DC Comics has announced The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox, a murder-mystery miniseries featuring the Clown Prince of Crime as the star witness.

The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox takes place over the course of a night in the Gotham Central interrogation room, as the Joker reveals a series of seemingly unrelated stories involving his fellow inmates -- stories that also hold the key to solving a larger mystery of murder and mayhem. "As the series progresses, it becomes apparent that each tale is actually a piece of The Joker's larger plan," teased DC Comics. "Does an agent of chaos even make plans?"

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A seven-issue miniseries, The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox was written by Matthew Rosenberg and includes artwork by Jesús Merino, Joshua Hixon and Ulises Arreola. According to DC Comics, the series will also feature illustrations by Keron Grant, Dani, Domo Stanton, Juni Ba, Vanesa Del Rey, Ricardo Ortiz and Christopher Mooneyham, among other artists.

The official synopsis for The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox reads as follows,

The G.C.P.D. discover a mysterious corpse, a magical box, and a murderer’s row of the city’s most dangerous villains sitting in a jail cell. Now all they need to figure out is what exactly happened! Fortunately, one suspect is willing to talk. Unfortunately, it’s The Joker. And he’s holding all the cards.

Superstar writer Matthew Rosenberg, magnificent artist Jesús Merino, and a multitude of rising-star artists invite you to spend a night in the Gotham Central interrogation room to make sense of murder, mayhem, and mystery—as told by the Clown Prince of Crime himself! Can you solve this puzzle before the sun comes up?

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The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox #1 arrives in print on August 3 and features a main cover by Chip Zdarsky, along with card stock open order variants by Riccardo Federicci and Christopher Mooneyham, and a card stock 1:25 variant by Jesús Merino. The miniseries will retail for $4.99 for 40 pages, with card stock covers retailing for $5.99.

Beginning June 7, digital chapters of The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox will begin releasing for DC Universe Infinite subscribers. Each of the digital chapters will include "additional clues and insights (called a DIRECTOR’S CUT BONUS BOX)" to assist readers in their efforts to uncover The Joker's master plan. Print issues of The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox will include the same supplementary material upon their release in August.

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