Batman #427 [Direct]

(December 1988)

A Death in the Family (Chapter 3 & 4) (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Starlin

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Mike DeCarlo

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

John Costanza

Job Number:

G-3628

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Sheila Haywood (introduction); Joker (villain); Lady Shiva (villain); Alfred Pennyworth (flashback)

Synopsis:

Jason meets his real mother, Sheila Haywood, but she turns out to be working for the Joker and allows her son to fall into his deadly hands inside of a warehouse. Joker beats Robin with a crowbar and leaves him for dead as a badly beaten Robin attempts to save his mom and himself from the dynamite left behind by the Joker as he leaves them both to a horrible fate. Batman watches in horror as the warehouse containing Jason and Sheila blows up, too late to stop the Joker.

Reprints:

• in Batman: A Death in the Family (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] (1988), #[nn] (1988)
• in Batman (SatellitFörlaget, 1989 series) #1/1990 (januari? 1990), #1/1990 (januari? 1990)
• in A Morte de Robin (Editora Abril, 2003 series) #2 (Maio 2002), #2 (Maio 2002) [original title: A Death in the Family: Chapter 4]
• in DC Comics Classics Library: Batman - A Death in the Family (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([September] 2009)
• in Batman: Ein Tod in der Familie (Panini Deutschland, 2010 series) #[nn] ([August] 2010)
• in Batman - Un deuil dans la famille (Urban Comics, 2013 series) #[nn] (avril 2013)

Indexer Notes

The Direct Sales copies of this comic, released first, contained a 1-800 phone number to either vote "for" or "against" the death of Jason Todd on the inside back cover. The newstand copies, released 3 weeks later did not contain the 1-800 number.