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The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #9

DC · Series began 2022 · August 2023

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Dates

Cover date: August 2023
On sale: June 6, 2023
In stores: June 6, 2023
Pages: 44

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Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #9 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition

Barcode 76194137651600911
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Christian Ward Variant Cover

Barcode 76194137651600931
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Chokoo! & Danny Miki Variant Cover

Barcode 76194137651600941
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Lee Bermejo Variant Cover

Barcode 76194137651600921
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Creators

pencils: Carmine Di Giandomenico, Mateus Manhanini, Howard Porter, Jorge Jiménez, Francesco Francavilla, Taurin Clarke, JonBoy Meyers, Jeff Dekal, Simone Di Meo, David Nakayama, Otto Schmidt, Francis Manapul, Javier Rodríguez, Matt Taylor, Michael Cho, Clay Manninks: Carmine Di Giandomenico, Mateus Manhanini, Howard Porter, Jorge Jiménez, Francesco Francavilla, Taurin Clarke, Matt Taylor, Javier Rodríguez, Francis Manapul, Otto Schmidt, Michael Cho, David Nakayama, Simone Di Meo, Jeff Dekal, JonBoy Meyers, Clay Manncolors: Carmine Di Giandomenico, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Mateus Manhanini, Hi-Fi, Jorge Jiménez, Francesco Francavilla, Taurin Clarke, Matt Taylor, Otto Schmidt, Francis Manapul, Javier Rodríguez, JonBoy Meyers, Michael Cho, Jeff Dekal, Simone Di Meo, David Nakayama, Alejandro Sánchezscript: Matthew Rosenberg, Andy Muschiettiletters: Tom Napolitano

Stories

Untitled · 22 pages
In the sewers under Gotham, the Joker battles against Killer Croc. Meanwhile, the other Joker has returned from Los Angeles and both Jokers start to recruit allies for the coming confrontation between the two Jokers. Meanwhile, an old ally helps Jason Todd escape from a prison transport.
A Clown Is Born! · 8 pages
During a battle with Batgirl, the Joker falls to his apparent death. While everyone else believes that the Joker is dead, Jim Gordon obsesses over the belief that the Joker is still alive.

Publisher’s description

What’s big and scary and lives in the sewers? In Gotham City, a lot of things. But the Joker is going to war with the biggest scariest of them all—Killer Croc! Plus, Red Hood is being set up to take a fall at Blackgate Prison…and his only hope of survival may just be someone from his past.

Reprinted in

The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing (2023), The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing: The Complete Series (2024)