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Title:
Detective Comics #15
Synopsis:
Synopsis
The Joker returns to Gotham City after a year, appearing at GCPD Headquarters. He slaughters several cops and taunts Jim Gordon, then steals his own severed face out of the evidence room and leaves. Batman alerts the extended Batman Family that Joker has returned. The Joker kills John Claridge on live television, and swears that he will murder Mayor Hady by midnight. Batman and Gordon set up a protective GCPD cordon around Hady. Ironically, the Joker uses his venom to kill every single guard and leave Hady unharmed. The poison has been altered to leave victims frowning, and a clue leads Batman to Ace Chemicals where he first encountered the Joker. Harley Quinn is disguised as Red Hood, and traps Batman in a vat filling with chemicals. Harley warns Batman that Joker is not the same, and a prerecorded message by Joker announces that he will liberate Batman by killing Batman’s family. The Joker visits Wayne Manor now wearing a loosely reattached face, and attacks Alfred Pennyworth with a hammer.[2] Batman escapes the vat and returns home to learn that Alfred has been kidnapped. Joker needs a servant for an upcoming celebration and has chosen Alfred for his connection to Batman Incorporated. Batman visits Jim Gordon to protect him, but Gordon is hospitalized by poison in his old photos. They determine that Joker is revisiting his most famous crimes and reinventing them with new twists. Batman and Nightwing try to stop Joker poisoning the reservoir. Joker has instead rigged it to explode where Batman would have, injuring Nightwing in the blast, and filled the reservoir with corpses of those who would have been poisoned by it anyway. Joker ties up Batman in a trap and explains that he views himself as the ”court jester” to Batman as ”king.” He believes his job is to deliver unpleasant truths to Batman that he wouldn’t hear from anyone else. Joker announces on the radio that he has learned the secret identities of Batman’s allies, and within 72 hours they will all be killed by Batman. The Penguin is enlisted to Joker’s schemes through blackmail.[3]
The Dirt Nap
The Joker returns to Gotham City after a year, appearing at GCPD Headquarters. He slaughters several cops and taunts Jim Gordon, then steals his own severed face out of the evidence room and leaves. Batman alerts the extended Batman Family that Joker has returned. The Joker kills John Claridge on live television, and swears that he will murder Mayor Hady by midnight. Batman and Gordon set up a protective GCPD cordon around Hady. Ironically, the Joker uses his venom to kill every single guard and leave Hady unharmed. The poison has been altered to leave victims frowning, and a clue leads Batman to Ace Chemicals where he first encountered the Joker. Harley Quinn is disguised as Red Hood, and traps Batman in a vat filling with chemicals. Harley warns Batman that Joker is not the same, and a prerecorded message by Joker announces that he will liberate Batman by killing Batman’s family. The Joker visits Wayne Manor now wearing a loosely reattached face, and attacks Alfred Pennyworth with a hammer.[2] Batman escapes the vat and returns home to learn that Alfred has been kidnapped. Joker needs a servant for an upcoming celebration and has chosen Alfred for his connection to Batman Incorporated. Batman visits Jim Gordon to protect him, but Gordon is hospitalized by poison in his old photos. They determine that Joker is revisiting his most famous crimes and reinventing them with new twists. Batman and Nightwing try to stop Joker poisoning the reservoir. Joker has instead rigged it to explode where Batman would have, injuring Nightwing in the blast, and filled the reservoir with corpses of those who would have been poisoned by it anyway. Joker ties up Batman in a trap and explains that he views himself as the ”court jester” to Batman as ”king.” He believes his job is to deliver unpleasant truths to Batman that he wouldn’t hear from anyone else. Joker announces on the radio that he has learned the secret identities of Batman’s allies, and within 72 hours they will all be killed by Batman. The Penguin is enlisted to Joker’s schemes through blackmail.[3]
The Dirt Nap
Cover Date:
2013-02-01
Publisher:
DC Comics
Barcode:
76194130646901511
Issue Number:
896
Legacy Number:
896
Volume:
Volume Two
Month:
October
Year:
2013
Variant Number:
1
Cover Letter:
A
Purchase Type:
Direct
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Print Run:
1
Print Order Ratio:
1:1
Cover Price:
$3.99
Era:
Modern Age
Genre:
Superhero
Detective
Anti-Hero
Adventure
Action
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Language:
English
Type of Comic:
Magazine
Characters:
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
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Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:11:43
Series:
Detective Comics Vol. 2
Story Arc:
Death Of The Family: The Dirt Nap
Number of Pages:
40
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$7.00
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-03-22
Signed By:
John Layman
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Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:11:43
Created By:
Bill Finger & Bob Kane
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Writer:
John Layman
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Artist:
Jason Fabok
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Colorist:
Jeromy Cox
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Cover Artist:
Greg Capullo
Fco Plascencia
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Letterer:
Jared k. Fletcher
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Editor:
Mike Marts
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