The Joker commits crimes in which bad jokes make people laugh uncontrollably, whereupon he robs them.

Batman and Robin have been hard at work putting a hurt on the criminal underworld. However, the arch rogue known as the Penguin plans to enact a scheme that will be the end of the Dynamic Duo.

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

The Batman tracks down an unusual safe that holds the loot taken years before by the SlasherÕs mob. With the Slasher supposedly dead, the villain has left behind a note leading the Caped Crusaders to the safe, which has seven switches, only one of which opens the door...the rest are connected to a bomb! Disclaimer: May contain offensive imagery that does not reflect the views and or policies of DC Comics.

“PIGMIES IN GIANTLAND.” A crazed scientist called Dr. Agar tries to convince wealthy people that he has created a shrinking gas capable of reducing anything to one-fifth of its normal size. How will Batman and Robin defeat this new foe when they themselves are captured and shrunk?! Plus, “MODERN PAUL REVERE” and “ROGUES AND RED HOTS.”

From William Dickson's Rip Van Winkle films (1896) to Baz Luhrmann's big-budget production of The Great Gatsby (2013) and beyond, cinematic adaptations of American literature participate in a rich and fascinating history. Unlike previous studies of American literature and film, which emphasize particular authors like Edith Wharton and Nathaniel Hawthorne, particular texts like Moby-Dick, particular literary periods like the American Renaissance, or particular genres like the novel, this volume considers the multiple functions of filmed American literature as a cinematic genre in its own right-one that reflects the specific political and aesthetic priorities of different national and historical cinemas even as it plays a decisive role in defining American literature for a global audience.