Story: "The Joker Part Two: Tears of a Clown" (24 Pages)

Credits:

Alan Grant (plot, script)
Barry Kitson (pencils)
Scott Hanna (inks)
John Constanza (letters)
Adrienne Roy (colors)
Dennis O'Neil (edits)

Feature Character:

Batman

Supporting Characters:

Jeremiah Arkham
James Gordon

Villains:

Joker
Wild

Other Characters:

Stanley Haymes
Professor Venner (dies)

Note: Story continued from previous issue

Synopsis:

The Joker has captured current and former members of the Gotham University's Comedy Club because is his current version of the past, they all laughed at him during his stage debut and he wants revenge. He is hunted down both by Batman, and by Wild, whose entire family had been killed by the Joker. Wild gets a face full of laughing gas, and the Joker escapes, but Batman is able to save most of the Joker's captives. Jeremiah Arkham thinks that the mansion whose theatre Joker used might make a good location for a new asylum...