(February 1987)
- Price:
- 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Editing:
- Denny O'Neil
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
New Batman logo designed by Todd Klein (per his website).
Year One Part 1
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- David Mazzucchelli
- Inks:
- David Mazzucchelli
- Colors:
- ? (known to be David Mazzucchelli's girlfriend at this time)
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Bruce Wayne; Thomas Wayne (death); Martha Wayne (death)
- Reprints:
-
in Batman: Year One (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] ([June] 1988) which is reprinted -
in Batman (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1989 series) #[2] - Das erste Jahr (November 1989) -
in Batman: År ett (Carlsen/if [SE], 1989 series) #[nn] (1989) -
in Batman (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1987 series) #9 (Enero 11 de 1988) - in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #7 - Batman (2005)
-
in Batman (Zinco, 1987 series) #1 (September 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover colorist credit from Anthony Tollin.
![Cover Thumbnail for Batman (1940 series) #404 [Newsstand Edition]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/830/w100/830799.jpg?-6039668179851915053)
Batman: Year One Chapter One: Who I Am How I Came to Be
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Frank Miller
- Pencils:
- David Mazzucchelli
- Inks:
- David Mazzucchelli
- Colors:
- Richmond Lewis
- Letters:
- Todd Klein
- Job Number:
- G-2835
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Bruce Wayne [Batman](does not appear in costume); Alfred Pennyworth; Lt. James Gordon; Selina Kyle [Catwoman](does not appear in costume; 1st appearance in Modern Age continuity); Holly; Thomas Wayne (Death)(flashback); Martha Wayne (Death)(flashback)
- Synopsis:
- Bruce and Gordon both arrive in Gotham on missions that are sure to put their paths on a collision course. Gordon joins the GCPD which is rife with corruption and he is taught a savage lesson when he tries to buck this new system. Bruce tries out his years of training in a simple street brawl that does not go as planned. Wounded and searching for inspiration, Bruce finds it as a bat flies through the window.
- Reprints:
-
in Batman (Editora Abril, 1987 series) #1 (Setembro 1987) - in Läderlappen (Semic, 1987 series) #5/1987 (september 1987)
- in The Complete Frank Miller Batman (DC, 1989 series) #1 (1988)
- in Batman: Year One (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] ([June] 1988) which is reprinted
- in Batman (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1989 series) #[2] - Das erste Jahr (November 1989)
- in Batman: År ett (Carlsen/if [SE], 1989 series) #[nn] (1989)
- in Batman (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1987 series) #9 (Enero 11 de 1988)
- in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #7 - Batman (2005)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Batman #405. Previous regular cast member Julia ReMarque (Pennyworth) disappears from storylines. Revamped origin of Batman. First post-Crisis Batman story?
[no title indexed]
Bat-Signals / letters page / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Barbara J. Randall (replies)
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- L-2583
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Bob Davidson, Ethan Kalett, Scott A. Caywood, Bill Kropfhauser, Bob Daniels, Anthony R. Cardno and M.A.D.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Year One Part 1
Batman -
1.
Batman: Year One Chapter One: Who I Am How I Came to Be
Batman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Bat-Signals
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