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Joseph in Prison
Type: Evil Enh. • Brigade: Black • Ability: None • Class: None • Special Ability: Interrupt the battle and remove all cards in battle from the game.

Can one interrupt Joseph in Prison? And especially, could I, if I was defending, interrupt JIP immediately after I played it (assuming my numbers were smaller than the opponent's hero's) to return my evil character to hand?

The other thing is if you somehow could, JiP wouldn't have a character to be played on when it resolves and would end up doing nothing.

You cannot inturupt any non ongoing abilities used by yourself, so no you couldn't combo JIP with Political bribes.

Interrupt the Battle

Interrupt the battle interrupts the following:

•      Your opponent’s special abilities that are (1) causing you to be losing by removal (e.g., your opponent’s Net), or (2) causing a mutual destruction by mutual removal (e.g., your opponent’s King Zimri but not your own King Zimri).

•      The last enhancement played in battle, as long as it was played by an opponent (e.g., your opponent’s False Peace but not your own Reach of Desperation).

•      ALL ongoing special abilities (see Ongoing Abilities).

- From the REG.

I think the REG means that you can gain initiative if your opponent plays a card to cancel the removal.  If you are removing only yourself from battle, the opponent would not have initiative anyway since he is winning the battle.