Part I: The grim jester. "Batman vs. The Joker," Batman #1 (1940) / writer, Bill Finger, artist, Bob Kane ; "The riddle of the missing card," Batman #5 (1941) / writer, Bill Finger, penciller, Bob Kane, inker, Jerry Robinson ; "The Joker walk the last mile," Detective comics #64 (1942) / writer, Bill Finger, penciller, Bob Kane, inker, Jerry Robinson -- Part II: The clown prince. "Knights of knavery," Batman #25 (1944) / writer, Don Cameron, penciller, Jack Burnley, inker, Jerry Robinson ; "Rackety-rax racket," Batman #32 (1945) / writer Don Cameron, artist, Dick Sprang ; "The man behind the red hood," Detective comics #168 (1951) / writer, Bill Finger, penciller, Lew Sayre Schwartz, inker, George Roussos, cover by Lew Sayre Schwartz & George Roussos ; "The Joker's millions," Detective comics #180 (1952) / writer, David Vern Reed, penciller, Dick Sprang, inker, Charles Paris, cover by Win Mortimer ; "The crimes of Batman," World's finest comics #61 (1952) / writer, David Vern Reed, pencillers, Bob Kane (figures only), Lew Sayre Schwartz, inker, Charles Paris ; "Batman- clown of crime," Batman #85 (1954) / writer, David Vern Reed, penciller, Sheldon Moldoff, inker, Charles Paris ; "The Joker jury," Batman #163 (1964) / writer, Bill Finger, penciller, Sheldon Moldoff, inker, Charles Paris, cover by Sheldon Moldoff -- Part III: The harlequin of hate. "The Joker's five-way revenge," Batman #251 (1973) / writer, Denny O'Neil, artist, Neal Adams, cover by Neal Adams ; "The laughing fish/"The sign of the Joker," Detective comics #475-476 (1978) / writer, Steve Englehart, penciller, Marshall Rogers, inker, Terry Austin, covers by Marshall Rogers & Terry Austin ; "To laugh and die in Metropolis," Superman #9 (1987) / writer, John Byrne, penciller, John Byrne, inker, Karl Kesel, cover by John Byrne ; "A death in the family," Chapter four Batman #427 (1988) / writer, Jim Starlin, penciller, Jim Aparo, inker, Mike DeCarlo, cover by Mike Mignola -- Part IV: Archnemesis. "Going sane," Part two: "Swimming lessons," Batman : legends of the Dark Knight #66 (1994) / writer, J.M. DeMatteis, penciller, Joe Staton, inker, Steve Mitchell, cover by Joe Staton & Steve Mitchell ; "Fool's errand," Detective comics #726 (1998) / writer, Chuck Dixon, artist, Brian Stelfreeze, cover by Brian Stelfreeze ; Endgame" Part three, "-Sleep in heavenly peace-" Detective comics #741 (2000) / writers, Greg Rucka, Devin Grayson, pencillers, Damion Scott, Dale Eaglesham, inkers, Sean Parsons, Sal Buscema, Rob Hunter, cover by Alex Maleeve & Bill Sienkiewicz ; "Slayride," Detective comics #826 (2007) / writer, Paul Dini, penciller, Don Kramer, inker, Wayne Faucher, cover by Simone Bianchi -- Part V: Rebirth. "Faces of death," Detective comics #1 (2011) / writer, Tony Daniel, penciller, Tony Daniel, inker, Ryan Winn, cover by Tony Daniel & Ryan Winn ; "But here's the kicker," Batman #15 (2012) / writer, Scott Snyder, penciller, Greg Capullo, inker, Jonathan Glapion, cover by Greg Capullo.