The Joker was released in the 1974 wave of "Super Foes", with the exception of one character, all of the Foes were Batman Villains.

The Joker shows that Mego had made some advancements in the silkscreening process, his outfit consists of a drawn on suit complete with removable jacket and shoes. This colourful character was an "Homerun" for Mego as it captured the clown prince of crime perfectly

Despite him being in the offering from 1974 to 1981, the Joker is most commonly found on a type 1 body.

Joker's packaging art much like Riddler and Penguin is taken from some sixties merchandising artwork by Carmine Infantino. For information click on comic book origins.

Kresge Carded Joker came on his own Super Foes themed card. Joker is the second hardest foe to find on a Kresge Card, Riddler being the first.(Courtesy of Scott Hatfield)

Joker's US cards show the characters popularity, from left to right, 1976, 1977 and the 1979 versions of the card.

Joker was part of the short lived US Fist Fighters line in 1975

Palitoy UK released the Joker on their standard Green card, a carded Fist Fighting Joker is rumoured but has never surfaced. Penguin is the only other DC villain to be released on a Palitoy Card. (Courtesy of Tom)

Grand Toys took over distributing the WGSH in Canada around 1979, carded examples can be tough to find however the Joker appears once in a while. (Courtesy Scott Arendsen)

This Boxed Toltoys (Australia) Fist Fighting Joker provided by Raj. Toltoys often just placed a sticker over US packaging, this was also commonly done in Italy.

For more information on the Fist Fighters see their exhibit page!

 

Joker was the only Mego Villain to get his own wheels, click on the pic for more info.

The Super Villains wave was released in their own store counter display box, very few survived. To learn more about Mego Store displays click on the above pic.

Joker also appeared in Mego's Bend N Flex and Comic Action Heroes lines.