The Joker: His Greatest Jokes

In general a good book for a joker fan unfortunately mine was a miss print so has several pages without text in speech bubbles

This graphic novel looks great.

Great comic very enjoyable and detailed drawings and its colorful the texts are clear too its pretty much the best if you are looking for a collection

Joker: His greatest Jokes collects:Batman #8 (1941-1942) "The Cross Country Crimes"Batman #67 (1951) "The Man Who Wrote The Joker's Jokes"Batman #145 (1962)"The Son of the Joker"Detective Comics #388 (1969) "Public Luna-Tic Number One"Batman #260 (1975) "This One'll Kill You, Batman"Batman #353 (1982) "Last Laugh"Batman #366 (1983) "The Joker is Wild"The Spectre #51 (1997) "A Savage Innocence"Batman #833-834 (2007) "Trust, Part One & Two"Harley Quinn VS. Joker #1 (2018) "Till Death Do Us Part"I found this in a local shop and thought I'd pick it up and give it a go, I'm a big fan of Joker and Batman however when it comes to comics I'm not the most experienced with them, primarily owning the most popular of stories involving the two and saw this as an opportunity to expand my knowledge, especially considering the age of some of these issues I was excited to see the older stuff. Since these stories are a few pages I'll have to keep my descriptions short to not give away too much.Batman #8 is a great issue and I can't help but read it and look how far comics have come in the nearly 80 years since this issue in terms of writing and artwork, it's simply impressive. I can only describe the story as such: Joker is leading Batman on a chase through various States as he commits crimes, can Batman stop the Joker while beating him to the punchline? A decent short read with good artwork and writing from the times.Batman #67, as the name gives away, the story here is that Joker looks elsewhere for creativity when it comes to crime. The artwork is an improvement from the previous issue as it seems the panels go in closer and give more details into the characters faces and environments. Similar to the last, a short and enjoyable read.Batman #145, this is an imaginative tale from Alfred for Batman In the future. With Dick Grayson and Bruce Jr. donning the roles of Batman and Robin, with this new generation of heroes it brings new villains, in this instance the Joker's son. Short and amusing.Detective Comics #388, Joker starts calling himself Public Luna-Tic Number One, and what role does the local planetarium play in his scheme. Memorable and so far a favourite in the collection so far, I feel the writing in an improvement from the previous inclusions and has some solid artwork.Batman #260, Joker has planned an escape from confinement with the help of a laughing drug, however, Batman was given a tip about the escape. Another memorable tale, also the stories are beginning to lengthen compared to the earlier issues. The artwork is up my alley and appealing.Batman #353, when a landmark is due to be demolished in Gotham it gives the Joker an idea for a plan. Decent story not as good as the previous two in my opinion, the artwork is great except for one minor gripe, how massive the Joker's chin is when he's not smiling, I know Joker has a big chin, and it's to give him a massive insane smile but it's so weird seeing his chin is the size of his face when his mouth isn't open, doesn't take away from the story though.Batman #366, the Joker is currently operating in Guatemala and having fun dividing the citizens, but Batman is on the case to put it to an end while protecting Vicki Vale (love interest) at the same time. The story has more layers than previous issues, seeing Jason Todd, Alfred Pennyworth and James Gordon getting snippets of story to themselves. The story was interesting and enjoyable especially as it progresses, pretty solid all-round.The Spectre #51, Batman has tailed the Joker to New York the domain of Spectre, who upon learning of the two's arrival becomes involved. I must admit, I had no idea what to expect here as I had no idea who Spectre was or what he did so it was an interesting read, the plot was interesting and the artwork was quite dark but we'll done. Overall I was pleasantly surprised. I also liked the nod to Alan Moore with the name of the club in New York.Batman #833-834, a local magician has drawn the attention of Batman, as his recent acts have resulted in disaster, Batman decides to investigate. This is the longest story were provided with in this collection and it's good that it's a pretty entertaining read with good artwork.Lastly Harley Quinn VS. Joker #1, a back and forth between Joker and Harley before Batman and Catwoman are to be married. It's ok but not my favourite, the joker here also looks inspired by or the inspiration for Jared Leto's Joker. (don't know which was first).Overall, it's an acceptable collection of various tales about the Joker, nothing out of this world. The closest thing I can relate this experience is like reading a Marvel Platinum reloaded, start with older stories and move forward to the new stuff, I say reloaded because the standard MPs give the debut/origin story and tend to include the more significant or important events around the character, here it's not the case for either, just stories about the Joker which isn't a bad thing. While I can't say I was a fan of every story I'm grateful to have been presented tales of the Joker that I otherwise probably would never have read and seen changes to the character over the decades in these issues. One of the benefits of a collection with selections over several different time periods gives you an idea of what era of comics you might prefer. The price for what's included I think is fair especially the Amazon or used prices. This is a great coffee table book for comic and Joker fans, only have 10 or 15 minutes to yourself you can read an issue or two and just enjoy yourself. I look forward to reading this again and am pleased with my purchase despite the name giving the impression this collects the essential best Joker issues which it doesn't.Some other Joker recommendations I can make to fans who want more Joker are: The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years, Batman: The Killing Joke (a classic, I recommend the Absolute edition, includes original story and updated with redone colours, and a full script, I reviewed the HC version but just purchased the Absolute), Batman Vol. 3 Death of the Family (although it's in the middle of a series is still easy to pick on its own and was an amazing read, I have done a review for) Joker by Brian Azzarello (done a review for), Batman: Death in the Family (the death of Jason Todd a classic from Jim Starlin, reviewed), Batman: White Knight (Joker gets his sanity back and battles batman, a great story with a sequel in the works, done a review for), Batman: Arkham Asylum (a psychological story with unique artwork, reviewed) Batman: The Man Who Laughs (contains an origin and first encounter of Joker) these are just a few, hopefully this helps give you some ideas.Hopefully you found this review helpful and happy reading.

I am a huge joker fan and love it I strongy recomend it i can't wait to read it again i rate 5 stars because I loved the vintage comics again i am a huge fan of this read now!