I think it was in the early pages of Jim Starlin's "A Death in the Family" arc, back around 1988, that we were told the following:
1. Joker had been confined at Arkham Asylum (again!) since his last arrest, and had seemed to be doing pretty well.
2. In fact, he had volunteered to perform some housekeeping tasks -- routine cleaning, that sort of thing.
3. So he was given access to bottles of cleaning chemicals.
4. Gosh darn it -- nobody in Arkham's management ever anticipated that he might use those chemicals to brew up some poison gas! Specifically, something similar to his classic "Joker toxin" which causes people to die with smiles on their faces!
5. By the time Batman was called in to look at the aftermath, Joker was long gone from the asylum, leaving a collection of dead bodies as something to remember him by!
That's the sort of thing that really makes me wonder about the average IQ of the people who apply for jobs at Arkham Asylum . . .



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