Batman Vox Humana Issue #1.5 Page 10
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Location: Morning in the Arkham Asylum Cafeteria
Scene: The Joker and Batzarro are in line getting food put in their trays. Crazy Quilt is in the line with them, as is Two-Face, Maxie Zeus, The Mad Hatter, and Mr. Zsasz.
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Scene: Batzarro and Joker are sitting down to eat.
Joker: You know, I used to eat like this all the time, all the time. Everyone would come. Everyone who was anyone. No one turned down my invitations.
Location: Joker’s Warehouse
Scene: The Joker, (as Jack Napier) has set up a banquet table. On it is a large covered platter, candelabras, drinks, and place settings. Sitting at the table is a woman who looks like a non-costumed Harley Quinn (it isn’t Harley Quinn, I just thought that it would be good to have a lookalike for her here, it kind of sets the stage for Harley in the future), Luigi Maroni, Professor Hugo Strange, Police Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb, Tony Zucco, Vincent Falcone, Penguin, and Doctor Karl Hellfern (Batman’s first supervillain). The lady who looks like Harley Quinn is sitting at one end of the table, the Joker (as Jack Napier) is standing with his chair behind him at the other end.
To help distinguish this Jack Napier from the later Joker, for this section I will refer to him as Jack Napier.
Peter Grogan (annoyed): What’s the meaning of this, Jack?
Professor Hugo Strange: Yes, some of us have business to attend to.
Jack Napier: Gentlemen, please, surely we have time to be civil. I promise I didn’t ask all of you to be here for idle chat.
Luigi Maroni: Then why are we here?
Batman Vox Humana Issue #1.5 Page 9
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Batzarro (singing): When I brush for quite awhile,
Batzarro (singing): I will have a happy smile!
Batzarro: That song awful! The words make sense!
Location: Arkham Asylum
Scene: Batzarro is laughing uproariously. The Joker is in the background, looking dismayed.
Joker: Where’s the joke? Where’s the funny? I just don’t understand.
Scene: The Joker has turned his back on the door, his head is turned looking behind him, his arm is waving goodbye.
Joker: I’m going to bed. I need to sleep. I’ll tell you another story tomorrow.
Joker: Good morning, backwards man.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #1.5 Page 7
Page 7
Location: Arkham Asylum
Scene: The Joker is laughing.
Batzarro: Story funny, funny man. Batzarro not have story. Batzarro keep story to himself!
The art for Batzarro’s stories should be extremely simple. Not necessarily minimalist, just simple.
Location: Batzarro’s Bedroom in his Trailer
Scene: Batzarro is in his bed. It is morning.
Batzarro: One night, Batzarro fell asleep.
Batzarro: Batzarro yawns, and his breath smells sweet.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #1.5 Page 1
Page 1
Location: Arkham Asylum
Scene: Same as the last panel of Part 1.
Next Panel: From the front of Joker, Batman is in the background looking in the cell. Joker starts to laugh.
Next Panel: Batman leaves, and Joker is laughing uncontrollably.
Scene: Batzarro is crying in his cell.
Batzarro (sobbing): Batzarro stop crime!
Batman Vox Humana Issue #1 Page 15
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Location: Arkham Asylum
Scene: Batzarro is in a cell, curled up, rocking back and forth, and crying, with Batman in the background looking in. Batman leaves cell and goes to Joker’s cell. Batman looks in the cell window (which is in the cell door) at the Joker. The Joker is not facing Batman.
Batman: You got Cornelius out, didn’t you?
Joker: You forgot us. You forgot me…and when you have loved someone as long as I have, you can pretty much guess what they are going to do.
