And when I close my eyes I can hear the Devil LAUGHING at me.
The Joker (Volume 2) #1 is an issue of the series The Joker (Volume 2) with a cover date of May, 2021. It was published on March 9, 2021.
Synopsis for "The Joker"
Appearing in "The Joker"
Featured Characters:
- Jim Gordon (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Cressida (First appearance)
- Cressida's Bodyguard (Unnamed)
- Danny Ryan (First appearance) (Dies in flashback)
Antagonists:
- The Joker (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Bane (In picture only)
- Barbara Gordon
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Flashback only)
- The Cannibal of Chicago (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
- Chicago Police Department (Flashback only)
- Gotham City Police Department (Flashback only)
- James Gordon, Jr. (Grave)
- Mayor Nakano (Flashback and main story)
- Punchline (In a photograph only)
- Sean Mahoney (Flashback only)
- Sarah Essen (First appearance) (In a photograph only)
- Al Capone (Mentioned only)
- Barbara Eileen Gordon (Mentioned only)
- Danny Ryan's father (Mentioned only)
- Harvey Bullock (Mentioned only)
- Harvey Dent (Mentioned only)
- Dr. Jeremiah Arkham (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- The Scarecrow (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Belize
- The Network's Safehouse
- United States of America
- Chicago (Flashback only)
- Abernathy's Bar (First appearance)
- Chicago Harbor Lighthouse
- Gotham City (Flashback and main story)
- Ace Chemical Processing Plant (Flashback only)
- Arkham Asylum (Flashback only)
- Gotham Cemetery
- Gotham City Hall
- Hopper Restaurant (Single appearance)
- Little Santa Prisca
- Robinson Square
- Gotham City Courthouse
- Gotham Gazette (Mentioned only)
- Chicago (Flashback only)
Items:
Concepts:
- A-Day (Mentioned only)
- The Joker War (Mentioned only)
Synopsis for "Punchline: Chapter 1"
Appearing in "Punchline: Chapter 1"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Cullen Row
- Punchline (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Bluff
- Caldwell (Single appearance)
- The Joker (In a photograph only)
- Queen of Spades (First appearance)
- Cassandra Cain (Mentioned only)
- Royal Flush Gang (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Gotham City
- Blackgate Penitentiary
- Robinson Square
- Gotham City Courthouse
- Gotham River (Mentioned only)
- Snyder College (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- The Joker War (Mentioned only)
Notes
- The first story takes place a few days after the A-Day.
- The second story is a follow-up to the events of Punchline #1.
Trivia
- The exclusive variant cover by Neal Adams is a homage to his own cover of Batman #251.
- Abernathy's Bar is a reference to the DC editor, Ben Abernathy.
See Also