the Joker in response to learning the news that he has a fatal brain tumor. Oracle ponders how many lives would have been saved if someone had just killed the Joker long ago. Meanwhile, the Joker is killing Multi-Man over and over, hoping that he will resurrect with a useful power. He eventually gains an explosive ability, clearing the way for the Slab inmates to access other floors of the penitentiary. Shilo Norman realizes with horror that they are on their way to bust the powerful Doctor Polaris out.
- The warden of Slabside orders the use of all available inhibitors on the inmates - the regurgitants didn't work, so the metagene inhibitor gas is put into operation. The inmates are horrified, apart from the Joker. When Black Canary, who discovered the riot and sneaked into the prison, comes upon the villains, she discovers why - they've all been transformed into copies of the Joker: chalk-white skin, green hair, hideous smile and incessant laughing. At that moment, Oracle returns to her apartment and is horrified to find out what's been happening.