Batman hooks up with Zatanna this issue. He starts out at a theatre, where a suspicious fire has started after a failed illusion, by a performer names Ivar Loxias. The guys kind of a small time illusionist, but he's been getting a reputation lately for pushing the envelope. Some of his illusions have failed, and some of his assistants have been maimed or killed. So now people feel a greater risk factor, when they come to watch him. So Batman starts to look in to some of his recent accidents. When they're reviewing his tape of the current accident, they find that there's something odd about the handkerchief that he uses on his assistant. They find out that it's soaked in Walnut oil, which she was very allergic to. So it was set up to look like she died of asphyxiation, when actually she died of anaphylactic shock, which shut down her respiratory system. So they decide they're going to pay a visit on Mr. Loxias. Zatanna is confused, because they have performed together. She doesn't understand why he would take such an edgy, and violent turn. But after he shoots her in the neck, so she can't speak any spells, and he ties Batman in to an electric chair, he reveals to them that he's actually the Joker in disguise. He then throws Zatanna in to a water torture cell to see if she can escape as fast without using her magiks. The ending to this story has kind of the feel of the cliff-hanger endings of the old Batman TV show. "Will Batman be able to escape the electrified elocution of the Joker? Will Zatanna choke on her own mystical word play? Tune in next time to find out. Same Bat-Time. Same Bat-Channel." Oh, and the Joker's laughing in the background as they're saying this. Admit it. You can hear it.
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