The Joker: Devil's Advocate

The Joker: Devil's Advocate
Cover to The Joker: Devil's Advocate. Art by Graham Nolan.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Format	One-shot
Genre	Superhero, crime
Publication date	1996
No. of issues	1
Main character(s)	The Joker Batman Robin James Gordon
Creative team
Created by	Chuck Dixon Graham Nolan
Written by	Chuck Dixon
Artist(s)	Graham Nolan
Inker(s)	Scott Hanna
Letterer(s)	John Constanza
Colorist(s)	Pat Garrahy
Editor(s)	Scott Peterson
Collected editions
The Joker: Devil's Advocate	ISBN 1-56389-240-5

The Joker: Devil's Advocate is an American one-shot superhero comic book written by Chuck Dixon and drawn by Graham Nolan, published by DC Comics in 1996.^[1] Several recurring characters of the Batman family appear in the story, such as Robin, James Gordon, Barbara Gordon, and Alfred Pennyworth.

The post office puts out a new set of postage stamps commemorating famous comedians, but some of the sets have Joker Venom on the back; people who lick them die grinning. The Joker, who's angry about not having his own stamp, takes hostages at the post office, and is captured by Batman. The DA decides to try Joker for murder, and he's found guilty and sentenced to death. Batman, however, believes that Joker wasn't the one who poisoned the stamps, and he sets out to find the real killer, even though doing so would save the Joker's life.

• Batman
• Robin
• The Joker
• James Gordon
• Alfred Pennyworth
• Barbara Gordon
• Harvey Bullock
• Renee Montoya
• Billy Pettit
• Sarah Essen-Gordon
• Stan Kitch

• Review of The Joker: Devil's Advocate at IGN