Story: "Bugged Out" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Devin Grayson (plot, script)
Roger Robinson (pencils; John Floyd (inks)
Bill Oakley (letters)
Gloria Vasquez (colors) Wildstorm FX (color seperations)
Nachie Castro and Bob Schreck (edits)

Feature Characters:

Batman
Oracle
Spoiler (last in Joker: Last Laugh #6)

Villains:

Kafka (first appearance; only named in promotional 'blurb')

Synopsis:

There are still numerous 'Jokerised' criminals causing damage in Gotham City, and Batman asks Spoiler to keep an eye on the Burnley area of the city. Here she discovers a man whose entire body has been eaten away and taken over by Jokerised cockroaches, perhaps the most disgusting thing she's ever seen in her life. She watches as he/it takes off a homeless man's head, and is almost attacked by it before Batman comes to her rescue, informing her that it was probably taking the man's head off in order to breed, which is, when it comes down to it, even more disgusting. Spoiler suddenly realises that the transmitter in her cowl has been switched on all night, but Batman tells her not to worry - he quite liked the company.

Second Story: "The Bottom Line" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Michael Golden (plot, script)
Jason Pearson (pencils, inks)
Jack Morelli (letters)
Mark Chiarello (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman

Villain:

Joker (behind the scenes), his goons

Synopsis:

Batman pursues a number of the Joker's clown-faced henchmen through Gotham City, trying to wrest a bag away from them. When he does so, he throws it as far up and away as possible, where it explodes. The men are astonished, but Batman tells them that 'The Joker will sacrifice anyone, just to destroy me.'