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In another routine shut out, Joker was forced to move his enterprises outside of Gotham. This time he chose Dakota City in Michigan. The Joker planned on forming a metahuman gang. Batman, Robin, and Dakota's own resident hero Static teamed up and escaped the Joker's death trap, arresting the Clown Prince of Crime in the process.[12] Years later, the Joker wound up in Metropolis. He was just in time to meet Lex Luthor's Injustice Gang, which he conned his way into staying by providing his expertise on Batman. His one condition was this: after the Justice League was successfully destroyed, the Joker was promised Batman.
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In Gotham by Gaslight, Joker makes a cameo appearance. He is a thief who attempted suicide with strychnine when he was about to be apprehended by the police. His failed attempt left him disfigured and insane.
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Detective Comics 833-834 reveals that Joker lands safely on a passing truck. Badly injured, Joker sought help from Ivar Loxias, a magician who was introduced in an earlier issue. Loxias had been seeking an audience with Gotham's greatest criminal for a long time and so agrees to nurse Joker back to health in return for everything Joker knows about explosives and poisons. After Joker is himself again, he kills Loxias, assumes his identity and takes over his show. When one of Loxias' assistants dies, Batman investigates along with the magician Zatanna. They confront Loxias at his theatre and Joker reveals himself, he shoots Zatanna in the throat, drops her in a tank of water, and tortures Batman in an electric chair.
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