The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing Vol 1 1

"It's Not Funny Anymore": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 is an issue of the series The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 2022. It was published on October 4, 2022.

Synopsis for "It's Not Funny Anymore"

Appearing in "It's Not Funny Anymore"

Featured Characters:

• The Joker (John Keyser) (First appearance; unnamed)(Flashback and main story) (Narrator)

Supporting Characters:

• Joker Gang

Antagonists:

• Black Mask (Flashback only)
• Gotham Organized Crime (Flashback and main story)
• The Joker (Flashback and main story)
  • Marco's Boss (Single appearance; dies) (Unnamed)
    • Marco (Single appearance; dies) (Cameo)
• Mr. Gregorich (Single appearance; dies)
• The Riddler (Flashback only)
• Two-Face (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• Harley Quinn (Cameo)
• Jason Todd (Cameo)
• Lex Luthor (Cameo)
• Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Gotham City Police Department (Mentioned only)
• Gotham Knights (Mentioned only)
• Punchline (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • United States of America
    • California
      • Los Angeles
    • New Jersey
      • Gotham City
        • Old Arkham
    • New York
      • Metropolis
        • LexCorp Tower
      • New York City (Mentioned only)
    • Florida
      • Miami (Mentioned only)
    • Illinois
      • Chicago (Mentioned only)
    • Texas
      • Houston (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Joker Gas
• Riddler's Staff

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Here's Looking at You, Kidder!"

Appearing in "Here's Looking at You, Kidder!"

Featured Characters:

• The Joker (Also as an illusion)

Supporting Characters:

• Gaggy
• Jackanapes
• Jack Frost (Single appearance; dies)
• Mirror Master

Antagonists:

• Power Girl (Kara Zor-L) (Also as an illusion)

Other Characters:

• Gotham City Police Department
• Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Gotham City

Items:

Vehicles:

Notes

• Black Mask mentions that Punchline has moved to bigger and better things. This is a reference to her Legion of Doom's membership that was first shown in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #4.
  • This implies that this story is set some time after the Dark Crisis.

Trivia

• In Here's Looking at You, Kidder!, Joker's reflections are homages to various versions of the character, including:
  • Earth-31 Joker from Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns;
  • New Earth The Joker from Alan Moore's The Killing Joke;
  • Earth-22 Joker from Mark Waid and Alex Ross' Kingdom Come;
  • New Earth Joker from Grant Morrison's Batman R.I.P. storyline;
  • Heath Ledger's Joker from the Nolanverse's The Dark Knight movie;
  • Jared Leto's Joker from the DC Extended Universe.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing series
• Images from The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing Vol 1 1

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