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[[Image:pennyplunderer.jpg|thumb|right|Penny Plunderer on the title page in ''World's Finest Comics'' #30 in 1947]]
The '''Penny Plunderer''' ('''Joe Coyne''') is an adversary of [[Batman]] who first appeared in ''World's Finest Comics'' #30 (Sept-Oct 1947).<ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Xyy1631tGz8C |title=The Essential Batman Encyclopedia |author=Robert Greenberger}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ki1lAAAAMAAJ |title=The encyclopedia of comic book heroes |volume=1 |author=Michael L. Fleisher, Janet E. Lincoln}}</ref>
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==Fictional character history==
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Joe Coyne began his career selling newspapers, but he was soon caught stealing pennies. He now commits crimes which center around pennies.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/rogues-gallery-runoff,1467/ |title=Rogues' Gallery Runoff |author=By Keith Phipps |date=June 1, 2005}}</ref> In "The Penny Plunderers", he leaves Batman and Robin in a [[deathtrap]] shaped like a giant penny, with a penny each as a token of their worth - just two cents. Batman turns the tables by using the coins to make a battery and signal for help.<ref>{{citation |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ij-xvNBcwJUC&pg=PA184 |title=The Batman Handbook |author=Scott Beatty, Chuck Dixon, David Hahn}}</ref> The giant penny often shown in the Batcave is a trophy of [[Batman]]'s defeat of The Penny Plunderer.<ref>{{citation |title=Skeleton Keys: Teaching the Fiction of Narrative Truth |author=Douglas P. Felter |journal=The English Journal |volume=83 |number=2 |date=Feb 1994 |pages=43–47 |jstor=821153}}</ref>
Though he is a classic adversary of Batman, he has recently been [[Retroactive continuity|ret-conned]] out of Batman's [[rogues gallery#In fiction|rogue gallery]]. The giant penny has also been the focus of a ret-con and is now canonically known as an item that [[Two-Face]] attempted to use to crush [[Batman]].<ref>{{citation |title=Batman: The Animated Series| Episode "Almost Got 'Im" | url=http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Giant_Penny}}</ref> The Penny Plunderer's last known whereabouts were at death row in [[Arkham Asylum]]. He wore a green suit and had black hair. He made only one appearance.
In ''Scarecrow/Two Face: Year One'', Penny Plunderer makes a cameo appearance. He is robbing a bank with the underground approval of the [[Penguin (comics)|Penguin]]. Again he has a green pin-striped suit. He is attacked by Two-Face, who is waging his own vigilante war. The Batman confronts them both. Two-Face destroys the supports on the classic giant penny, which is inside the bank being robbed. It crushes Penny Plunderer, killing him and almost killing Jim Gordon. The Batman stops the coin.<ref>"Two Face Year One" #2 (2007)</ref>
