The Super Villains wave was released in their own store counter
display box, very few survived.
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 silk screening process, his outfit consists of a drawn on suit complete with removable jacket and shoes. This colorful character was an "Home run" for Mego as it captured the clown prince of crime perfectly
Despite his being in the offering from 1974 to 1981, the Joker
is most commonly found on a type 1 body.
There are is some variation in the material used on the Joker jacket.
Accessory
Check: Click here to identify original
and repro parts.
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
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!
Palitoy UK released the Joker on their standard Green card, a carded Fist Fighting Joker is rumored 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)
To this date, no evidence has been found for a Lily Ledy Joker, it is not mentioned in any of their sales material nor has anything surfaced in the market. This is puzzling considering Joker's importance and popularity, and the fact that lesser characters received the Ledy treatment. Given the find of a Green Lantern Ledy head, many still hold out hope that the Joker will be found hiding out South of the US Border.
Joker was the only Mego Villain to get his own wheels.