| "Joker: Last Laugh" | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Main character | Joker |
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| Writer(s) | Chuck Dixon Scott Beatty |
Joker: Last Laugh is a crossover storyline published byDC Comics in 2001.[1]
While imprisoned in the Slab penitentiary, theJoker discovers that he has a terminalbrain tumor. Determined to go out with a bang, he causes a riot in the Slab and escapes along with various other villains. The Joker poisons the atmosphere, spreadingJoker venom across the world.
While the "Jokerized" villains are being captured,Kirk Langstrom works to produce an antidote for the Joker venom with help fromHarley Quinn.Black Canary also discovers that the Joker'sCAT scans were modified and that the doctors lied to him about his impending death in the hope that it would cause him to lead a more sane life.
TheHuntress is sent toArkham Asylum to findRobin and mistakenly believes that he is dead.Nightwing, enraged over Robin's death, goes to face the Joker in Gotham Cathedral, where he beats him to death. TheBatman family, Robin included, arrives on the scene and revives the Joker by restarting his heart, after which he is returned to prison.
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