In honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary of Joker, we're doing a countdown of your favorite Joker stories of all-time.

You all voted, now here are the results of what you chose as the 75 Greatest Joker Stories! Click here for a master list of all 75 stories.

Enjoy!

45. "The Joker is Wild!" (1983's Batman #366)

What ended up becoming a historic story began with the Joker getting involved in causing havoc in Guatemala. Batman heads down and ends up having a battle with Joker on the top of a giant temple. Things take a turn for the worse and then the aforementioned historic event occurs...









Yep, Jason Todd debuts as Robin in Guatemala. Odd, no? Doug Moench wrote it and Don Newton and Alfred Alcala drew it.

44. "The Joke" (2003's Batman #614)

At the end of the previous issue, Bruce Wayne's childhood friend, Tommy Elliot, is seemingly murdered. And it looks like the Joker is the one behind it. This drives Batman into a rage, as he is haunted by the memories of all the pain that the Joker has caused and he asks himself, "Why not just end it all right now?"

Artist Jim Lee (inked by Scott Williams) does a marvelous job using a watercolor effect for the flashbacks as Batman dwells on every single horrible thing that the Joker has done and, when Catwoman interferes, he thinks of the FUTURE awful things that the Joker MIGHT do...









Writer Jeph Loeb puts Batman and Commissioner Gordon to the brink of their moral fortitude in this striking tale.

43. "To Laugh and Die in Metropolis" (1987's Superman #9)

Joker makes his way to Metropolis and causes trouble for Superman in this story by writer/artist John Byrne and inker Karl Kesel...









Yes, that IS the first meeting between Maggie Sawyer and her future wife, Toby. Byrne really did Dick Sprang proud with his Joker. This issue has the famous "Luthor offers a waitress a large chunk of money to spend a weekend with her and then leaves before she decides whether to say yes" story.

Go to the next page for #42-39!

42. "The Demon Laughs" (2001's Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #142-145)

In this offbeat adventure by writer Chuck Dixon and artists Jim Aparo and John Cebollero (one of Aparo's very last projects for DC before his passing in 2005), Ra's Al Ghul enlists the help of the Joker in his plans for world devastation...









Watching the Joker work with the Al Ghuls was a real blast. A fun story.

41. "A Savage Innocence" (1997's The Spectre #51)

In this fiendishly clever story by John Ostrander and artist Tom Mandrake, the Spectre tries to pull his standard "punish a villain" routine on the Joker, but, well, the Joker isn't your typical crook...







What an inspired idea by Ostrander and wow, what great visuals by Mandrake!

40. "Case Study" (2002's Batman: Black and White 2)

Paul Dini and Alex Ross do a compelling short story of a doctor who is unconvinced that the Joker actually IS insane...









What a great page layout by Ross! The rest of the story is a treat for the eyes. Be sure to pick it up someday!

39. "Batman vs. The Incredible Hulk" (1981's DC Special Series #27)

Len Wein's tale of the Joker trying to manipulate the reality-altering being known as the Shaper of Worlds to mold the world into his image is certainly an interesting one, but the real stars of this crossover were artists Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Dick Giordano. Rarely has the Joker looked quite as awesome as he does in this story...









Wow, Garcia-Lopez is just one of the most dynamic artists of all-time!

Go to the next page for #38-36!

38. "Secrets" (2006's Batman: Secrets #1-5)

In this mini-series written and drawn by Sam Kieth, the Joker finds himself released from Arkham after being dubbed "sane." He, of course, is not, but then a funny thing happens - after he conspires with his new girlfriend to kill her boss, Batman captures him, but some bystanders take an odd shot of Batman where it looks like he is threatening to kill the Joker...









Now public sentiment is starting to turn against Batman (here he is tormenting the nice, sane Joker!) and things go downhill from there for Batman until the truth sets everyone free - except the Joker, of course.

That is some astonishingly good artwork from Kieth right there.

37. "Joker: Last Laugh" (2001's Joker: Last Laugh #1-5)

One of Chuck Dixon's last projects before leaving DC Comics for CrossGen was this crossover event (co-written with Scott Beatty) that took place in a single month where the Joker, discovering that he has an inoperable brain tumor and that he has very little time to live, decides to go out with a bang, with a prison break from the supervillain facility where he is being held.

The prison break, though, is all part of his plan to turn the world upside down...









The crossover spread to almost all of DC's books that month as other superheroes had to deal with Joker-ized versions of famous supervillains, like a Joker Doomsday, for instance. Pete Woods drew the first issue of the story (since it was weekly, they used a lot of artists - the great Marcos Martin contributed to it).

36. "Laughter After Midnight" (1994's Batman Adventures Annual #1)

In this classic short story by Paul Dini, John Byrne and Rich Burchett, we see the Joker get into some deadly hijinx in Gotham City late one night...









What an amazing job by Byrne and Burchett to adopt the Batman Adveentures house style without sacrificing any storytelling power.

Check back tomorrow for #35-26!