Comic Title: Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 3 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2008
On Sale Date: July 2, 2008 Direct Market Date July 2, 2008
Source: Previews, #234

Direct Market Date July 2, 2008
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 528
Editor: Bob Joy

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The House the Joker Built"
Pages: 14

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #365 (1967)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #364; next appearance in Batman #194)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Teen Titans #10; next appearance in Batman #194)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #363; next appearance in Batman #194)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #364; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #168)

Villain(s)

• Joker (last appearance in Batman #191; next appearance in Batman #200)
• Joker's henchmen (Lensy named; no further appearances)
• Various underworld crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Harry (an informant; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Joker begins selling Joker merchandise and competing against Batman. When the Caped Crusaders arrive to battle him, the Joker intentional stages fights with them. The villain is capturing the fights on camera and selling the program to the underworld. Batman is lured into a trap, but he is able to capture the Joker anyway. With the crooks in jail, the Joker's television program is off the air.