Comic Title: Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2019
On Sale Date: December 5, 2018 Direct Market Date December 5, 2018
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Direct Market Date November 14, 2018
Source: Previews, #356

Direct Market Date November 14, 2018
Source: DC Previews, #1

Cover Price: $125.00
Page Count: 792
Editor: Alex Galer

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Happy Victims"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted From:
Batman #52 (1949)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #52; next appearance in Detective Comics #146)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #52; next appearance in Detective Comics #146)
• Alfred Beagle (last appearance in Batman #52; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #93)

Villain(s)

• Joker (last appearance in Batman #50; next appearance in Batman #53)
• Joker's henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Carlin, Mr. Stark, and Nick Weston (the Joker's victims; no further appearances)

Comments:
The Joker drives the Jokermobile, a copy of the Batmobile with the Joker's face on the front, in this story.

Synopsis:
The Joker begins a series of crimes in which his robbery victims refuse to press charges because they found his crime funny. Suspicious, Batman sets up Bruce Wayne as the next victim. As expected the Joker calls Wayne and tells him to laugh. In return Joker promises to return twice what he stole. Bruce complies which puzzles Dick Grayson.

Dick becomes Robin and attempts to follow the Joker, but he is captured. Batman rescues him, then explains that the Joker was running a blackmail scheme on other thieves. He pretended that Bruce was an art thief, so that the Joker would target him. Once Batman and Robin escape the Joker's death trap, they apprehend the crook.