Joker Vol. 1 #02

Description

Synopsis

The Joker teams up with Willie the Weeper when Willie breaks him out of Arkham. The Joker then helps him steal platinum but is thwarted by Gordon.

Plot

The Joker has broken out of Arkam Asylum for the fifth time, and this time the warden fires Benny and Marvin for their incompetence.

Meanwhile in Joker’s Ha-Hacienda the Joker and Willie the Weeper talk about why Willie sprung the clown prince. Willie has a problem every time he commits a crime he starts to cry and this usually leads to him being caught. The Joker decides to help him with his affliction and his first crime is to steal the gumballs and the change from a gumball machine.

During the crime, Willie starts crying and drops the coins, this leads to Benny and Marvin noticing the Joker and trying to commit a citizen’s arrest, but they are outsmarted by the Joker, and he gets away.

Soon back at the Ha-Hacienda Willie reveals his big plan to steal Sandor Cleeve’s platinum by melting the metal and pouring it out of the basement. Unknown to the villains, Benny and Marvin are hired as Cleeve’s newest security team.

At the Cleeve building, Benny recognizes the Joker’s unique walk and tries to arrest him, but the Joker outsmarts him again. This time tying him up, gagging him and dressing Benny to look like the Joker himself. Then the police and Marvin show up and take away Benny instead of looking for the real Joker.

Willie’s plan seems to work, and the metal is melted down and put into a water truck for the escape, but later Joker reveals that he switched the truck and Willies just had plan water. This makes Willie cry again and the Joker makes a escape again.

The Joker doesn’t get far as Gordon and the Gotham Police Department set up a roadblock. It seems Marvin realized the Joker had tricked him and followed him and lead the police to find him.