It's another typical day in Gotham City.

Superman, the world s most dangerous criminal,

has burst free of his cell in Arkham Asylum.
The only one who can track him down is the
world’s greatest hero, Bizarro. Their epic battle
destroys property owned by the bald but brilliant
billionaire, Lois Lane T-T/l t?

If Superman isn't crazy, that means the whole

world has gone insane, and only one man can
be responsible. Somehow Batman’s greatest
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SUPERMAN M E 0 J E I
 ED McGUINNESS
« CAM SMITH
Collection Cover Artists

SUPERMAN created by Jeitj Siegel 8 Joe Shuster SUPERBOY created by Jerry Siegel SUPERGIRL based on characters created by Jerry Siegel 8 Joe Shoster
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THE ADVENTURES DF SUPERMAN #582
Cover by Ed McGuinness and Cam !§mi#i
 &aumnm through the
STREETS OF METROPOLIS -
AGITATED, WORRIED, FRIGHT¬
ENED HALF TO DEATH.

IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF HE HAS TO MAKE IT Superman, his thoughts]

TIME, THE LITTLE MAN THROUGH THIS TIME l AS RACE, SUPERMAN, GCTTOI
REALIZES, BEFORE IT HAP¬ MUCH AS IT GALLS HIM TC GET TO SUPERMAN BE-
PENS AGAIN! BUT HE ADMIT IT, THERE'S ONLY FORE IT'S TOO—
CAN'T LET IT HAPPEN! ONE MAN ALIVE WHO
CAN SET THINGS RIGHT:
Somewhere,
w SOMEONE li
LAUSH/NS... ... BUT NOT HERE—AT THE
TEMPLE OF THE BEATIFIC
AMAZINGLY WONPERFUL
P/VINE HOLINESS, ETC.,
ETC., ETC., YAPPA YAPPA
YAPPA.

Here all is contem¬

plation ANP TRAN-
SCENPENCE. HERE THE "niece
cacophony of the MATRIX. ALTHOUGH SHE'S
WORLP IS SHUTOUT RELATIVELY new to
ANP INNER SILENCE THE ABBEY, NIECE
IS EMBRACEP. MATRIX HAS QUICKLY
GAINEPA REPUTATION
FOR PIETY ANP, TO
BE FRANK, OPPITY.

.ANPPECULIAR VISIONS.
For she is given
TO RAPTURES,
INNER VOICES...

Anpofallthe
CLOISTEREP
CHILPREN OF A
RELATIVELY
HIGHER POWER
WHO PWELL IN
THIS SACREP
PLACE...

...THERE IS NONE
MORE IN TUNE
WITH THE VIBRA¬
TIONS OF HE
WHO WORRIES
NOT...
 HEAVENS

THAN- WE-ARE! A UNTIE

BETTER-THAN-WE-ARE!.

~ IT'.S HAPPENING 1
AMIN! IT'S HAPPENING
K AGAIN! A

r WHAT ARE YOU ^

YAMMER/NS ABOUT,
NIECE LUCY— ANV
WHY ARE YOU INTER-
k RUPTINS MY ,
VMEPITATIONS?! A
r l-IT'5 niece matrix;
YOUR PHENOMENALNESS:
SHE'S HAV/NS ANOTHER
ONE OF HER..,
EXPERIENCES! v

rGREAT'
CAESAR'S
GHOST! NOT
< AGAIN! a

bleepbloughbleep
b/ough bleep b/ough
bleep/plough bleep
blough— woopwoop
WOOPWOOP Ytoop
L woopwoop! A

"THIS ONE ^
SOUNPEP
WORSE THAN
EVER! s

. LETS
WHAT
SHOULP WE PO,
O SAGACIOUS
PILOT OF MY
^ SOUL,,, ? V

r/T'5 VERY^
SIMPLE, NIECE
LUCY— >
 PART
TWO

Eyery nisht, he thinks as the

BULLETS FLf, AS THE ALARMS
SCREAM, IT'S THE SAME THINS.
EVERY NKSHT X MANASE TO BREAK
FREE OF My CELL... VAULTTHE
WALLS OF THIS HELL-HOLE.

Amp every
NkSHT HE
HUNTS ME
POWN. EVERY
NU3HT.,.

...HE BRINGS
ME BACK TO
ARKHAM.

J.M. DeMATTEIS, writer MIKE MILLER, penciller

JOSE MARZAN, JR., inker WILDSTORM FX, colorists
BILL OAKLEY, letterer
 Theism He's
INSANE.,.ANP Butina worlp
MAYBE HE IS. WHERE TIME HAS
THEY SAY HE COLLAPSEP ANP
MURPEREPA MEMORY HAS LOST
MAN. A MAN ALL MEANING...HOW
NAMEP LEX CAN HE EE SURE-?
LUTHOR.

Anp that
... HE CAN'T
BELIEVE.

Maybe, he muses,
HE'S EVERYTHING THEY
SAY HE IS--A
SAVAGE. A KILLER. A
PANGER TO SOCIETY.

HE POESN'T KNOW HOW

LONG THEY HAP HIM
LOCKEP A WAY. HIS LIFE,
IFYOUCOULPOALLIT
THAT, HAS BECOME A
SWIRL OF PARKNESS
ANP RAGE, FRUSTRATION
ANP CONFUSION.

Yet ON THE PERIPHERY OF

CONSCIOUSNESS, THE EPSEOF
A WARENESS, THERE'S AN ECHO
OF,..SOMETHING. A TRUTH
ONCE KNOWN, LONG FORGOTTEN
--THAT PISSOLVES INTO MIST...

...EACH TIME HE
REACHES FOR IT

When he sees the light

IN THE SKY HE SIGHS, PIS-
GUSTEP. HE'S HERE ALREAVY,
SUPERMAN THINKS.
(That's whattheycall him m
AT ARKHAM-- SUPERMAN. &
THAT'S THE NAME ON THE ■
POZENS OF WANTEP POSTERS ■
PISPLAYEP ACROSS THE CITY.
A STRANGE NAME, BUTONE
THAT SOMEHOW FEELS RIGHT
TO HIM—IN A WORLP WHERE
EVERYTHING ELSE FEELS
UNBEARABLY WRONG.)

But it soon becomes

CLEAR THAT THIS ISN'T
THE PREAPEP HUNTER,
COME AGAIN TO CAPTURE
HIS PREY. NO, THIS...
 ~ YOU-'ONTHE >
ROOF! IF YOU VALUE
YOUR FREEPOM —J

The voice is coup, un-

PITYING- YET, EVEN F/LTEREP
THROUGH THE 'COPTER'S
SPEAKERS, SOMETHING
ABOUT IT PIERCES HIS HEART.

Fora moment, he's fiuepwith POES HE

AN ILLOGICAL HOPE- AS IF, AT MAKE THE
LONG LAST, HE'S FOUNP THE VERY LEAP? WHY,
THING HE'S BEEN SEARCHING FOR,
NIGHT AFTER ENPLESS NIGHT.

' YOU N
HAVE THREE
SECONPS—j

WELL, ARE YOU GOING TO SQUAT

THERE LIKE AN APE GAPING AT ME-
<OR ARE YOU GOING TO GET IN?

'GOP! I KNOW YOU'RE INSANE -

BUT THEY PIPN'T TELL ME YOU'Rl
A PROOLING IPIOT, TOO!

Then the moment passes .

HOPE? THIS ISA WORLP PE VOIP
OF IT- ^ WORLP WHERE PAIN ANP
BETRAYAL ARE ALL HE'S EVER
KNOWN.

PRESIPENT ANP
CEO OF LANE CORP. THIS CITY.
 YOU'VE OHANSEP ANP HOWOOULP
your hair singe IFORSETYOU- WsTORMS
THE LAST TIME X \GON\ms up,
saw you— L MS- LANE.
V -CONSWrnNG
I ALL THE TIMES YOU
I ANP THAT BRAINLESS
l SO-GAllEVSUPER¬
HERO H AVESOME
GRASHIH6 THROUSH
LMY OFFIOE WALLS.

PAMN
THOSE
PIES!
^vvhy are you
JIELPINS ME?
BE CAREFUL^
ROH—I PONT
WANT you
CRASHING THIS
BABY ON THE .
you,,, INTRIGUE m. WAY IN. A
^BUT X PON'T
BAFFLE ME. ANP, LIKE MYSTERIES -
TO BE FRANK, I'M ANP you'RE ONEX
not sure my. INTENP TO SOLVE. THEY LEAP HIM POWN INTO A
SUBTERRANEAN BUNKER. SHE
TELLS HIM TO REST- HE CAN'T
ARGUE WITH THAT.

HER written
INSTRUCTIONS
WERE /MOST
COMPLETE.

IT'S BEEN SO LONS SINGE HE'S

SLEPT. SINGE HE'S KNOWN EVEN A
MOMENTS PEACE. \
'PONE?
WHATPO
tsleep Well, .YOU — ?
.superman/.
\morn-

YES„,
: think x

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WHY?!' i told you ■■ if/ATir

MYSTERIES. ,

V.ACTUALLY, YOUSHOUL^
BE FLATTERED. SCIENCE
IS FROWNEP UPON IN OUR
FAIR CITYTO SAY THE
V. LEAST— y
—AHD I'VE^
~ ASSEIAd’UEP A
TEAM 0FTHE
WORLD'S MOST
BRILLIANT
RENE6APES-IN
> A VARIETY OF
FIELPS— ^
DOCTOR
“--JUST1 ERDEL—
TO STUDY YOU MAY
k you. . BE&IN.

SHE FINDS HIS CRY OFAN&U/SH,

AS THEY INITIATE THE TESTS,
DISTURBING. BUTFORTHE
LIFE OF HER...

.SHECAN'TSAY WHY.

T NO, WARPEN, WE^

DON'T KNOW WHERE
BIZARRO#l IS. HE
IS SOMEWHAT
^ECCENTRIC, SIR -~A

YES, SIR,
WARDEN.
ABSOLUTELY-
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V riv/r/ ^

7£ 77/f LUNAR
HEAPQUARTERS OF THE
•T-L.A.— IW£K£ EARTH'S
SUARPIANS KEEP WATCH
OVER THE WORLP THEY ARE
SWORN TO PROTECT...

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MUSTBETOtf \w®br\
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 vTu- RIGHTNOW LET'S 60 APPREHENP'1
THIS.,, SUPERMAN SO X SAN SET BASK
V TO MY AZALEAS!

5 OH, PLEASE, ^
I) l&NITION— YOU 1
7 PON'T ANSWER TO
ANYONE! ANP X UKE.
k THAT IN A /MAN! J

I BIZARRO,
J BIZARRO! X
YOU'P BETTER 1 f SWT BELIEVE
TREAT ME RIGHT, iTHAT-THAVETO
BISSUy—ORr I PLATSECSHP
•SWEAR YOU'RE FIPPLETOTHAT
GONNA <30 UP , SLUMS/, PIM-
IN SMOKE! /■ wttepmorom

oh ... ah, HI, 600PBVE, Tvie like so much

BIZARRO' . sTOISON IVV' N\E GOING TO MAKG
• SURE VOU LIVE
FOREVER!

* X-X PON'T WANT YOU^ r" YES, THAT'S RIGHT! X ^

TO MISUNPERSTANP WHAT WAS,,, IMITATING MY fPOX!
I WAS SAY!NO, SHIEF' EXPRESSING MYSELFsTUSTUKE
YOU SEE... Um... X WAS... . YOU! SO thatallthe negative
^ IMITATING YOU! ^ THINGSISAIP WERE REALLYPOSI—

IW, VOU A/fl ONE

ROTTfiN STINKER!
TIE HATE VOW. ,

NEEt? 1
IN ASSIST,
^Now me ^ NW-B? ,
NOT GO AFTER
^SUPERMAN'
/ AMP,S/K, rOK
THE BENEFITOF
ALL SONSERNEP,
REMEMBER TO USE
^THE^OWTHIS —
 ...SO— WHEN WE'RE PONE
?0UNPINS SUPERMAN INTO
TOOTHPASTE— WHAT SAY
YOU'N' MESNU66LE UP
ANP WATCH A Y/PEO? ^
F I HEAR THEy'VE JUST ^
REUEASEP THE PIRECTOR'S CUT
OF "BIZARRO FOUR: THE
QUEST FOR. WAR!" A

r0ooi me >
REAULV HATE
.THAT ONE! y

t SREAT'^
I'UU /MAKE THE
k POPCORN! .

WEISIN6ER UNIVERSITY I ^...OOPP EVENIN6, ^^^^STUPENTS

HAS SEEN BETTER PAYS. I ANPOFF-OAMPUS VIATORS' I AM
ONCE THE MOST |l PROFESSOR HAMILTON! ANP TONIOHT
RESPECTEP UNIVERSITYI WE ARE <SOINA TO EXPLORE,,,THE
IN METROPOLIS... I FASCINATING—ANP FORBIPPEN—
WORUP OF SCIENCE! I'M SO
PEUSHTEP WITH THE TURNOUT—ANP
V % SEE THAT WE’RE HONOEEPTO HAVE
[RIOHT ^ \ B!ZARRO‘S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN,
BEHtNP \ A MO NS OUR ATTENPEES-1 ^
YOU—YOU
&OR&EOUS
hunk
EVERYBOPyP
L *F~ ^
-WHATEVER
YOU ARE! .

...ITS CURRENT
ENROLLMENT—
RESPITE FREE
TUITION-IS A
STA66ERINS
TWELVE STUPENTS.
r HEY! I THINKS
WHAT A. THE MAYONNAISE
WEEP! k IS RANCIP. >
Anp most of
them are there
FOR THE FOOP.
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THAT QUANTUM FOAM CAN BE HAPPENS SHELLS IN AN UP¬ OF IT, X HAVEN'T
USEP IN THE MASS’ FROPUCTIOI NEXT? ROAR, FOLKS' I'LL EATEN All pay !
OF BEER! --. HAVE FATTY HERE
-1 - S JEEPERS. In BACK IN the
--sISPST professor, \ > L SLAMMER BEFORE
gSl U^^THAT'S SWELI'A- ■I YOU CAN SAY
NOW LETMEX'-~—__ / W/OW CHOLES-
BA LANCE THE ENEROY- 'SUn WM TEROL! .
FLOW BETWEEN THE IB
PHOTONS, NEUTRONS, A IPc
anp the hops' y\ p / EXCUSE
'ME, FELLAS-
T TEEpERS, > kI JUST WANNA
PROFESSOR, k SET ONE
^THAT'S SWELL!/ f OF THOSE
LITTLE
W Uh„, YES! , WEINERS
ANPN0W--B£HOLP^ \OVER TH—
AS THE QUANTUM \
WAIVES MANIFEST A
PERFECT QUIFF FLOW)
THAT ENLIVENS ANP /
TRANSFORMS THE Z
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./JEEPERSIX
” KNOW THEM! THAT
THE NOBLE ANP
HEROIC TURTLE-
ANP HIS ARCH-
V ENEMY,., THE
\FLAB!
But if there is a quantum I
LINK BETWEEN ALL THIN6S; IF, WHO CARES ABOUT >
AS HAS BEEN HYPOTHESIZEP, THE I THAT? JUSTSET
OBSERVER CREATES THE UNIVERSE,I YOUR BUTTS OUTTA THE
HOWTO EXPLAIN.,. I POTATO SALAD! /

THE TURTLE... BIT PAS l HOW INCREPIBLY

IMPOLITE! SOS HI X SURE HOPE HE
YOWCH! POESN'T HAVE AN COMMUNICABLE
^ DISEASES! _-

TFEELINO
A LITTLE
SNAPPY,
kARE WE 2
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UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE: THE TURTLE'S

SALIVA—CHEMICALLY COMBINING WITH A
SMATTER OF HONEY-PIJON MUSTARP-
PEPOSITS TOXINS IN JIMMY'S BLOODSTREAM
THAT TRANSFORM HIM FROM A SIMPLE-
MI N PEP SIPEK/OK INTO...
He stamps in solemn CONTEMPLATION. OUTSIPE THE ... ANP HIS P/S&UST/NGLY PEVOUT BLESSEPNESS,
TEMPLE OF THE BEATIFIC AMAZINGLY WONPERFUL UNCLE OSWALP—EXORCIST SUPREME— WILL l
PIVINE HOLINESS, ETC.,ETC.,ETC.,YAPPA YAPPA YAPPA. EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO SAVE HEP. ,-
--' I HOPE
NEVER FEAR, SOI V VE GOT A GOLF
..KNOWING THAT HIS WILL, AUNTIE-WE GAME IN HALF AN HOUR
HIS FAITH, WILL BE SHALL CAST . ANP I PON'T WANTTO
TESTEP TONIGHT. OUT THE PEMONt MISS IT*.
ANDREPEEM \
THESHILP. ^ WAS THAT,.,
A JOKE ?!
A YOUNG WOMAN'S
SOUL IS IN HIS
HANPS... Y Nh...YEAH.
JUST A LITTLE
LEVITY TO LIGHTEN
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THE SPIRITUAL LIFE,
AUNTIE- BETTEE-THAN-
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.ONE OF YOUR STATURE J
KW<3ULP KNOW THAT

O-OF COURSE, YOUR

PISSUSTINS PEVOUTNE
^ NIECE MATEIX'S ^ .NOW COME THIS WAY-
CONPTON IS SETTING
WORSE BY THE MINUTE I

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SEE. I US? NO ONE IN METROPOLIS
KNOWS AEOUTTHIS COMPLEX/

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'THINK THAT
SIGN MAY
HAVE HAP
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P/STANCE HE PUTS BETWEEN ARKHA/Y1, SUPERMAN! ME EWE
HIMSELF ANP THIS BEAUTIFUL YOU BIS SOUISHY HUG ANP 1ST
CONUNPRUM NAMED LOIS LANE.. V YOU 60 FREE!

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SET THE SCENT OF
HEP,..THE FEEL OF
HER...OUT OF HIS
M/NR.

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CONTROLLING MV THOU6HTS
SOMEHOW. OR MAVBE— ^I'VEBEEN W T'M NOT
I'VE FINALLV LEARNER THROUGH JUST ABOUT' LETTING YOU- V
WHAT LOVE... ENOUGH FOR ONE OR ANYONE
NkSHT,- FOR ONE ELSE—TAKE ME.
\ LIFETIME! s~ ^ANYWHERE! A

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TUSTTHE Elc5HT , IF YOU WERE
BALANCE OF \ A LITTLE
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6R\M PETER- TUSTMIOHT
LMINATION! j <30 FOE you !
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SAY, BIOSUY- THIS POTATO?
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SHOULP X CAKE...

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SOUNP THAT ECHOES
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THE (SLUPAWCE AND
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RESTFUL CORRIDORS OF
yHE S.S. AP/KHAM... J
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HOME RUN?" IT'S A COOP THINS.

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ME BACK TO ARKHAM THIS
TIME! THINGS ARE PEFINITEIY STUPIP, STUPIPl*
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TIMS, EH? jf
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x have ever law eyes on
A MOPE PATHETIC EXCUSE
fop a super-criminal... ^

T ...IS IT ANY ^ ~ ANP THIS ^

WDNPER I FEEL RUST BUCKET
kSO SORRY FOP. WOULP EE YOUR
L. you? A ^siPExiCKT’ y

FOR PITY'S SAKE-

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INNOCENT
BYSTANPERS BEING
.PUMMEL EP POWN
THERE l ^

TPON'T
KNOW.

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r WOULDN'T WANT
TO SEE MY
real, estate
PAMASEPANY
^FURTHER, SO... A
oh, yes, X WOULPN'T BE WHO I
SUPERMAN, we AM TOVAY IP I VIVN'T
HAVE (SUITE A HAVE 4 VISCERNING EYE
FUTURE fOR THOSE WITH A TOUCH
TOGETHER, 1 OF GEN/US,... ,
YOUANPZ. A

+...ANVALL MY INSTINCTS '

ARE TELLING ME THAT
, YOU TWO ARE STARTING
' A REVOLUTION THE
REST Of US CAN' T EVEN
t IMAGINE. A

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> IS GOING TO
MAKE SURE
SHE WIMPS
. UPON TOP.

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(...ZZZ-AA-ZZZZ- EVERY NIGHT T.. SOMEONE IS GOING ^
r AAAA -ZZ-AAAARR... ON EVERY THROUGH THE TORMENTS Of THE
PREOUENCY... PAMNEPl IT'S-ITS PISTURBING..

j tell you this morlv

superman... <? can't change
—I ^ ^ PAST ENOUGH
r*~ ■K TO SATISFY ME.
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THE TRUTH. NECK. AS CLENCH ON My VISCERA. HAVE DELAVED OUR MEE'
AS LIGHT PIERCING My EyES, X SOFTENED HIS RESOLVE
KNOW THE TRUTH.-
I KNOW HE COMES.
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1 LUXURIOUS That's what the alien said.
LANECORP TOWER
More.
"There is more than Why do I listen to
this in the world..." those eyes, when
As if he knows. As if he there is nothing
is privy to knowledge between us?
What can he possibly
offer me? That alien.
That criminal. That
murderer --

Because I am
brilliant and I
always recognize
opportunity
when I see it.

Superman has
uncovered the
power to disrupt
the status quo.

Unequipped with I
the intelligence to
Why does he utilize it, he has
look at me -- sought me out. J
through me -- as
if we've stared at
one another for a
thousand years?

"Empress of all that is.. Thank you, Superman,

and more." That has for being a killer with
a nice ring to it.
l} such honest eyes.

y\
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SUMMON My
TRANSPORT.

JC
READy IT FOR
OFF-PLANET

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mk
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/THIS "MONITOR DUTY" ' rCMON NT'
[ GOT ME HUNGRY GIVE MAMA
V FOR A DOUBLE y SOME
X. HELPIN'. ^SUGAH.A
•r THANK
/ GOODNESS AH ^
f GOT UP T'POWDER My
NOSE. NOTHIN' WORSE
THAN GENTLEMENS
L CALLIN'AND yOUR .
FACE AIN'T IN A
^X. PLACE,

t GORGEOUS 7 mA
r GILLY!
LISTEN TO MeT^
r SUPERMAN - DO NOT
LOOK DIRECTLy AT HER.

MAy r i
iss youR
TOES? 7
 I... NO... I WAS FREE.
THINGS... WERE RIGHT.
THIS...

/JSORRy,^*l
r SCRATCH THAT, \
CHUM! WE'VE GOT
A LUNCH CROWD
TO DEFEND FROM
, MAN-SIZED j
/^APPETITES!
\ STRAP ON t
/yOUR HAIRNET
% AND LET'S <
m/ ROCK!

m ■ Mf T ^
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WHOA.
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r WHERE ARE 1
yOU? WHATEVER'S
 a
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WHAT'S HAPPENING -
^ DON'T you -? ^

r THEN P--ANDNO^pi
you ALSO TOLERANCE FOR jB
KNOW - ^ RIDDLES/ -4M
-:HNNGH:~ _yT~yjr tell me>
I HAVE A rTHli WHAT you
HIGH THRESHOLD] B^^KNOWIi
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WHO IS DOING
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WHO IS YOUR 'BIN A WORLD NC.
S-SOVEREIGN. OF MV MAKING,
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^ ...BUT X
7 IT'S ABOUT 1
\ $%&$#@& J
;V TIME^^
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you!

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DIALOGUE, I'VE BEEN
.WAITING IN THIS TOWER-j
fc^LIKE A PUTZ? Zdk
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Y HAVE BEEN SENDING \
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS'
, TO SOMEONE WITH A .
L LITTLE PIZZAZZ TO 4
k^THEIR PATTER^—

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I CAN'T BE CHOOSERS, ■
I I GUESS... NOT EVEN P
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k. UNIVERSE,
W* VOILA, <\
T SUPERDOOF...
' you GOT ME. yOUR '
GREATEST, tMPlEST, BEST-
, DRESSED ENEMy EVER... i
V MR. MXVZPTLK. A
kX. HOO-HA!

My -
Y MIXTLEPT -? \
' WHATEVER yOUR'
NAME IS - H-HOW
. DO I KNOW ,
k you? how do A
rv you ~ ENOUGH
J WITH THE AMNESIA ^
r ROUTINE/ JEEZ,
DIDN'T IGNITION SLAP
i ANy SENSE INTO , AFTER ALL^
L you?! COME OVER A THE MAGIC WASTED
Bk HERE! vjf SO FAR, WHy BE
•vCHINTZy NOW?V
<Tremember?j
 r... oh. r THAT'S^
r REMEMBER. DEBATABLE... \
\ALL Of IT... DIDN'T you
TURN DOWN
A THOUSAND
yEARS OF
TONSIL HOCKEy
WITH WONDER /
. WOMAN? V
W HARDLy \ i
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^ MOVE - L i

'I'MNOtY
INSANE...
I'M MOT
^INSANE(J

T I'M wofN
INSANE... AND
I REMEMBER
EVERYTHING -
- ESPECIALLy YOU, MXy. IMP ~ BEST PART, I REMEMBER ^
FROM THE FIFTH DIMENSION. WHAT IT TAKES TO BREAK y0UR
INSANE PRANKSTER, THE GENIE SPELLS AND PUT THINGS RIGHT.
A WITH A GIFT FOR MAKING A ONE WORD. ONE WORD A KLTPZYXM/^THAT'S WHAT^
ME CRAZy/ ^^^^yOU'RE GOING TO SAyV --KAFF'- yOU WANNA HEAR, I
KLTPZyXM.' ISN'T IT? My NAME J
^-^^BACKWARDS? A
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HAPPENED...
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W WHy I'VE BEEN 1 f iO Bj
■ LEADING you
Hk HERE... CALLING .
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l CANT
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WHO RESHAPED THE
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 EMPEROR JOKER #1
Cover by Ed McGuinness and Cam Smiti
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ifiOH i LADIES AND \ vfi {

P GENTLEMEN, 1
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SC

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CBOSS-EyED MOSQUITOS
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4§Ln
y4
r come beeobe you
TO STAND BEHIND you.

TO TELL you A STOBy

t KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
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IN THE MIDDLE f-
Of THE NIGHT, [ TWO DEAD BOyS
L_ I rz.r\-f I ID DO CIO.UD

BACK TO BACK, THEy

EACED EACH OTHER
IE you DO NOT BELIEVE
THIS LIE, IT'S TBUE/

ASK THE BLIND LADy

ON THE CONNER'

SHE -
SAW IT,
TOO/ '
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lpp|
fr you WERE
r EXPECTING "IN ”
THE BEGINNING, THE
JOKER CREATED
k THE HEAVEN AND
wm ^fgj
wL. THE EARTH"?/ /

r WHO yA^
TALKIN' TO,
k MISTER J.?
* THAT'S ^
EMPEROR
MISTER X,
My BABE-IN-
kWAITING. > |£MV£

V CAN’T >
HEAR yOU,
W. LExy^
Br GREAT
f GREEN GOBS 1
' OF GREASy GRIMy 1
GOPHER GUTS,
MUTILATED MONKEy
k MEAT, ALL THE ,
L THINGS WE LOVE A
^^TO EAT... •

r NO ^
FUNNy. NO
L MONEy. i
-AND THE MOON THE MOON. HEADQUARTERS FOR My J.L.A.
AT NIGHT. THE JOKER LEAGUE OF ANARCHS

HMM... TECWMICALLH THAT

WOULD BE T.J.L.O.A.

WELL, TECHNICALLY
I COULD JUST
REINVENT THE
ALPHABET.

T My ^
MEMORIES
MAV BE A
LITTLE F06&V, kEARTH..
vMXVZPTUC -A

W - BUT,
f X KNOW THE '
JOKER DOESN'T
HAVE THE POWER
k TO ALTER a
^REAUTi/. A
Zf IN FACT,"^
V HE DOESN'T 1
■ HAVE ANV
k \ POWERS AT /
^^ALL. V
Boy, DO
you BOTH 1
HAVE A LOT TO
LEARN ABOUT J
INSANITY. V
RIGHT ^
WW NOW, THOUGH, '
VBf WE'VE GOTTA
GET OFF THIS
M DUST BALL AND
IB, BACK TO i
F"THINK
you can
MANAGE R 7f—
THAT, TIN / I /?
k Guy ?y / — ■r THERE>
BELIEVE I'l rIS NO "trv:
, SAVING .BLAH BLAH
N^BLAH.^

Jw^/A i k Y /®r

1 \fiCE
2? ^
 ONE OF TUB PERKS
OF BEING 'THE BIG V
IS t GET MS OWN
EOyAL COUET.

CUT MySELF A NEW DECK.

SCORCH/-
A uorry.
BOUNTy/- My
GOON FOE HIEE.

GORGEOUS
GILLy/-- take a
GANDEE.. EWW.

SKIZM/- MASTER OF
MAETIAL ARTS MAHHEM.

ADDED SOME
VACATIONS ON
AN OLD THEME:

POISONOUS IVy/- MEAN, Y T DON'T^

GEEEN FIGHTING MACHINE. " LIKE THIS. IT
FEELS LIKE
v WE'RE RUNNING
ENIGMA/- IEEATIONAL V AWAV. A
MAN OF MySTEEy.

AND BIZAEEO/-
THE WOELD'S
MIGHTIEST - ER
WHATEVEE.

r SO, S//W 1
L/P, AND LET
ME DO THE
.THINKING FOR
x WE'RE NOT \ L. A WHILE.
GOING TO BE
ABLE TO HANDLE
, ANOTHER HIT f,
Jj
rjs. LIKE THAT.
r wny ~ Fall you'VE^
SHOULD EVER DONE IS
l TRUST TRy TO MAKE /I RESTORE ^
kyou? ^ My LIFE /
^MISERABLE/'yOUR MEMORIES,
REPAIR yOUR
PAJAMAS AND
CAPE AND THIS IS
A THE THANKS .
I GET. ^

Y HEy, ^
'STEEL, LET'S
MAKE LIKE A
, TREE AND
L leave/ y

AND THEN, THERE'S IGNITION.

OOO. SLEEK. BLACK. POWER.
BABy, I COULD DRIVE THAT
CADILLAC ALL NIGHT LONG.

FUNNy PART IS - t
DON'T REMEMBER
CREATING HIM. MUST'VE
USED A FEW TOO
MANy BRAIN CELLS.

tr
i / r i

1 UW j
// ^ // ^OH, WELL,
 / NOW! \
f PUNCH IT! '
WARP FACTOR
V SOMETHING!
L GO! MOVE!]/

UGNITION.

[COULD GO
|0UT THERE
fcND PUT HIM
MDOWN. y

Y NO/ A FEW N
'MORE SECONDS
AND WE'LL BE
L OUT OF HIS
li^RANGE - /
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TUB COW BELL OP TOMOPPOW. WUALE MOWS
DOWN ANyrUING
IN ITS PATH.

AND WUBPE ONE OB My

THOUSANDS OB ACMB
TIMB BOMBS SITS ON TUB
DAlLy PLANBT.

r TUBPB'S A
1 SPBCIAL
I LITTLB r HAVE ^
I SOMBONB TO MAKE
IWUOSB LIBB IT BACK TO
I I'M TUiST ^ABBBy... >
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HILLS ARE l
ALIVE WITHJ
THE SOUND

fLEAVE ME
"be... spirits..
i HAUNT ME N(
MORE..
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r WELL, 1^ "how
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WlM

KNOW WHAT ~ DID A SWELL ’

yOU'RE BABE LIKE VOU
t THINK1N'. . HAPPEN TO RUN
. INTO A HUNK ,
k LIKE ME?" A

/ WHAT %-
' can r sAy? 1
THIS IS yOUR
, LUCKy ,
V NIGHT. J

/yEAH, Go\
f AHEAD AND >
TOUCH. CHICKS
LOVE A GUy IN i
V UNIFORM. J

^THAT'S MET VOW!

DOLL. SUPER-
DELICIOUS.

SUPERMAN?
THE GUy'S A
MURDERER!
WHATD'yA
WANT WITH ,
. HIM? J
 f I KNOW'
fe/ I'M GOING
m TO REGRET
THIS. >
W BUT, \
'could you go'
. OVER THAT ,
^ AGAIN^J
WMAyBE \
1 A LITTLE
) SLOWER.

' WHElUSUPEPMAlO- Ykl I SEE. )

ti©TES£APE,<5THEP- r and N rHARL? MAyBE^
miAllOSlOOT- Weak bizarro r you ALL JUST TORTURING AND
ESCAPEAlODMOW-x THERE is ^ THOUGHT OF THIS HUMILIATING
, APKHAMtiOHAVE- /fTHE SLIGHTEST ^VOURSELVES.^ SUPES AND THE
L SOODVIUAIlO- / CHANCE THAT . GANG/SA/T j
^SOUTSIDE. J THIS "SUPERMAN" ^ENOUGH. .J
MIGHT RALLy A
k FEW OF THESE
L. ESCAPEES, y
’ so, you ”
W MAy WISH TO
■ CONSIDER
1 DEALING WITH
^THEM AT THEIR
^WEAKEST.^

<Y WELL, \ I
( yA ALREADV \ }
(KILLED A BUNCH
^ OF 'EM,
V \PUDDIN'.
I GUESS ^
1
you COULD'
KILL A WHOLE
tadk \ BUNCH i
t4l MORE. J

f GEE. IS >
THAT WHAT
S. I SAID?''A

THAT'S
~ IT/ I COULD T
GIVE 'EM A WHOLE f MAKE A \
.AMALGAM OF NEW REAL CRISIS
^ HEADACHES. ^ FOR THOSE
. INFANTILE
w HIT 'EM O
■ RIGHT IN IkJ ^jerks/ y
 r HMPH. ^ THEVRE NOT
SHOW'S DOLLS. THEVRE
WHAT you . ACTION
L kunw A. Fi&tiBm a

REALLy, 1
If ENIGMA?
liVOU DON'T.
U

rMi
LV^SAy'
’whisper'XWI*
WHISPER jllflfl
WHISPER/^

■L DON'T I
■IV SAV! J

r HE >
DIDN'T
. sAy.J

MMFLPHPLUG/
y but you Nj r AND ^
'HAVE GIVEN ME ALL THAT
SOMETHING TO THINKING
i THINK ABOUT, MAKES ME
kV LExy. sLIUNORV.y
 yuM, ^
r yuM. dim
SUM. CHINESE
FOOD MADE
L FROM REAL
k CHINESE, y
STall of h
^ THEM. Mk

OKAy,
~ JOKER, yOU'VE
JUST WIPED OUT
THE PEOPLE'S
k REPUBLIC OF .
CHINA. \A
WHAT ARE
you GOING
^B TO DO i
NEXT?
AND THE ^
Jk
r FIRST ONE OF you
WHO EVEN THINKS
. "I'M GONG TO
^ HAPPVLAND" - A
“ GETS 1
TO BE
: |teiDESSERT...J
 'C'MON,
IT'S TIME I 1 AFRAID I
SMALLVILLE. TO WAKE ■ V NOT F
V UP. >
^^1 WAS ^
r on My WAy i
r TO THE MOON
WHEN I SAW
.IGNITION BLOW
L you OUT OF A
THE SKy.jk

I HAD ^
'My SHIP PLUCK ’
you, THE STEEL
MAN, AND THE
LITTLE GUy
L OUT OF THE i
~ BUT... ^
yOU CALLED ME
"SMALL VILLE". ...
w* ...you ^
^MUST REMEMBER '
WHO WE ARE
AND WHAT WE'VE
.MEANT TO EACH .
k. OTHER! ^

WE'RE IN \
SMALLVILLE.
as

' LANECOR
73^ OWNS THIS
LAND. MOST
V«r_40F THE STATE,
O^NkACTUALLy.

you SEEM...
DISAPPOINTED.
► LOOK, *4
~ IF IT MAKES
you FEEL ANy
BETTER, I AM
STARTING TO
BELIEVE THAT
.SOMETHING IS
k WRONG. ^

- SOMETHING
IS... WRONG?
MXyZPTLK. r I KNEW >
THE PEOPLE
, - WHO LIVED WHERE
KNHWcTH^MHRE,. ARE
J-HEV?

r HEy. you _
WANNA TAKE IT
EASy ON THE I ALREADY'
L EARDRUMS? TOLD yOU. I
HAD... NOTHING
TO DO WITH
V THIS. ^

THE...
JOKER?

Y THAT'S^
NOT GOOD,Y BUT ^
WE'VE GOT
ENOUGH. I 1'v
WANT THE TO -
.TRUTH. ALL
Lof /r.'J
 /stop me IF ^
ryOU'VE HEARD MOW, THE
, THIS ONE . /JOKER HAD MADE
^BEFORE. ^ ( HIS CAREER OUT OF
—V MAKING BATMAN
I AM an"^ -BATTy. /
/ IMP FROM 1 / so, x -ml
1 THE 5TH j / FIGURED, JUST
^DIMENSION. J
FOR LAUGHS, WHAT T
IF I GAVE HIM My k
POWERS AND SET HIM J
V LOOSE ON yOUR La
/ IUSED^ N. WORLD?
f TO DROP IN '
EVERy TO DAyS
. OR SO TO
V DRIVE you 1
\mad.JL
/y'KNOW/^
f SEE HOW ~
SOMEBODy ELSE
i WOULD DO AT .
rAh, THOSE ' L. MV JOB. A
WERE THE
GOOD OLD
^ DAyS. V
WLOOK, I'M ^
f NOT AN IDIOT.
7 WE'D HAVE^ I PLANNED ON
SOME LAUGHS GIVING HIM ONLy
AT yOUR , A LITTLE OF
L My POWER. A
^LIKE \%.
- PLAy ^
' SOME GAMES LIKE
yOU TRICKING ME
, TO SAy My NAME
^BACKWARDS - >
"mtiBF- and i'dS
Ljfllfi GET SENT ,
■((!((iPk. HOME. J
OVER V
! if (7 AND OVER \
lift AND OVER J
■■^AGAIN. A
THAT'S WHEN'S
r I LEARNED THAT T
JUST BECAUSE THE
JOKER IS INSANE,
. DOESN'T MEAN .
L HE ISN'T
m^SMART/ TRI

X ABOUT ^
' SIXTy-NINE T
SECONDS LATER,
HE REMADE yOUR
^ WORLD IN HIS 1
ABOUT “ BUT T kL'^AGE. klp STUFFED
)n .- THERE ARE > l IN A CLOSET ■
_-rf JUST SO MANy ON THE ¥
9B| times you CAN ^ MOON. /
Km LEAD A HORSE
TO WATER - A r * AND ^
g / I WENT WE ALL LIVED
f- AND g /off to see the UNHAPPILy EVER
TEACH AN g I JOKER IN HIS HOME AFTER WITHOUT
.OLD DOG NEW # l AWAy FROM HOME COMMERCIAL
■L TRICKS. f \ AT ARKHAM > ^INTERRUPTIONS!^
XS&y IN OTHER ^ 3- ASVLUM;s/
WORDS, I GOT / THE \
. BORED, s / FACT THAT THEy
^^FsUDDENLy, \ . 7 HAD MOVED HIM TO C
Sg&( X HAD THIS THE SLAB IN NEW C
3C& BRILLIANT Jr yORK CITy SHOULD'VE p
ggk-\ IDEA. / , TIPPED ME OFF THAT /
\ THIS WAS NOT /
\ GOING TO GO jL
Newell...
...BUT, rM>
7 A "NEVER SAV ^
I DIE" KINDA GUy, ff
\AND I PRESSED M
X. ON.
 Wl HAVE TO^
f ADMIT, EVEN1 ^MORONSr
FOR you, THIS I'VE GOT MORONS
L IS HARD TO ) ^ ON My TEAM!^--
^ THE
k BELIEVE. A ACTUALLy r JOKER, HOWEVER,^
f GRASP THE CONCEPT 1 DOESN'T CARE/ HE'S A
THAT IF yOU OBLITERATE
V REALITy, THEN THERE'S ) HOMICIDAL
\\ NOBODy LEFT TO A S^MAMIAC/^
' X. PLAy WITH/X/^^^X.

v (fg~ Jg\
HJS
you'VE^^V ■
▼NEVER BEEN ALL) \
1 POWERFUL, HOW ■
1 COULD THE L^m
^^^jokerbe^IJB
.

nT^-THt ^
u LONGER THE \
JOKER HAS My
POWER, THE MORE
COMFORTABLE HE
^BECOMES WITH Z
until!
r SOONER THAN !
yOU THINK, HE'LL BE
ABLE TO DOMINATE ,
v ALL TIME AND J
SPACF7

BUT, IF
'y WHAT you WANT ^
fTO DO IS SIT AROUND!
[ BOOGERVILLE, KANSAS]
l WATCHING THE J
L CORN GROW AND A
^ DOUBTIhJG /
WE'RE
^■/^WE getX GOING TO NEED '
|« ( yOUR POINT, ) HELP. AQUAMAN,
k" V MXyZPTLK. y . WONDER a
^ DKAy, I'LL ^ k. WOMAN - A
'THOSE
BITE. HOW DO WE' VILLAINS?'
.TAKE ON THE ALL,
k MIGHTy? A

T' THEy WERE

ONCE THE WORLD'S
GREATEST HEROES,
k LOIS. A
^^AND THEy
/TcAN BE THAT)
^ \AGAlN7y
r that ^ JUST as^^H
WAS OUR ~ I CAN SENSE\
LOT IN LIFE, within you,
. I'M SURE SUPERBOy, THAT
L OF IT. y .you ARE OF GOOD,
L AND NOBLE A
SPIRIT.

yEAH,
/ WELL, I DO \
' LIKE you CALLING
ME "SUPERBOV."
L IT HAS KIND OF ,
\ A RING TO J

/ MAVBE, \
LIKE yOU SAID,
IF WE FIND
SUPERMAN, HE
CAN CLEAR ALL
v. this up. y
WONDER WOMAN by Diana Prince THE FLASH
MARTIAN MANHUNTER by John Jones ^PLASTIC MAN_by Eel O'Brien GREEN LANTERN by Hal Jordan
 THAT'S
VTHEM?.

W it- ^
NO. THEy rTHEy could’
DESERVE BE MADE
MAyBE
IT'S ME, BETTER.. TO SEE THE ,f ~ WE ^
TRUTH, AS I / CAN REKINDLE
BUT VHAVE ~~A WHAT HAS
/ .T THINK^
' WHAT THE L BEEN LOST
LADy WANTS
L TO KNOW i
?wls" 4
HAVE
■►f VOU GOT
A PLAN
■k "B"?!s

THEy ARE LEGENDS -

NO MATTER WHAT THE
V JOKER HAS DONE y
W TO THEM. y

Y I'M ^
r GOING TO
ASK THEM -
, TELL THEM
► to help/^

IWAIT. 1 Ir you ^
r HAVEN'T r WE ^
~WHAT^ TOLD ME WHAT , SHOULD GET
ABOUT k HAPPENED TO k GOING. >
BATMAN? \BATMAN. /

EVERy
f SECOND WE T
WASTE, THE JOKER
GROWS MORE
k AND MORE .
k. POWERFUL... \A
 r so, ^
WHAT'DyAl
.L&oys?J
sAy, J

i suppose you'RE V THIS BEING '

WONDERING WHy X ONE OF THE
CULLED you ALL FEW TIMES
‘HERE TODAy. > THREE OF A
lKIND ACTUALLy;
L- MAKES - A
7 -- A FULL1
l HOUSE.

f I ALWAyS HAD 1
THE SENSE THAT THE
, REAL BRAINS BEHIND
L "MATS HIS NAMEl
rs\AND ROBIN ~"^A
- WERE ^
P7 you Boys. so,l
f V MOW ABOUT J
J IT? \A

Y WHEN
r LIFE'S THIS "
GOOD, HOW
DO X MAKE IT
WORSE FOR
. EVERyBODy J
k- ELSE? A

yOUVE GOT
SOMETHING
. TO SAy, .
LrOBIN*2?^ WELL,
f GANG, SEEMS 1
I'VE GOT A LOT
OF WORK ,
L AHEAD OF ME A
now.
you WERE
VTHE NAUGHT*l I Oh, AND
Inightwing^J

Y I LIKED \
~ you so >
MUCH BETTER
IN THOSE
, LITTLE GREEN,
k. SHORTS. A
 Fl DIDN'T^
COME HERE
LTO FIGHT! .

I'LL WRAP
HIM UP IN
XELEPHANT!

r VOU >
RAN OUT AND you^^i
ON US AT JUST WALTZ IN \
- ARKHAM. HERE, TRACKING IN HOLD ^
MUD. DO you HAVE r HIM DOWN! r 1
ANy IDEA HOW MUCH SMELL DONUTS
TIME I SPENT , L IN HIS .
L WAXING THESE A ^ POCKETS! Jk
FLOORS?!^d|
/ yES, i >
'LEFT ARKHAM.
BUT, TO
i LEARN THE
\TRUTH! y

'Oh, GOODy,
ISN'T THIS
.WONDERFUL?
 WE'VE MADE
IT THIS FAR ~ you
v WITHOUT , PROBABLy
'V you. VWANT A SHARE )
\ OF THE k

/ if you na
/ARE STUCK AT '
"the office, the
. LEAST you
L COULD DO .
k IS CALL! A

^HEy, DD^
~ SOMEBODy
DROP A HAM
1
.SANDWICH OVER,
EL THERE? \A
f ip you
f WOULD JUST
Wl TOLD ^
r you this1
WAS A WASTE
OPEN yOUR EyES, L OF TIME, .
, yOU’D SEE HOW ksuPERMAN/^
^RIDICULOUS you.
i^SOUND! ZA

bv ^
NEPTUNE'S
'LISTEN
I TO ME! m
WHISKERS/
7 WATER!%

f DON'T
you SEE, IT'S
ALREADy TOO ,
V. LATE! ZA
Pi SERVED^
'DINNER HOURS
AGO AND NOW
L IT'S GONE ,
k- COLD. A
 I KNOW* \J LANE- A
WHO VOU ' CORP DOES™
ARE, MISS MORE TO
7 LANE!j. PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT
THAN ANVONE ,
f ELSE! ^

vou a
1 KEEP THE 1
'OCEANS CLEANV
I SO PEOPLE
l WANT TO SWIM i
17 IN IT! JV

XHE SLICES!\
' HE DICES! '
HAVE yOUR CREDIT
CARD READy FOR
V. THIS INCREDIBLE i
N. OFFER/ -A

Excuse met
you ARE
BLOCKING SUPERMAN!
My VIEW!.

) JUST HOLD it
EVERVBODV!,
f iFyouu V“
f JUST HEAR ME |
OUT, I PROMISE J
\WE’LL LEAVE^^g
 I KNOW r but, you ^
f yOU'VE GOT > r IT'S HARD TO THINK 1 WERE NOT
THEIR ATTENTION, RIGHT NOW. AND WHAT ALWAyS LIKE: you ARE 1
k THIS'D BETTER a I'M SAVING SOUNDS ,\T THIS. VHEROES, NOT yOU'VE ACTED^
L. BE GOOD. A k INCONCEIVABLE.^/ Vvillains. SELFLESSLy '
. COUNTLESS TIMES
^ QUIET, v TO SAVE THE 1
.MXyZPTLK! V EARTH
AND THIS
WORLD NEEDS VS-
you AGAIN. b*.
. NOW, MORE W0,
kw THAN- V A

r LOOKS
SUPERBOy! >
LIKE WE'VE
, HIT THE (THIS ISN'T WHAT
LJACKPOT! u wanted/ j.

/ you ^
WANTED ME TO
FIND SUPERMAN
k AND I DID! >
NOW V
M I'M GOING \
W\ CLEAN HIS A
CLOCK. Jj

LANECORPXQM
BUILT THIS Xj
BUILDING.
W' THOSE KIDS^M
I FRACTURED THE
V.MAIN SUPPORT iS
BEAM. 4*T
0^0 WE'VE
GOT ABOUT ^
THREE SECONDS
^ l BEFORE WE'RE
\ BURIED a
CSx V. ALIVE! y

y SUPERBOy, ^
HOW COULD you
. HAVE BEEN SO
^THOUGHTLESS..?>

f BUT... 1...^
.DIDN'T MEAN
X. TO... Ai
 rAN INSIGNIFICANT^
SPEC ON THE PLANET '
"EARTH" HAS STUMBLED
ONTO SOMETHING
, WHICH IS, By j
VrIGHT, MIN^y
K I REFER To/^%
/ OF COURSE - 1
WANTT-lTff
LrQUATTON.J

Pgantheta. you ALL SO, ACTING ON^i

f SHAZAM. f KNOW WHAT WILL 'r BEHALF OF THE 1
I HIGHFATHER. HAPPEN SHOULD THIS COMBINED UNIVERSES,
l ZEUS. l JOKER REALIZE ITS I WANT yOUR WORD
{ PHANTOM , \TRUE POTENTIAL.A, THAT you WILL NOT
LstrangerJ V INTERFERE IN My ,
TASK. 7
 /THE BAD \ 1
/ news is you v
7ARE ABOUT A DAy\
I LATE AND A DOLLAR'
i SHORT TO PICK ,
L upyouRVERy i
L OWN ANTI-LIEE A
^^EQUATION. >T

BUT, THE^^
r GOOD NEWS 1
' IS, I’M LOOKING
FOR A LAWN
, JOCKEV FOR OUT
L IN FRONT OF My )
K"HA-HACIENDA.y
B^and withX p--& •.
r A NEW COAT V/^EITHER^X
[OF PAINT, yOU’Dr THAT OR AS A \
l LOOK SORT OF HOOD ORNAMENT,
kSPIFFy IN THE A I CAN'T 1
V ROLE. IDE^^j

WATCHIN' \%
youR I
i^GAME... 7
y..DRINKlf^
l A SUDS... j
 CAN'T~
MAKE THIS
DECISION
kfor you.

I CAN
T ONLyASK '
FOR you TO TRy
TO BELIEVE IN
k yOURSELVES i
k AGAIN.
_ TO TURN
f AWAy FROM
\v :_ !i THE DARKNESS
THAT THE JOKER
| * 4 \ L HAS BLINDED .
k you WITH - A
l | | J AND let"^
T THE LIGHT THAT
SHINES WITHIN
l you -- WITHIN US
\AU - BURST a
FREE. \A

!
f WHAT IF yOU
[ARE all a bunchJ
1
T WHAT IF ^
^OF VILLAINS? M yOU'RE WRONG,
S AND THE^
W JOKER IS THE
ONE TRUE THING
11 k SUPERMAN ?N

Ik, THAT MAKES IT .

W^ALL WORK? A

W what^H
■ IF I'M ■
Z^RIGHT?^
AND
r WE'VE DONE
NOTHING TO
STOP THE
TyRANNy AND
Lsuffering?^
y "...ASK >i
f WHAT VOU '
CAN DO FOR
L HOUR ,
 WHAT A
MAROON/
► WHAT A ~
Ininkcowpoop/

7 - FOOLs
you TRULy
-.ARE. >

r yOU'VE GIVEN ”
THEM THE ONE
. THING THEy NEED f WHAT'S 1
Lto topple youR j rTHE MATTER
FMPIPF l with you,
L LEX? A
W DON'T*!
■ you 1
& GET THE 1
P JOK£?~J
y THIS
' ISN'T THE \ a
BEGINNING
i OF THE JH
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1 ''MITOKER CITV HARBOR. ■
formerly known ■
L " AS GOTHAM CITV. I
|T7 DEAD OF NIGHT._|
V
^ THIS ' i!SUPERMAN!
WAS A GREAT
V PLAN. . Y THESE ■M
JOKER-FACED 1
^ IF THE
PLAN WAS
1 PIRANHAS
[APPEARED OUT OF
'
L. NOWHERE/ A
TO GET US
. KILLED.'

tmt* I juMr yj f

Im

\ffiB
 I HATE
TO TAKE THE V
LIFE OF ANV M
CREATURE -
W- - BUT
r VM SURE
g THESE PIRANHAS
I AREN'T EVEN
m. REAL. >

^ WHATRE \ 3^^ x 7W/A/K th

i/OU TALKING } r HB W/1S MORE \
ABOUT? OF 1 REFERRING TO THE}
COURSE THEVRE [MAGICAL NATURE
ST REAL! y i OF THE .
P I'VE ^ k. CREATURES^d
/ GOT THE 1
Lb/TE /VMRKS oa/ '
ft MV BUTT TO .
Ik, PROVE /77 ^

JH|HvJjI KNEw\
oh.

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WimH1 \jq
> I KNOW
VOU CAN READ MV
^ THOUGHTS^ <

’ AQUALUNG
LAD! WE'RE
SHOVING
f OFF!
/ BUT
THERE'S NOTHING]
, FOR US 1
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'THAT'S IT, ^
MISS LANE/1
CAN FEEL IT
STARTING TO
\ GIVE-ty>
 9HE EMPEROR'S r BUT IT'S
WTHRONE ROOM. NOT FAIR,
THE HA-HACIENDA. LPUDDINLj
JOKER CITV. THAT'S
"EMPEROR" PUDDIN”
TO you, My BABE ,
^ IN WAITING. A

ryOU’VE GOT THE WHOLE

WORLD AND ALL I WANT
IS A LITTLE PLACE OF My
L OWN ON THE JERSEy
SHORE.
J UlARLEyBURG) ~ IT'S ^
LIST A LITTLE
irry-Birry

rONE SEC. TIME SKIZM?^ FUNNy!’

. FOR ROLL . ►-LAD'J---'^^ LEAVE THE GORGEOUS] ^ WHy \
^ CALL!^ ^PRESENT,
-- HAPPy \ JOKES TO ^ GILLy.Jf r DON'T you ~
bizarro^B
youR V TO BE HERE. \ME, KID.J COME UP AND SEE
JOKERSHIP. 'HECK, I'M HAPPy^^^fl k ME SOMETIME, .
L TO BE k^BIG Boy.^
^AN>AVHERE:J^^M
 WOULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO
.THIS MORON WHO IS BLEEDING ALL. r WAIT. ~
V OVER MV FLOOR X FORGOT.
- THAT I KILLED HIM.
vHE'S DEAD
^^^^WHEN HIS NAME \
IS CALLED HE IS ) >• WELL... <
^ SUPPOSED TO J ( I'LL JUST '
^^^^RESPOND/C— l HAVE TO FIX;
X THAT. V

NOW, THEN, you WERE

I SAVING SOMETHING, I
HARLEy? ^
OB >tfa^ULP^\5^
iSjfi flW-HEH-
I4* IT WAS^^I
R. (IK NOTHIN', yOUR 1
Mil ROyAL, EMPEROR 1
■mJOKER, PUDDIN'^

I /NOBODy -X
/AND I MEAN \
NOBODV— |
I TREATS ■
/V LEX LUTHOR /
/ \THIS
I KNOW
/ THE TRUTH. \
7 yOU'RE NOTHING.!
yOU'RE NOT AN
EMPEROR. yOU'RE
NOTHING MORE THAN
AN INMATE AT
 1 MW THEN, WE'RE^^P
AGREED. WHILE ^
Lm MXyZPTLK CONSERVES]
■ ■ HIS POWER, OUR JOB I
Rm IS TO KEEP THE A
I^P^tokerBusy,
you
CAN LEAVE \PgnOD V
THAT TO ME AsuPERBOy,
^AND STEEL/ suPERGIRL AND
X WILL TRy TO
■ £ \ FIND
■ '::K BATMAN.S

r STILL ALIVE, >

HE'S OUR LAST
BEST HOPE OF
.DEFEATING THE >
R JOKER.

-ookT^
W J&Kj I'VE gone'
^ ALONG WITH
ALL OF THIS j
SO FAR^J
TICAN'T SAy THAT*'
I REMEMBER EVERyTHINC
ABOUT WHAT yOU'VE TOLD U

HOW WE WERE HEROES AND I'M EVEN WILLING ^ THE LANE CORP ^
LONCE, NOT CRIMINALS. TO Buy THAT SOME TELE-PLUGS INTERFERE
IMP FROM THE FIFTH WITH THAT ,
L DIMENSION IS I ^TRANSMISSION^
IRRESPONSIBLE^
BUT,
IM^when all of us
UB^were wearing
THOSE
TRANSMITTER
PLUGS AND
jHEr WE COULD HEAR
Impeach other -
- how ■<]
■ST COME WE "
Wf COULDN'T HEAR
M THIS LOIS i
^^LANET^d

W' SEZ
f'you. HOW DO 1
WE KNOW WE
CAN TRUST HER?\

yOU DON'T HAVE TO

DON'T HAVE STICK UP FOR ME,
.TO ANSWER ^SUPERMAN.
R that.
 'what the ~
SHE DIDN'T
ANSWER My
^QUESTION!

IT'S
Recalled faith,}
SUPERBOy.^j
n^^iFyou
f BELIEVE IN ^
SUPERMAN, yOU'VE
L GOT TO BELIEVE j
fc^lN LOIS.^^^
 i GIVE
. IT UP, NOW,
SUPERMAN -

r EVEN WORSE ^
1 THAN MXyZPTLK 1
^DESCRIBED^^
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J.M. MIKE ARMANDO

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 The

I t has long been my considered opinion that the responsibility of the

comic book creator is to evoke a sobering experience of growth in
the reader with roots steeped in the dramaturgical legacy of Ibsen
and Chekhov, swollen with gravitas and verisimilitude. These are
troubled times, and the modern audience craves morality tales that
will help guide them through the maelstrom of this conflicted age with
solemnity and security. To provide any less than the transformative
horror of an inescapable anagnorisis in each comic book is an
unforgivable violation of the compact between creator and reader. It is

A
also a score for the terrorists.

comic creator has the ability, and the responsibility, to prepare

their readers for the brutal truths of reality by presenting said
brutality through the frosted lens of the "action adventure genre,"
though I am loathe to use the terms "action" or "adventure" as there is no
place for either in the lives of decent people. For example, if there are no
aspirational characters in comic book tales, readers will learn to accept
the traits of selfishness and cynicism in others, especially their leaders,
without the usual nagging discomfort. By repressing the instinct to
infuse imagination into comic books, the creators send a powerful
message that one should not bother to imagine a better life for one’s self
and rather work to maintain the status quo. If there is no humor, "witty”
repartee, or outspoken characters with dissenting opinions, the reader
will divine that silence and obedience in the face of oppression, tragedy,
and wrong are valuable traits guaranteeing success and acceptance in

T
our society. What greater gift can one give to a stranger?

ake this missive as your call to arms, ye students of the anti hero,
the tragic turn, the post modern dissection of the heroic paradigm!
With such a critical mission at hand, insist that comedy be stricken
from modern comic s along with great feats of derring do, and especially
unfettered imagination, for whimsy too easily derails the engine of
sophistic authenticity. From this day forth, let the word "comics” pass
your lips only to identify those lowbrow street performers like John
Stewart, Robin Williams, or Peter Sellers! Instead, call our beloved medium
DRAMICS, and insist upon the accurate depiction of life’s woes so that our
children and our children's children will never tie another towel around
their necks and attempt to fly, but always walk in a straight line, looking
obediently at their feet and counting the steps toward an unremarkable
life and inevitable disappointing death.

Yours in abstemiousness,

PROFESSOR B. IZARRO
cc: Joseph Kelly
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