Story: "The Joker Part One: The King of Comedy" (24 Pages)

Credits:

Alan Grant (plot, script)
Barry Kitson (layouts)
John Stokes (finishes)
John Constanza (letters)
Adrienne Roy (colors)
Dennis O'Neil (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman

Supporting Characters:

Jeremiah Arkham
James Gordon
Harvey Bullock
Sarah Essen-Gordon

Villains:

Wild (Wilde Norton, first appearance)
Nuggets (a former henchman of the Joker, now a drug runner)
Pete (a member of the Joker's gang, dies)

Other Characters:

Stanley Haymes
Professor Venner (from Gotham University)
Dawes (security at Gotham University)

Note: Story continues in next issue

Synopsis:

Various abductions are carried out, and all indications point towards the Joker, who is himself being hunted by a man named Wild. As Harvey Bullock awakes from his coma, both Batman and Wild work out where the Joker is likely to be hiding out, having captured members of the Gotham University's Comedy Club.