Dean Motter provided the cover illustration and was responsible for the design of both books. To this three more stories and creator biographies were added, thus the “Expanded Edition” in the title.
This is a reprint of The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told trade paperback, including its cover and additional materials.
Riding the success of their first volume Longmeadow Press followed up with Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told Expanded Edition in 1990. Here’s one of Richmond’s colour pages from eBabble Art. It appears that story was the only one touched up: it was recolored by Richmond Lewis for this volume. Wanted: Santa Claus Dead Or Alive comes from DC Super Star Holiday Special 21. Batman Year One and The Dark Knight Returns are reprints of their trade paperbacks and not individual issues so they include the introductions to those volumes by Frank Miller and Alan Moore. The only new material for this volume is an introduction by Richard Bruning, then DC design director. The Complete Frank Miller Batman collects three stories: Batman Year One, Wanted: Santa Claus Dead Or Alive and The Dark Knight Returns. They had started slowly publishing reprint material in softcover trade paperbacks but hardcover editions were left to Warner Books, Graphitti Designs and with these volumes Longmeadow Press. It was 1989 and DC comics was celebrating the 50th anniversary of Batman. Originally published at Comic Book Daily under my Bound Together column.
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