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Robin II: The Joker’s Wild #1           Variant Comic  
Featuring the Variant #1 Cover by Matt Wagner, with the Joker where he belongs… in a Strait Jacket!  Awesome!!
Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Tom Lyle
Inker: Bob Smith
Colorist: Adrienne Roy
Letterer: Tim Harkins
Editors: Dennis O’Neil & Kelley Puckett
Variant Cover #1 by: Matt Wagner

The Joker is on the loose, and with Batman out of town, it falls to Robin to stop him before he destroys Gotham. This second Robin limited series begins with the Joker once again breaking out of Arkham Asylum. Then, with the help of a captured computer genius, the Joker breaks into the city’s computers, infecting them with a cleverly-written virus. Unless the city pays his ransom, he threatens to shut it down.

Each issue came with up to five different covers, many of which featured special holograms. In addition, DC packaged the various editions together in a number of regular and deluxe “Collector’s Edition” sets.

Story/Spoilers
In issue #1, “The Funniest Thing Happened…”, At Arkham Asylum, bureaucrats debate whether or not the Joker should be allowed to visit his mother. Conditions are arranged so that his mother can visit him in the asylum, but when a bible she gifts him turns out to be a device that expels Joker Gas into the room, things go awry. The Joker manages to escape, and his ‘mother’ is simply a man under his influence. Meanwhile Robin goes on his first patrol in Gotham City without the accompaniment of Batman, who is in Rio De Janeiro. Things are slow until he notices that the Bat-Signal is lit. When he arrives at Gotham City Police Headquarters, Commissioner Gordon is disappointed that Batman isn’t with him, especially since it’s the Joker who’s escaped. Tim is unsure of his readiness to deal with the Joker on his own, but Alfred tries to be reassuring. The next day, Tim goes to school, where he is invited to a party by a jock named Karl. He turns down the invite, but he disappoints his real friends when he has to turn down plans with them too for his duties as Robin. That night, he goes to Arkham to investigate the Joker’s cell. Inside, he finds a number of computer related magazines, and wonders what reason they might be of interest to the Joker. He finds a number of references to a Dr. Osgood Pellinger, who has theories about the pervasiveness of computers.  Robin stakes out Pellinger’s home and follows him when he goes out in his car at a suspiciously late hour. Unfortunately, Dr. Pellinger’s car is scooped up by a plow driven by the Joker, and he is kidnapped. Robin jumps down onto the hood of the plow, and the Joker is surprised to see him alive, not realizing that there have been other Robins before. He knocks the boy off of the vehicle and escapes. Tim is worried that the Joker will realize that Batman is out of Gotham, and go on a rampage. In order to keep him in line, Tim and Alfred agree to form a plan that will convince the Joker that Batman is still in the city.

… story continues in Robin II: The Joker’s Wild (1991) Issues #2-4.  DC Comics

Featuring the Variant 1 Cover by Matt Wagner, with the Joker where he belongs… in a Straight Jacket!   Awesome!!

Variant Comic is bagged & triple boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: DC Comics
Publication Date: 1991
Format: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.75″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: Variant Comic is in Very Fine to Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Robin and/or Joker collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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