Batman In The Joker's Last Laugh Mini Comic

Here is the complete mini comic featuring Batman and Robin titled "The Joker's Last Laugh!" that was found in a box of Super Sugar Crisp cereal in 1980:

Happy Birthday To Moongem Comics

Today marks the third birthday of Moongem Comics and what better way to celebrate than with some birthday cards from the Superman and Friends series put out in 1978:






You can find these and other birthday cards in the series on eBay.

Heath Ledger Wins An Oscar

Okay, so this may be old news to most of you but I did not watch the Academy Awards last night (I never watch). Here is the video of Heath Ledger's parents and sister accepting the Oscar on his behalf for Best Supporting Role:

The Joker And Harley Quinn Bag Batman For Christmas

The following is artwork by Alex Ross for a Christmas plate from 2005. The Joker makes a wicked Santa with Harley Quinn as his naughty elf. Batman is in the bag and getting a kiss on the cheek from Harley.

Batman Giant Comics To Color

My copy of the Batman and Robin Battle the Joker in "The Comedy of Tears" Giant Comics To Color has not aged well. I probably should not have taken the back cover off to hang on my wall back in 1975. I was ten years old then and never dreamed that I would one day be posting a few pictures of the giant coloring book on something called the Internet. I only colored about half of the pages and the pages are really yellow. I did fool around with the saturation on the coloring pages to show the actual artwork.

I am only presenting the cover and the first three pages but you can click them for larger images:

Cover of the Batman Giant Comics To Color

Page one

Page two

Page three

The Joker Singing On Thanksgiving Day 1989

Here is a video of the Joker singing in the 1989 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade:

The Joker Helicopter

McDonald's started selling Happy Meals with Lego Batman toys for the boys and Madame Alexander's The Wizard of Oz dolls for the girls today. I managed to snag The Joker Helicopter, which is the second toy out of the eight available. The cockpit has the Crown Prince of Crime, a pop-on blade, a rotating spotlight and an odd-shapped missle that is yellowish in color. The missle can be placed in a spring slot underneath and released by pushing a button on the back.

Two panels of the Happy Meal box is devoted to the Lego Batman toys while the other two panels is devoted to the Madame Alexander's The Wizard of Oz dolls (remember when each Happy Meal toy series had their own boxes?). My sister got the first toy in that set, which is Dorothy. There is a find the five hidden Jokers game, find hidden foes and a bat-signal pop-out that you can attached to a flashlight. I don't know if there are other boxes but there should be since the only toys shown is the bat-boat, Mr. Freeze, Penguin boat (?), Batman and Robin.


Lego Batman Happy Meal box #1

Lego Batman Happy Meal box #2

The Joker Helicopter unopened

The Joker Helicopter opened

Side view of The Joker Helicopter

Angle view of The Joker Helicopter

Front view of The Joker Helicopter
I like the missle and the rotating blade but the spotlight seems like a useless feature. I would rather have the cockpit open up so I could see the Joker better. Overall, I have to give The Joker Helicopter a 6 out of 10.

For those who are curious, my Happy Meal consisted of a cheeseburger, fries and a Sprite.

The Knight Returns Coloring Book

Here are some pictures from the Batman coloring book titled The Knight Returns that I picked up a few weeks ago from the local Dollar General:

Front cover of The Knight Returns coloring book

Full figure Batman page from The Knight Returns coloring book

Full figure Joker page from The Knight Returns coloring book

Puzzle page featuring the Scarecrow from The Knight Returns coloring book

Back cover of The Knight Returns coloring book
The purple tint is due to my scanner. I really need to get a new one some day.

Batman Goodies

I went out of town to do some clothing shopping today since I needed some dress clothes. I will be attending a cousin's wedding in a few months. While I did not buy any comic books, I did manage to pick up the following Batman goodies:


Another bag of Batman Reese's Pieces promoting The Dark Knight movie


I found all four of the Batman Pez that includes the Riddler, the Joker, Batman and Two-Face


The Dark Knight novel by Dennis O'Neil


Bonus picture: My copy of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight novels by Dennis O'Neil side by side (the first book was $4.88 while the second was $7.99).

Mini Cup Sticker Set

I posted about the Superman Mini Cups 1979 a few weeks ago. I found the entire mini cup sticker set on sale at eBay earlier. The twelve stickers are from 1979 and feature Superman, Lex Luthor, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Riddler, Joker and Penguin. The mini cups and stickers were found in quarter vending machines.

Super Corgi Juniors Cars

These are my super Corgi Junior diecast cars from the 1970s. The front row has the Joker (called Healer Wheeler on the bottom and is missing the little blue plastic knob on top) and the Penguin. The back row has the Supervan, Batcopter (with only half of the back propeller) and the Batmobile. I actually found these in a local store when I was a kid and I played with them a lot.



Not pictured is the 007 Lotus Esprit submarine/car from The Spy Who Loved Me but I might make a separate post featuring that one at a latter date.

This Is No Joke So Goodnight, Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger, who protrays the Joker in this summer's The Dark Knight, died this afternoon at the age of 28. You can read about his death at CNN.com and I'm still in shock about his tragic death. My thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family.


Heath Ledger
April 4, 1979 — January 22, 2008

Holy Dark Knight, Batman

Check out the new trailer for The Dark Knight coming summer of 2008. Heath Ledger as the Joker looks very interesting.