Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files #1 (2001)

Joker: Last Laugh - A Clown At Midnight / Touched / The Joker's Hard Sell / Worm Food
WRITTEN BY CHUCK DIXON, SCOTT BEATTY, DAN CURTIS JOHNSON, JERRY ORDWAY, AND Joker Last Laugh, Pt 1 of 33. JAI NITZ; ART BY PETE WOODS, J.H. WILLIAMS III, PETER KRAUSE, AMANDA CONNER, DAMION SCOTT, TODD NAUCK, MICK GRAY, AND VARIOUS. COVER BY WALTER SIMONSON. As the Joker plans his greatest escape to date, a shocking discovery makes him speed up his timetable (in a story written by Chuck Dixon & Scott Beatty, with art by Pete Woods). Plus, DEO Agent Chase interviews some of the Joker's past victims in a haunting tale written by Dan Curtis Johnson & J.H. Williams III with art by the Eisner-nominated PROMETHEA team of Williams & Mick Gray! Also: learn how one of the pivotal LAST LAUGH characters wound up in the Slab in a POWER OF SHAZAM! "Lost Pages" installment (written by Jerry Ordway with art by Peter Krause) and discover the secrets of the Joker's lethal gas (written by Jai Nitz with art by Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti)! Rounding out the issue are profile pages showcasing some of the event's key players, illustrated by Damion Scott, Todd Nauck, and more! Additional contributors: Cameron Stewart, Ron Randall, Al Williamson, Javier Saltares, Keith Champagne, Leonard Kirk, Peter Doherty, Dick Giordano, Robert Campanella, Staz Johnson, Dan Davis, Marcos Martin & Robin Riggs.
Release Date: 2001