Issue Detective 617
Subtitle Clash of Symbols
Date early July 1990
Writer(s) Alan Grant
Artist(s) Norm Breyfogle, Steve Mitchell
storyline (continued from Batman 450) 
Batman stopped a robbery at a fortune teller's shop. She asked him to pick a card, which turned out to be the tarot of the joker. She told him of its significance. He thought back on a battle with his nemesis three years previous. The fortune teller asked Batman to be careful. 
(continued in Batman 451)