Comfort Me With Apples

The Joker's on the run again, but an irresistible prank takes him over the river and through the woods. Featuring a Summer Of Love van, the bucolic environs of the Hudson north of Gotham City, the trials of an earnest academic, hijinks with apples, rural law-enforcement Elrods, a nod to Hitchcock, the ubiquitous Kilroy, and of course the necessary intervention of our favorite flying rodent.Set sometime after "The Killing Joke," but with nods to the Joker's classic origins.Dr. Mayhew seemed to be attempting a change in position. I took time out to observe that she was head down on the passenger seat with one leg twisted behind the gearshift, on which leg I was partly sitting.Never be careless with your equipment. I shifted long enough to yank her loose, prodding the pistol into her face to discourage ideas of sabotage.“Uncapsize yourself, Doctor,” I said. “You’re wrinkling my tailcoat. Do you know what tailors charge?”“You’re wrinkling mycar,you – you animated have-a-nice-day button.”Perhaps there was hope for her. “Nice try,” I said. “You need to work on the timing.”