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The Joker
The Clown Prince of Crime. Gotham's chaos agent. No one knows his real story, and that's the point.
Quick answer
Gotham Vault currently connects The Joker to 168 Batman-related comic issue pages. Use this character page as a canonical hub for appearances, story arcs, and reading paths.
Quick facts
- Total appearances: 168
- Date range: 1940-04-01 → 2026-06-01
- First listed issue: Batman #1: The Legend of the Batman: Who He Is and How He Came To Be; The Joker
- Latest listed issue: Absolute Batman #19: The Straw Man
Citation summary
Gotham Vault lists 168 issue appearances for The Joker, spanning 1940-04-01 → 2026-06-01. The most common series include Batman, Batman: White Knight, Absolute Batman, with story arc links including A Lonely Place of Dying, Batman: Ego, Cataclysm.
Issue appearances
- #1
Batman #1: The Legend of the Batman: Who He Is and How He Came To Be; The Joker1940-04-01 - #2
Batman #2: Batman and Robin1940-07-01 - #3
Batman #4: More whirlwind adventures of Batman and Robin1941-01-01 - #4
Batman #8: Stone Walls Do Not A Prison Make1941-12-31 - #5
Batman #11: The Joker's Advertising Campaign1942-06-30 - #6
Batman #12: Brothers In Crime1942-08-31 - #7
Batman #13: The Batman Plays a Lone Hand1942-10-31 - #8
Batman #16: The Joker Reforms1943-04-30 - #9
Batman #25: Are Two Villains Better Than One?1944-10-31 - #10
Batman #28: Shadow City1945-04-01 - #11
Batman #37: The Joker Steals The Batman's Thunder! : The Joker Follows Suit1946-10-01 - #12
Batman #40: The 13 Club!1947-04-30 - #13
Batman #43: The Blackbird of Banditry!1947-10-01 - #14
Batman #44: Gamble WIth Doom!1947-12-01 - #15
Batman #46: Batman And Robin Battle Mutiny In This Big House1948-04-01 - #16
Batman #49: The Prison Doctor!1948-10-01 - #17
Batman #52: The Man With the Automatic Brain!1949-04-01 - #18
Batman #53: A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole In the Ground!1949-06-01 - #19
Batman #55: The Case of the 48 Jokers1949-10-01 - #20
Batman #57: The Trial of Bruce Wayne!1950-02-01 - #21
Batman #59: Batman In The Future!1950-06-30 - #22
Batman #63: The Joker's Crime Costumes! / The Case of the Flying Saucers / The Origin of Killer Moth!1951-02-28 - #23
Batman #66: The Joker's Comedy Of Errors1951-08-01 - #24
Batman #67: The Mystery Rope! / The Man Who Wrote The Joker's Jokes / The Lost Legion Of Space1951-10-01 - #25
Batman #73: Guns For Hire / Vicki Vale's Secret / The Joker's Utility Belt!1952-10-31 - #26
Batman #74: The Crazy Crime Clown! / The Movie That Killed Batman / The Water Crimes of Mr.Hydro1952-12-31 - #27
Batman #80: The Machines of Menace1953-12-01 - #28
Batman #85: The Costume of Doom1954-08-01 - #29
Batman #86: Batman -- Indian Chief!1954-09-01 - #30
Batman #87: Batman Falls in Love!1954-10-01The Dark Knight Returns - #31
Batman #97: The Return of the Bat-Hound1956-02-01 - #32
Batman #110: Crime-of-the-Month Club! / The Secret of Batman's Butler / The Phantom Batman1957-09-30 - #33
Batman #117: Manhunt in Outer Space1958-08-01 - #34
Batman #123: The Fugitive Batman1959-04-01 - #35
Batman #127: The Hammer of Thor1959-10-01 - #36
Batman #136: Challenge of the Joker1960-12-01 - #37
Batman #140: The Eighth Wonder of Space1961-06-01 - #38
Batman #144: Bat-Mite Meets Bat-Girl; The Alien Feud on Earth; The Man Who Played Batman1961-12-01 - #39
Batman #145: The Son of the Joker1962-02-01 - #40
Batman #148: The Joker's Greatest Triumph1962-06-01 - #41
Batman #152: The False Face Society1962-12-01 - #42
Batman #159: The Great Clayface-Joker Feud / The Boyhood of Bruce Wayne Jr.1963-11-30 - #43
Batman #163: Bat-Girl -- Batwoman II! / The Joker Jury!1964-05-01 - #44
Batman #176: Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes1965-12-01 - #45
Batman #182: The Strange Lives of Batman and Robin1966-07-31 - #46
Batman #186: The Joker's Original Robberies1966-11-01 - #47
Batman #187: Batman's First Case1966-12-01 - #48
Batman #191: The Day Batman Sold Out1967-05-01 - #49
Batman #198: The Origin of the Batman1968-02-01 - #50
Batman #200: The Man Who Radiated Fear!1968-03-31