| JOKER | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson |
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Joker (Silver Age)
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CHRONOLOGY
Joker first appeared in Batman Vol. 1 #1 (spring 1940).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Joker in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Joker Chronology
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| Batman Vol. 1 #97 (February 1956): "The Joker Announces Danger" |
| World's Finest Comics #88 (May-June 1957): "Superman's and Batman's Greatest Foes" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #110 (September 1957): "Crime-of-the-Month Club" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #123/2 (April 1959): "The Joker's Practical Jokes" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #127 (October 1959): "Batman's Super-Partner" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #136/3 (December 1960): "The Challenge of the Joker" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #140 (June 1961): "The Ghost of the Joker" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #144/2 (December 1961): "The Man Who Played Batman" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #148/3 (June 1962): "The Joker's Greatest Triumph" |
| Justice League of America #14 (September 1962): "The Menace of the 'Atom' Bomb" [Behind the scenes] |
| World's Finest Comics #129 (November 1962): "Joker-Luthor, Incorporated" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #152/2 (December 1962): "The False Face Society" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #159 (November 1963): "The Great Clayface-Joker Feud" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #163/2 (May 1964): "The Joker Jury" |
| Detective Comics #332 (October 1964): "The Joker's Last Laugh" |
| Justice League of America #34 (March 1965): "The Deadly Dreams of Doctor Destiny" |
| Detective Comics #341 (July 1965): "The Joker's Comedy Capers" |
| World's Finest Comics #156 (March 1966): "The Federation of Bizarro Idiots" |
| World's Finest Comics #159 (August 1966): "The Cape and Cowl Crooks" |
| Brave and the Bold #68 (October-November 1966): "Alias the Bat-Hulk" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #186 (November 1966): "The Joker's Original Robberies" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #191 (May 1967): "The Day Batman Sold Out" |
| Detective Comics #365 (July 1967): "The House the Joker Built" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #200 (March 1968): "The Man Who Radiated Fear" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #201 (May 1968): "Batman's Gangland Guardians" |
| World's Finest Comics #177 (August 1968): "Duel of the Crime Kings" |
| Detective Comics #388 (June 1969): "Public Luna-Tic Number One" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #125 (December 1969): "Superman's Saddest Day" |
| Justice League of America #77 (December 1969): "Snapper Carr - Super-Traitor" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #251 (September 1973): "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" |
| Brave and the Bold #111 (February-March 1974): "Death Has the Last Laugh" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #258 (September-October 1974): "Threat of the Two-Headed Coin" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #260 (January-February 1975): "This One'll Kill You, Batman" |
| Brave and the Bold #118 (April 1975): "May the Best Man Die" |
| Joker #1 (May 1975): "The Joker's Double Jeopardy" |
| Joker #2 (July 1975): "The Sad Saga of Willie the Weeper" |
| Joker #3 (September-October 1975): "The Last Ha Ha" |
| Joker #4 (November-December 1975): "A Gold Star for the Joker" |
| Joker #5 (January-February 1976): "The Joker Goes 'Wilde'" |
| Justice League of America #126 (January 1976): "The Evil Connection" |
| Joker #6 (March-April 1976): "Sherlock Stalks the Joker" |
| Joker #7 (May-June 1976): "Luthor--You're Driving Me Sane" |
| Joker #8 (July-August 1976): "The Scarecrow's Fearsome Face-Off" |
| Joker #9 (September-October 1976): "The Cat and the Clown" |
| Brave and the Bold #129 (September 1976): "The Claws of the Emperor Eagle" |
| Brave and the Bold #130 (October 1976): "Death at Rainbow's End" |
| DC Super-Stars #10 (December 1976): "The Great Super-Star Game" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #286 (April 1977): "The Joker's Playground of Peril" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #291 (September 1977): "Where Were You On the Night Batman Was Killed?" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #292 (October 1977): "The Testimony of the Riddler" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #293 (November 1977): "The Testimony of Luthor" [Voice only] |
| Batman Vol. 1 #294 (December 1977): "Testimony of the Joker" |
| Detective Comics #472 (September 1977): "I am the Batman" |
| Detective Comics #473 (November 1977): "The Malay Penguin" [Voice only] |
| Detective Comics #475 (February 1978): "The Laughing Fish" |
| Detective Comics #476 (March-April 1978): "The Sign of the Joker" |
| Brave and the Bold #141 (May-June 1978): "Pay Or Die" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #117 (June 1979): "Sight of the First and Second Kinds" |
| Detective Comics #486 (October-November 1979): "Murder by Thunderbolt" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #321 (March 1980): "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker" |
| Detective Comics #504 (July 1981): "The Joker's Rumpus Room Revenge" |
| DC Comics Presents #41 (January 1982): "The Terrible Tinseltown Treasure-Trap Treachery" |
| World's Finest Comics #276 (February 1982): "Double X Means Double Death" |
| Brave and the Bold #191 (October 1982): "Only Angels Have Wings" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #353 (November 1982): "Last Laugh" |
| Detective Comics #526 (May 1983): "All My Enemies Against Me" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #365 (November 1983): "Ruins" |
| Detective Comics #532 (November 1983): "Laugh, Killer, Laugh" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #366 (December 1983): "The Joker is Wild" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #373 (July 1984): "The Frequency of Fear" |
| DC Comics Presents #72 (August 1984): "Madness in a Dark Dimension" |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #30 (November 1984): "A Halo of Flies" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 (May 1985): "Time and Time Again!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #52 (September 1986): "Natural Consequences" |
| Batman Vol. 1 #400 (October 1986): "Resurrection Night!" |