Bibliography of the Joker

Below is a list of appearances by the comic book character the Joker.

1 Comic Books
2 Graphic Novels
3 Television
4 Movies

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Comic Books

Batman #1 (Spring Issue 1940): "The Joker", "The Joker Returns"
Batman #2 (Summer Issue 1940): "The Joker Meets The Cat-Woman"
Detective Comics #45 (November 1940): "The Case of the Laughing Death"
Batman #4 (Winter Issue 1941): "The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus"
Batman #5 (Spring Issue 1941): "The Riddle of the Missing Card"
Batman #7 (October-November 1941): "The Winning Team!"
Batman #8 (December 1941-January 1942): "The Cross Country Crimes"
Detective Comics #60 (February 1942): "Case of the Costumed Clad Killers"
Batman #9 (February-March 1942): "The Case of the Lucky Law-Breakers"
Detective Comics #62 (April 1942): "Laugh, Town, Laugh!"
Detective Comics #64 (June 1942): "The Joker Walks the Last Mile"
Batman #11 (June-July 1942): "?"
Batman #12 (August-September 1942): "The Wizard of Words!"
Batman #13 (October-November 1942): "Comedy of Tears!"
Detective Comics #69 (November 1942): "The Harlequin's Hoax!"
Detective Comics #71 (January 1943): "A Crime a Day!"
Batman #16 (April-May 1943): "The Joker Reforms!"
Detective Comics #76 (June 1943): "Slay 'em with Flowers!"
Batman #19 (October-November 1943): "The Case of the Timid Lion!"
Batman #20 (December 1943-January 1944): "The Centuries of Crime!"
Detective Comics #85 (March 1944): "The Joker's Double"
Batman #23 (June-July 1944): "The Upside Down Crimes!"
Detective Comics #91 (October 1944): "The Case of the Practical Joker"
Batman #25 (October-November 1944): "Knights of Knavery"
Batman #28 (April-May 1945): "Shadow City!"
Detective Comics #102 (August 1945): "The House That Was Held For Ransom"
World's Finest #19 (Fall Issue 1945): "The League for Larceny!"
Batman #32 (July-August 1945): "Rackety-Rax Racket!"
Detective Comics #109 (March 1945): "The House that Jokes Built"
Detective Comics #114 (August 1946): "Acrostic of Crime!"
Batman #37 (October-November 1946): "The Joker Follows Suit!"
Detective Comics #118 (December 1946): "The Royal Flush Crimes!"
Batman #40 (April-May 1947): "The 13 Club!"
Detective Comics #124 (June 1947): "The Crime Parade"
Detective Comics #128 (October 1947): "Crimes in Reverse!"
Batman #44 (December 1947-January 1948): "Gamble with Doom!"
Batman #46 (April-May 1948): "Guileful Greetings or The Joker Sends Regards!"
Detective Comics #137 (July 1948): "The Rebus Crimes"
Detective Comics #138 (August 1948): "The Invisible Crimes!"
Batman #52 (April-May 1949): "The Happy Victims!"
Batman #53 (June-July 1949): "A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole in the Ground!"
Detective Comics #149 (July 1949): "The Sound Effect Crimes!"
Batman #55 (October-November 1949): "The Case of the 48 Jokers!"
Batman #57 (February-March 1950): "The Funny Man Crimes!"
Batman #59 (June-July 1950): "The Batman of the Future!"
World's Finest #48 (? 1950): "Song of Crime!"
Detective Comics #168 (February 1951): "The Man Behind The Red Hood"
Batman #63 (February-March 1951): "The Joker's Crime Costumes!"
Batman #66 (August-September 1951): "The Joker's Comedy of Errors!"
Batman #67 (October-November 1951): "The Man Who Wrote the Joker's Jokes!"
Detective Comics #180 (February 1952): "The Joker's Millions!"
World's Finest #59 (? 1952): "The Joker's Aces!"
Batman #73 (October-November 1952): "The Joker's Utility Belt!"
World's Finest #61 (? 1952): "The Crimes of Batman!"
Batman #74 (December 1952-January 1953): "The Crazy Crime Clown!"
Detective Comics #193 (March 1953): "The Joker's Journal!"
Batman #80 (? 1954): "The Joker's Movie Crimes!"
Batman #85 (August 1954): "Batman - Clown of Crime!"
Batman #86 (September 1954): "The Joker's Winning Team!"
Batman #87 (October 1954): "The Batman's Greatest Thrills!"
Batman #97 (February 1956): "The Joker Announces Danger!"
World's Finest #88 (June 1957): "Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes!"
Batman #110 (September 1957): "Crime-of-the-Month Club!"
Batman #123 (April 1959): "The Joker's Practical Jokes!"
Batman #127 (October 1959): "Batman's Super-Partner!"
Batman #136 (December 1960): "The Challenge of the Joker!"
Batman #140 (June 1961): "The Ghost of the Joker!"
Batman #144 (December 1961): "The Man Who Played Batman!"
Batman #145 (February 1962): "The Son of the Joker!"
Batman #148 (June 1962): "The Joker's Greatest Triumph!"
World's Finest #129 (November 1962): "Joker-Luthor, Incorporated!"
Batman #152 (December 1962): "The False-Face Society!"
Batman #159 (November 1963): "The Great Clayface-Joker Feud!"
Batman #163 (May 1964): "The Joker Jury!"
Detective Comics #332 (October 1964): "The Joker's Last Laugh!"
Detective Comics #341 (July 1965): "The Joker's Comedy Capers!"
World's Finest #156 (March 1966): "The F.B.I... The Federation of Bizarro Idiots!"
Batman #182 (August 1966): "80 Pg. Giant - G24"
Batman #185 (November 1966): "80 Pg. Giant - G27"
Batman #186 (November 1966): "The Joker's Original Robberies!"
Detective Comics #365 (July 1967): "The House The Joker Built"
Detective Comics #388 (June 1969): Batman and Batgirl: "The First Men Killed on the Moon!"
The Brave And The Bold #111 (March 1972): "Death Has The Last Laugh"
Batman #251 (September 1973): "Look Out, Gotham! The Joker's Back In Town!"
The Joker #1 (May 1975): "?"
The Joker #2 (July 1975): "The Sad Saga of Willie the Weeper!"
The Joker #3 (October 1975): "The Clown Prince of Crime vs. The Creeper!"
The Joker #5 (February 1976): "The Clown Prince of Crime Battles the Royal Flush Gang!"
The Joker #7 (June 1976): "Co-Starring Lex Luthor"
Detective Comics #475 (February 1978): "What's the Secret of The Joker's New Weapon -- The Laughing Fish?"
Batman #321 (March 1980): "You Are Corrially Invited to The Joker's Birthday!"
Detective Comics #504 (July 1981): "The Joker's Playland!"
Batman #408 (June 1987): "Did Robin Die Tonight?" [Flashback story]
Detective Comics #570 (January 1987): "The Last Laugh"
Legends #4 (February 1987): "Cry' Havoc...!"
Doctor Fate Vol. 1 #1 (July 1987): "Cycles"
Doctor Fate Vol. 1 #2 (August 1987): "Asylum"
Superman Vol. 2 #9 (September 1987): "To Laugh and Die in Metropolis"
Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #66 (November 1987): "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Millennium #2 (January 1988): "Under"
Secret Origins Vol. 2 #23/2 (February 1988): "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" [Flashback]
Batman #415 (January 1988): "Millennium"
Secret Origins Vol. 2 #23/2 (February 1988): "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Batman #426 (December 1988): "A Death in the Family: Chapters 1 & 2"
Batman #427 (winter 1988): "A Death in the Family: Chapters 3 & 4"
Batman #428 (Holiday 1988): "A Death in the Family: Chapter 5"
Batman #429 (January 1989): "A Death in the Family: Chapter 6"
Batman #442 (winter 1989): "A Lonely Place of Dying, Ch. 5: Rebirth!"
Detective Comics #617 (early July 1990): "A Clash of Symbols"
Batman #450 (early July 1990): "Wildcard!"
Batman #451 (late July 1990): "Judgements!"
Robin II #1 (October 1991): "The Funniest Thing Happened..."
Robin II #2 (November 1991): "Tomorrow a Tragedy"
Robin II #3 (November 1991): "...a Comedy Tonight!!"
Robin II #4 (December 1991): "Chill Factor"
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (June 1992): "The Last Arkham, Part One"
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #3 (August 1992): "The Last Arkham, Part Three"
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #4 (September 1992): "The Last Arkham, Part Four"
The Batman Adventures #1 (October 1992): "Penguin's Big Score"
The Batman Adventures #2 (November 1992): "Catwoman's Killer Caper"
The Batman Adventures #3 (December 1992): "Joker's Late Night Lunacy"
Batman #491 (April 1993): "The Freedom of Madness!"
Batman #494 (early June 1993): [Knightfall 5]: "Night Terrors"
Detective Comics #661 (early June 1993): [Knightfall 6]: "City On Fire"
Batman #495 (late June 1993): [Knightfall 7]: "Strange Deadfellows"
Batman #496 (early July 1993): [Knightfall 9]: "Die Laughing"
Detective Comics #664 (July 1993): [Knightfall 12]: "Who Rules the Night"
The Batman Adventures #16 (January 1994): "The Killing Book"
Showcase '94 #1 (January 1994): "The Great Pretender"
Showcase '94 #2 (February 1994): "King Joker"
Detective Comics #668 (November 1993): "Runaway"
Detective Comics #669 (December 1993): "Town Tamer"
Detective Comics #671 (February 1994): "The Cutting Room Floor"
Detective Comics #672 (March 1994): "Smash Cut"
Detective Comics #673 (April 1994): "Losing the Light"
The Batman Adventures #22 (July 1994): "Good Face Bad Face"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #65 (November 1994): "Going Sane Part One: Into the Rushing River"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #66 (December 1994): "Going Sane Part Two: Swimming Lessons"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #67 (January 1995): "Going Sane Part Three: Breaking the Surface"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #68 (February 1995): "Going Sane Part Four: The Deluge"
The Batman Adventures Annual #1 (1994): "24 Hours" and "Laughter After Midnight"
The Batman Adventures Holiday Special #1 (January 1995): "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"
The Batman Adventures #28 (January 1995): "Twelve Days of Madness"
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #37 (April 1995): "The Joker, Part 1: The King of Comedy"
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #38 (May 1995): "The Joker, Part 2: Tears of a Clown"
Adventures of Superman #527 (September 1995): [36] "The Return"
Action Comics #714 (October 1995): [37] "Crossing the [Punch] Line!"
Batman and Robin Adventures #1 (November 1995): "Two-Timer"
Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995): "Underworld Unleashed"
Underworld Unleashed #2 (early December 1995): "Underworld Unleashed, Part 2: The Devil To Pay"
Action Comics #719 (March 1996): [9] "Hazard's Choice"
Batman and Robin Adventures #5 (March 1996): "Second Banana"
Deathstroke #58 (April 1996): "Bad Blood"
Hitman #3 (June 1996): "A Rage in Arkham, Part Three"
Catwoman #38 (October 1996): "Year 2, Part One: Grey in the Dark"
Catwoman #39 (November 1996): "Year 2, Part Two: Night Moves"
Batman and Robin Adventures Annual #1 (1996): "Shadow of the Phantasm"
Aztek #6 (January 1997): "A Child's Garden of Sinister Capers"
Aztek #7 (February 1997): "Hey Diddle Diddle: The Japed and the Japer"
Spectre Vol. 3 #51 (March 1997): "A Savage Innocence"
Azrael #27 (March 1997): "Angel Insane, Part 1: Entry"
Azrael #28 (April 1997): "Angel Insane, Part 2: Exit"
Batman and Robin Adventures #18 (May 1997): "Joker's Last Laugh"
Batman #544 (July 1997): "The Major Arcana, Part One: Jokin' With Mister D."
Batman #545 (August 1997): "The Major Arcana, Part Two: Night of the Dying Jokes"
Batman #546 (September 1997): "The Major Arcana, Part III: Hell To Pay"
JLA #10 (late September 1997): "Rock of Ages, Prologue: Genesis and Revelations"
Genesis #1 (October 1997): "Resonance"
JLA #11 (October 1997): "Rock of Ages, Part 2: Hostile Takeover"
JLA #12 (November 1997): "Rock of Ages, Part 3: Wonderworld"
JLA #15 (February 1998): "Rock of Ages, Part 6: Stone of Destiny"
The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years #1 (January 1998): "Lost Years"
The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years #2 (February 1998): "Graduation Day"
The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years #4 (April 1998): "As the Twig is Bent"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #105 (April 1998): "Duty Part One"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #106 (May 1998): "Duty Part Two"
Batman: Gotham Adventures #1 (June 1998): "With a Price on His Head"
Creeper #7 (June 1998): "Madhouse"
Creeper #8 (July 1998): "He Who Laughs Last"
Detective Comics #726 (October 1998): "Fool's Errand"
Catwoman #63 (December 1998): "Hints and Allegations Part 1: Belling the Cat"
Catwoman #64 (January 1999): "Hints and Allegations Part 2: No Laughing Matter"
Catwoman #65 (February 1999): "Hints and Allegations Part 3: Menage a Trois"
Batman: Gotham Adventures #10 (March 1999): "Mightier than the Sword"
Batman: Joker's Apprentice #1 (May 1999): "Joker's Apprentice"
Batman: Gotham Adventures #14 (July 1999): "Masks of Love: A Harley Quin Romance"
Batman #573 (January 2000): "Shellgame, Part I: Gambits"
Detective Comics #740 (January 2000): "Shellgame, Part II"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126 (February 2000): "Endgame, Part One: Silent Night, All is Calm, All is Bright..."
Batman #574 (February 2000): "Endgame, Part Two: ...Tender and Mild..."
Detective Comics #741 (February 2000): "Endgame, Part Three: ...Sleep in Heavenly Peace..."
Legends of the DC Universe #26 (March 2000): "The Fishy Laugh Part One"
Legends of the DC Universe #27 (April 2000): "The Fishy Laugh Part Two: Reign of the Joker"
Birds of Prey #15 (March 2000): "Face Time"
Birds of Prey #16 (April 2000): "The Joker's Tale"
Birds of Prey #17 (May 2000): "Nuclear Roulette"
Action Comics #765 (May 2000): [21] "A Clown Comes To Metropolis"
Action Comics #770 (October 2000): "The Reign of Emperor Joker Part Five: He Who Laughs Last!"
Batman: Gotham Adventures #30 (November 2000): "Deals
Batman: Gotham Adventures #31 (December 2000): "Madness and Chaos and All 'Cause of Me!!!""
Batman: It's Joker Time! #1 (2000)
Batman: It's Joker Time! #2 (2000)
Batman: It's Joker Time! #3 (2000)
Batman: Gotham Adventures #33 (February 2001): "World Without Batman"
Robin Vol. 2 #85 (February 2001): "Fools Errand"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #142 (June 2001): "The Demon Laughs Part One: Exit Screaming"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #143 (July 2001): "The Demon Laughs Part Two: Running Wild"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #144 (August 2001): "The Demon Laughs Part Three: The March Hare"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #145 (September 2001): "The Demon Laughs Part Four: Mad About You"
Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 (December 2001): "A Clown at Midnight"
Joker: Last Laugh #1 (December 2001): "Stir Crazy"
Joker: Last Laugh #2 (December 2001): "Siege Mentality"
Joker: Last Laugh #3 (December 2001): "Lunatic Fringe"
Joker: Last Laugh #4 (December 2001): "Everyone Knows This is Nowhere"
Joker: Last Laugh #5 (December 2001): "Mad, Mad World"
Joker: Last Laugh #6 (January 2002): "You Only Laugh Twice"
Batman: Gotham Adventures #45 (February 2002): "Running the Asylum"
Batman: Gotham Adventures #53 (October 2002): "Green Mind"
Harley Quinn #25 (December 2002): "Once More, with Feeling!"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #162 (February 2003): "Auteurism Part One"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #163 (March 2003): "Auteurism Part Two: Electric Boogaloo"
Detective Comics #780 (May 2003): "Dead Reckoning, Part Four"
Detective Comics #781 (June 2003): "Dead Reckoning, Part Five"
Batman #613 (May 2003): "Hush, Chapter Six: The Opera"
Batman #614 (June 2003): "Hush, Chapter Seven: The Joke"
Batman #615 (July 2003): "Hush, Chapter Eight: The Dead"
Gotham Central #12 (December 2003): "Soft Targets Part One" [Behind the scenes]
Gotham Central #13 (January 2004): "Soft Targets Part Two" [Behind the scenes]
Gotham Central #14 (February 2004): "Soft Targets Part Three"
Gotham Central #15 (March 2004): "Soft Targets Part Four"
Batman #638 (May 2005): "Under the Hood, Part 4: Bidding War"
Detective Comics #809 (early October 2005): "War Crimes Part 1: To the Victor Goes the Spoils"
Batman #643 (early October 2005): "War Crimes Part 2: Minor Discrepancies"
Detective Comics #810 (late October 2005): "War Crimes Part 3: A Consequence of Truth"
Batman #644 (late October 2005): "War Crimes Part 4: Judgment At Gotham"
Batman: Gotham County Line #1 (2005): "Book One: The Obvious Kill"
Batman: Gotham Knights #73 (March 2006): "Payback"
Batman #649 (March 2006): "All They Do is Watch Us Kill Part Two"