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BRUCE W.TIMM AND RICK TAYLOR ry TUM HARKINS
COLORISTS LETTERER

ZENER 6 SCOT
SPECIAL THANKS TO GLEN /NLIRAKAM/ FOR ART ASSISTANCE
BATMAN CREATED BY BOS KANE

I STOPPED HIM
FROM KILLING GORDON
IF THAT'S WHAT
JOKER WAS SUCCESSFUL? YOU MEAN
--NOW THAT HE HAS IIN HER OWN WAY,
A PLAYMATE. ALFRED, HARLEY QUINN'S:
AS CRAZY AS THE JOKER.
HER PLAYFUL EXTERIOR
HIDES AN OBSESSIVE
AND DANGEROUS MIND.

SBuT, EVEN
FROM THE
BEGINNING...

>

BUT HER
REAL GOAL
PITT
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"WAS. A DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY'S. ry
PRESTIGIOUS PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
ng:

Y NEVER MIND
pha
THAT SHE
DIDN'T WANT TO GET IT
TUDVING.

I SEEM TO RECALL SHE WAS.

GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE
ANNOVING POP PSYCHOLOGISTS,
WITH HER OWN LINE OF SELF-HELP
BOOKS AND SUCH.
 LISTEN, CUPCAKE. (JUST LIKE YOU
JUST LIKE You
TODAY...
DADDY'S GOT
ALOT OF WORK
TO DO AND You'Re
NOT HELPING.

2 WITH THAT
CHAT
Ths
TENG
TEETH GAGIT

FET GUESLLABOERE
HEY, YOU DON'T LIKE THE
TEETH GAG, FORGET. ONCE AND YOU BLEW IT.
‘ % MUCH AS T HATE
IHOORRT TI CAN
THE WHOO CO ©
CAN 00 j | TO ADMIT IT...
BETTER,

THAT SETUP TODAY i's TIME T

WAS CORNY, OLD- CAPPED? OFF THIS
HAT. RUNNING FEUD
WITH A REAL CoRKER.
THE ULTIMATE
HUMILIATION
ZX THOUGHT IT OF BATMAN:
WAS FUNNY.

=-FOLLOWED BY
HIS DELICIOUSLY
DELIRIOUS DEATH,
DBE
THERE'S GOT TO BE WHY DON'T YA JUST
SOMETHING HERE SHOOT HIM?
T CAN USE...

ss» SOMETHING
REALLY FUNNY...

KNOW THIS, MY SWEET.

THE DEATH OF BATMAN
MUST BE NOTHING LESS
THAN A MASTERPIECE.

GE
--OVER HIS.

GADGETS//
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\'' £2 aa

I FORGOT ALL
ABOUT THIS ONE!
AHH YES... " THE DEATH OF
A HUNDRED
SMES /”

THIS IS PERFECT! T'LL LURE By THE LAST THING

ITMAN TO |E OUT-OF- He LL
 ALL THOSE DARLING
RAZOR- SHARP TEETH,
PIRANHAS: TURNED DOWN IN A
CAN'T SMILES PERMANENT FROWN S
NOW, T REMEMBER
WHY I SCRAPPED
THIS PLAN.
EVEN MY OWN

OF THEM/

ALAS, THE BITTER

VEST OF FATE’ MY GREATEST
DEATH-TRAP SHOT
70 SQUADOO..,

I know HOW TO
MAKE SOME SMILES,
PUDDIN’.
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EIS
ANOTHER NIGHT T GET ALL YOU'RE A CERTIFIED
HER NUTZO WANTED BY
4 THE BOOT, THE LAW IN TWO
FACE IT, HARL.THIS STINKS.

Al INO HOPELESSLY IN
1 LOVE WITH A MURDEROUS,
PSYCHOPATHIC CLOWN
 AT WHAT
POINT DID MY
LIFE GO LOONEY
TUNES?

HOW DIO IT
HAPPEN2

175ALWAYS BEEN
B, TMANSS

HE'S ALWAYS
BEEN THERE
RUINING MY LIFE}
SPOILING MY
FUN

COMING BETWEEN
ME AND MY PUDOIN!
FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING.
 "MY FIRST
DAY

"GOSH, I WAS
SO NERVOUS.

+ COULO'VE
WRITTEN HER TICKET
ANYWHERE.
YES,WELL...T'VE ALWAYS HAD ANO MORE YOU CAN'T DENY
TION F HIGH-PROFILE
J

THEY'O JUST AS
SOON K/LL YOU
AS LOOK AT
YOU

IF YOU'RE THINKING:
ABOUT CASHING //V
ON THEM...
AANA
SUV
 1 PUT IT THERE. T THINK DR. LELAND AND THE
GUAROS WOULD BE INTERESTED
TO KNOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT
OF YOUR CELL.

Y'KNOW: SWEETS, T
LIKE WHAT I've
HEARD ABOUT YOU.

ANYTHING IN
wa Nee

REWORK IT A BIT AND YOU GET YOU CAN SEE T GUESS, NOW IF
HARLEY QUINN, LIKE THE HOW 1'D BE THERE'S NOTHING
CLASSIC CLOWN CHARACTER, ATTRACTED ELSE...
HARLEQUIN... TO IT.

. THE VERY
SPIRIT OF FUN
ANO FRIVOLITY./

THAT PUTS
IT MAKES ME FEEL
THERE'S SOMEONE
HERE T CAN RELATE
TO. SOME
S MIGHT Lik‘
< MY SEC!

MNT TOOK NEARLY THREE MONTHS "THEN I WENT.

OF PLEADING BEFORE DR. LELAND
FINALLY GAVE IN AND LET ME PO
DN EUNGL |
A SESSION WITH THE JOKER.

"SHE TOLO ME HE WAS AN

TO TRUST HIM.

"T WAS CETERMINED NOT TO BE

TAKEN UNAWAR WP STUDIED
UP OW ALL HIS JOKES, TRICKS
ANP GIMMICKS.

YOU KNOW,MY
FATHER USED TO BEAT
ME UP PRETTY
BAD.

VANYTHING.
KXCEPT THA
EVERY TIME T GOT OR, SOMETIMES, POPS TENDED.
OUT OF LINE -- I'0 JUST BE SITTING TO FAVOR THE
THERE DOING NOTHING-- GRAPE, Y'SEE.

THERE WAS ONLY OVE TIME I STILL REMEMBER THIS

T EVER SAW DAC REALLY ONE CLOWN... EAAZY—
HAPPY. LOOKING GEEK WITH
CHECKERED PANTS -=

HE TOOK ME
TO THE CIRCUS
EN T WAS

-- RUNNING AROUNO_ THE «0 ZWOOOP”

RING WITH THIS TINY DOG HE DROPPED HIS
SNAPPING AT HIS HEELS. PANTS ANO FELL
EVERY TIME..- ON HIS BUTT 7

~ EVERY TIME
THE GEEK STOPPED
TO KICK THE
PUP...
 T SAW HOW HAPPY
HE WAS AND T
DECIDED T'D MAKE
HIM LAUGH,TOO/
GEEZ,T THOUGHT MY OLD
MAN WOULD BUST A
GUT LAUGHING.”

--THERE I STOOD IN ZWOOOP!T TOOK

THE DOORWAY, WEARING A BIG PRATFALL ANO
HIS BEST SUNDAY SLACKS TORE THE CROTCH CLEAN
AROUND My ANKLES. OUT OF HIS PANTS/

"H, DAD?“
uL SQUEAKEO,
LOOKIT MES")

HA HAHA HAHA AND THEN

HE BROKE
HAHA HAHA? MY NOSE.
TI STILL LIKE TO «WHEN T WOKE BUT, HEY, THAT'S
UP IN THE HOSPITAL THE DOWNSIDE
THREE DAYS LATER. OF COMEDY.

TOL? MYSELF...

YOU'RE ALWAYS TAKING

SHOTS FROM FOLKS WHO
JUST DON'T GET THE
JOKE.

THANKS, DOC! I FEEL

A LOT BETTER. SAME
TIME NEXT WEEK?
“IN THE WEEKS. feleanle IT SOON BECAME CLEAR TOME
THAT THE JOKER, SO OFTEN DESCRIBED AS ARAVING,
(ee el MADMAN, WAS NOTHING MORE THAN.
OUL CRYING OUT FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE.

L087, INJURED CHILD LOOKING

10
He Mae Ve(E WORLD LAUGH AT

WAND THERE, AS ALWAYS, WAS

THE aa -RIGHTEOUS BATMAN...

"..,DETERMINEDT
filha4 paler
Vea ae
aee
FOR 11) “e
 PRETTY CRAZY, AS A DEDICATED, CAREER- IT’S ONLY NATURAL
HUH? ORIENTED

"THEN THERE WAS

THAT HORRIBLE WEEK
WHEN HE ESCAPEC...

1.4. THE POOR. THING WAS OUT ON THE RUN, ALONE

AND FRIGHTENED. I WAS SOWORRIED/
\

5
“BAC k THEN, /T WAS ALL
SUC! H INNOCENT FUN.

y
 WELL, YOU
JUST POISON
HIM RIGHT

_ UT THAT DREAM

KR TORMENT MY PUDDIN'.0
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 IF THIS MESSAGE REACHES
ATMAN, T HOPE IT'S NOT TOO
LATE FOR YOU TO HELP ME.

AFTER YOU STOPPED t

UNBENQH SON sar HIM FROM KILLING BU eING
PS, BUT IT'S hs
OKE. MRI'S
47.
QE TAINELL,
 T FINALLY REALIZE THIS ISN'T CAN HELP YOU
FUNNY ANYMORE. ALL THE
P EOPLE HE'S HURT-- ALL OMISE Mi
yy THE PEOPLE HE'LL A/LL / PROTECTION.

AT_RUSH HOUR

"COME ALONE TOPIER (6. AT THE PORT

OF GOTHAM TOMGHT AT MIONIGHT. “

"TUL HAND OVER EVERYTHING

IVE GO7, BUT OMY TO YOU.

"YOU'RE THE
OMY ONE WHO
CAN STOP Hi.”

At
 SHE'S HERE ON
TIME, ALONE AND

S-SURE. RIGHT
HERE, LIKE T
SAID.

sh a
YT ail eS
YOU'RE THINKING T WANT GORDON TO SEE THESE.
BOOBY-TRARS, RIGHT? (F WHAT YOU SAY |S TRUE,THE POLICE
WELL, T DON'T BLAME YOU, WILL HAVE TO...
CONSIDERING.

bn
‘
P LET'S SEE,HIS
ARMS ARE DOUBLE-
CHAINED: DITTO
THE LEGS...

1 TOOK OFF
THE BELT AND.
TRIPLE-CHECKED
ALL THE KNOTS...
 OH /YOU'RE GETTIN’ OUTTA TALS
FINALLY eee AWAKE,
AK ONE ANYTIME SOON
KNOCK-OUT DRUG
REALLY KEPT You
UNDER.

PLUS, YOU'VE BEEN

HANGING UP S/IDE-DOWN
FOR A WHILE...

TS,gust ME, 7 .
: : T WANT YOU TO
“ KNOW, I WENT TO
NO JOKER, j A LOT OF TROUBLE
NO GAS-B0MBS, TO PULL THIS OFE
NO CITY IN PERIL.
JUST YOU...
 TO SHOW MR.J T
COULD REALLY PULL OFF
ONE OF HIS GAGS

IT'S CALLED
"THE DEATH OF A
HUNDRED SMILES.”

THAT WAY, TO YOU,

IT'LL LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
SMILING.

PRETT.

BRILLIANT.

‘SEE, T ACTUALLY
ENJOYED SOME OF
OUR ROMPS.

BUT THE TIME

OME.S WHEN A GAL

‘S 1S TO SETTLE
DOWN WITH HER
_ LOVIN’ SWEETHEART.

REALLY AIN'T A
PERSONAL GRUDGE.
 T'VE NEVER SEEN
YOU LAUGH BEFORE.
T DON'T THINK T
LIKE IT.

YOu! vi
RIGHT-A- ROONI : aga

THE JOKER DOESN'T LOVE

ANYTHING EXCEPT MAYBE HIMSELF
FACE REALITY, HARLEEN -

WHA
JOKER pe, yourPEGCED
ORINGTE YOU. WALKED
INTO ARKHAM.
MOVING, TOO.

‘pME THINGS,
IGS HE NEVER
NYONE...

HE‘S GAINED A LOT OF

SYMPATHY wviTH THA Tr "THERE WAS ONLY
ONE TIME T EVER
SAW VAD_REALLY
HAPPY, HE TOOK ME
TO THE ICE SHOW
WHEN T WAS
YOU'RE
MAKING ME
CONFUSED/

WHAT WAS ITDHE

TOLD THAT
PAROLE OERICER?
 circus. HE'S GOT BSYOU'RE yeevar™
mution. St Them, MY PUDDIN' DOES
HAREEY: LOVE _ME/ HE
POES!
'TWAS THE
aes - 3 COMEDIAN, Me ides
WHATEVER MATE
ERIAL
WILL WORK.

YOURE THE PROBLEM!

NOW YOU'RE GONNA |

DE
THINGANB MAKE EVERY- e
SEES

WE'D BE
HAPEY
IF IT WEREN'T
FOR yous

‘=
dlow's. THE JOKER,
ui
ONS TO KNOW ¥!mfREALLY

BONE AND CLOTH, ANO

ANYONE CAN FAKE THAT.
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HE WAS THAT FUNNY
70 BEGIN WITH,”

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WHEN _T TOLD = ry 9 GO ra x 2 = =
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 YOU'RE Ji
TIME _TO
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BUT, PUDDIN'/ TDON'T

UNDERSTA Ol
WANNA
OF Bi

BATMAN |. F '
YOU HAI 1 EXCEPT T HUNG THE
YoU, GUY, UPSIDE- DOWN, SO
f “ HE'D Si €& THEIR LITTLE
FROWNS AS LITTLE SMILES /
(OW 17 ALL WORKS
-- 7,
EXCEPT YOU HAD TO EXPLAIN IT TOMES
IF YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN A JOKE, THERE
1S NO JOKE 7

O72.
IT'S ONE OF THE
FEW, REAL TRUTHS,
OF COMEDY/

OMT
GET THE JOKE /
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DED.

al
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I REALLY HAVE
uA Aroloe ee
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BATMAN / REAL --
 STILL, HE HAS
BEEN NOTORIQU
FOR RESURFACING
WHEN LEAST
EXPECTED...

wr
NO MORE
OBSESSION.
Dax xy

NO MORE
CRAZINESS.
saa
a JOKER.
 WELL, HARLEY, T.
HOPE YOu'vE LEARNED
YOUR LESSON.

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