Batman Vox Humana Issue #1.5 Page 15
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The guests have now sat down.
Professor Hugo Strange: And will you be joining us?
Jack Napier: No, I won’t be. Just think, after tonight, you will all have the same secret. When you go after each other, remember what you did together,…
Jack Napier: And remember who made you do this.
Jack Napier (smiling): Now take, eat, all of you. This is the blood of the new covenant, which is shed for me and by many. Do this and forever remember me.
Location: Arkham Asylum Cafeteria
Scene: All of the people at the Joker’s table, except for Batzarro, is just staring at the Joker, wide-eyed with their mouths open. They cannot believe what they just heard. The Joker is laughing.
Joker: I don’t know why I even remember that story, but it has always made me smile.
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?
