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Exhibition Geppi Gems

Batman and Robin: Two Against the Joker, [no. 11 cover recreation, layered for 3-D effect and packaged in a frame], 2000. Die-cut photomechanical print in frame, accompanied by a certificate. Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (012.00.00, 012.00.01) © 2000 DC Comics LC-DIG-ppmsca-70856
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Batman and Robin: Two Against the Joker, [no. 11 cover recreation, layered for 3-D effect and packaged in a frame], 2000. Die-cut photomechanical print in frame, accompanied by a certificate. Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (012.00.00, 012.00.01) © 2000 DC Comics LC-DIG-ppmsca-70856
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Batman Punches the Joker

Warner Bros. Studio Store released this 3-D shadowbox recreation of 1942 cover art by Fred Ray and Jerry Robinson in 2000, perhaps as a tie-in to its direct-to-video animated movie Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. As Batman punches the Joker—in front of a playing card bearing his name—Robin watches. The Joker, a character introduced by Jerry Robinson to the comic book pages, first appeared in 1940, a year after his superhero arch nemesis, Batman.