The Man Behind the Red Hood!

"The Man Behind the Red Hood!"
PublisherDC Comics
Publication dateFebruary 1951
Genre
Title(s)
Detective Comics #168
Main character(s)Batman, Robin, Red Hood (Joker)
Creative team
Writer(s)Bill Finger
Artist(s)Lew Sayre Schwartz, George Roussos
Penciller(s)Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer
Inker(s)George Roussos
Editor(s)Jack Schiff

"The Man Behind The Red Hood!" (1951) is a comic book story originally appearing in Detective Comics #168. It features Batman and a few university students trying to crack a decade-old case, and has the earliest origin story for the Joker.