Story: "A Child's Laughter" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Jay Faerber (plot, script)
Peter Grau (pencils)
Bud LaRosa (inks)
John Costanza (letters)
Gregory Wright (colors)
Heroic Age (color separations)
Harvey Richards and Andrew Helfer (edits)

Feature Characters:

Jesse Quick
Troia
Argent
Tempest II
Arsenal IV

Supporting Characters:

Epsilon
Zeke
Eli, Scrap
Nikki
Grace
Rose Wilson
Lian Harper
Mateo Rivera
Dakota Jamison
Libby Lawrence

Villains:

Shock Trauma
Killshot
Provoke
Breathtaker
Stranglehold (all five as the Hangmen)
Cheshire (last in Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #175)

Synopsis:

The Titans and Epsilon do their bit against the numerous Jokerised villains running amuck, notably the Hangmen. However, Cheshire was unexpectedly present at the Slab at the time the Joker struck (she was supposed to have been transfered to Blackgate) and heads immediately for the Titans Tower. Here she quickly takes out the five metahuman kids and their babysitter, Rose Wilson, infecting her daughter Lian with the Joker venom just before Troia and Jesse Quick, summoned to the scene when Arsenal hears Cheshire was at the Slab, arrive. Cheshire rampages further, and has to be taken down by Arsenal, who shoots both her and Lian with a dart containing the antidote, much to Lian's shock and hatred.