Issue Robin II #1 Subtitle The Funniest thing Happened... Date October 1991 Writer(s) Chuck Dixon Artist(s) Tom Lyle, Bob Smith storyline The Joker escaped from Arkham when one of his men posed as his mother and gassed the staff with a fake Bible. The same night, Robin went out on his first night in Gotham alone. As he was about to head home, he saw the signal and met Gordon atop police headquarters. He was floored by the news. Joker met up with his old gang to find out that Mr. Freeze had taken them over. Freeze was no match for him. After he was out of the picture, Joker began going over his plans. After school, Robin met up with Gordon and checked out Joker's cell. He'd been reading a lot of computer magazines. He staked out the home of a man who'd written many of the articles. Joker attacked him with a snow plow as he got into his car. Robin jumped on it's roof, and Joker flipped out when he learned that Robin was still alive. He leapt off and got back to Alfred's van with the news - Joker had abducted Dr. Osgood Pellinger.

Issue Robin II #2 Subtitle Tomorrow a Tragedy Date November 1991 Writer(s) Chuck Dixon Artist(s) Tom Lyle, Bob Smith storyline Robin went out with a rigged hologram unit to make it appear that Batman was with him. A would-be actress answered an audition call at an abandoned theater. Joker was her new director. With Alfred and the hologram projector nearby, Robin swooped in to save a potential suicide. It was the actress. He saved her as Joker and his goons did some damage at a nearby telephone company. After they were finished, Joker spotted "Batman" atop a roof and opened fire. Robin swooped down on the clown, who soon realized he wasn't the same Robin. Joker escaped when the police arrived, but Robin made it out alive.

Issue Robin II #3 Subtitle ...A Comedy Tonight Date November 1991 Writer(s) Chuck Dixon Artist(s) Tom Lyle, Bob Smith storyline Joker sent a tape to the police taking credit for the craziness going on - police getting deductions on their paychecks, firefighters getting laid off, blackouts, and extra taxes placed on businesses. Knowing that Batman was away, Joker planned something big for the next day's football bowl game. He took over the jumbo-tron and demanded $1billion from Gotham City in one week - and he wanted Batman to deliver it. Tim got the computers in the cave cracking, hoping to find the Joker's home location. He got into the program, but it infected his computer - Joker knew who was trying to hack him. Robin checked out Pellinger's home looking for clues. As the city began to crumble, Joker gave the final details on how he wanted his money.