THE JOKER: THE LAST LAUGH #5

COVER TAGLINE: Acid Reign TITLE: Part Five: Mad, Mad World STORY ARC: The Last Laugh RELEASE DATE: October, 2001 COVER DATE: December, 2001 WRITER: Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty PENCILER(s): Ron Randall INKER(s): Ron Randall COLORS: Gina Going , Digital Chameleon LETTERS: Willie Schubert EDITOR(s): Matt Idelson COVER: Scott McDaniel, Klaus Janson PRICE: $2.95 CHARACTERS: The Joker, Harley Quinn, Huntress II, Oracle, Black Canary II; Robin III, Batman, Martian Manhunter, Plastic Man, Azrael, Nightwing, Kirk Langstrom, Dina Bell, Shilo Norman, Scarface, Ventriloquist, Santa Klaus, Joe Gardner, Apeface, Zsasz, Cavalier II, Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, King Shark, Mister Mind, Multi-Man, Mammoth, Warp, Rancor, Julie Caeser, Frag Cover Art None INTERIOR ART: PLOT: "The heroes of the DCU fend off the Joker's happy li'l troopers, while a cure for the Joker's serum is desperately sought. And you know things have got to be bad when Harley Quinn is brought in as the last hope! The Joker starts making his final moves against Batman by going after those closest to him. Will Robin and Nightwing be able to survive against odds that have the whole world reeling?"

ISSUE SUMMARY: Oracle sends Huntress into Arkham Asylum, hoping that she can rescue Robin, who disappeared there earlier. They are unaware that Robin was whisked away from the other Arkham inmates by a hungry Killer Croc. Meanwhile in the Slab, Shilo Norman removes the lurking danger of King Shark and, along with Dina Bell and Mister Mind, locates Multi-Man. The JLA are trying to locate the Joker, and Black Canary informs Oracle that the Joker is not dying after all. The Joker reveals his location to Batman by stapling it to Nightwing's chest: Gotham Cathedral. And after a scuffle with Killer Croc, Huntress discovers what look disturbingly like Robin's remains: Killer Croc has eaten him...

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