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"Batman: "The Joker's Double"": A Feyetteville, West Virginia, businessman commits a series of robberies and murders while masquerading as the Joker. He is eventually unmasked by the real Joker who is enraged at what he regards as the sullying of his reputation by a clu

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Detective Comics #85 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1944.

Synopsis for Batman: "The Joker's Double"

A Feyetteville, West Virginia, businessman commits a series of robberies and murders while masquerading as the Joker. He is eventually unmasked by the real Joker who is enraged at what he regards as the sullying of his reputation by a clumsy amateur, and then they are both taken into custody by Batman and Robin.

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  • Taylor (Single appearance)
  • Society Pete (Single appearance)
  • Slicky Slider (Single appearance)

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  • Mrs. Van Trotten (Single appearance)
  • Senor Da Villa (Single appearance)

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  • Agent Axis (First appearance)
  • General Blayfield (Single appearance)

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  • The Real General Blayfield (Single appearance)

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  • This issue's Batman story contains references to previous Joker stories from the Batman comics including Batman #4, #8 and #9.
    • This was the Joker's 22nd mad crime scheme.
    • The end of the same story features a PSA to collect scrap paper due to the lacking resources caused by World War II. It was illustrated by Jerry Robinson.


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