Batman #428 [Direct]
(1988)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price:
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand:
DC
Editing:
Denny O'Neil; Dan Raspler (assistant editor)
Format:
Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; monthly; ongoing series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.


A Death In the Family Book 3 (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Mike Mignola
Inks:
Mike Mignola
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Robin

Indexer Notes

2 different covers: Direct Sales, with a further cover description of the issue's inside story in place of the upc on bottom right hand corner, unlike the Newsstand edition, which has the upc there.


A Death in the Family: Chapter 5 (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Starlin
Pencils:
Jim Aparo
Inks:
Mike DeCarlo
Colors:
Adrienne Roy
Letters:
John Costanza
Job Number:
G-3885

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
FEATURE: Batman; GUESTS: Robin (Dead); Shiela Haywood (Death); Alfred; Commissioner Gordon; Barbara Gordon; Superman; Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran; VILLAINS: Joker; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Two-Face
Synopsis:
Death of Sheila Haywood. Burial of Sheila Haywood and Jason Todd. Joker becomes the Iranian Ambassador to the U.N.
Reprinted:
  • in Batman: A Death in the Family (DC, 1988 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

Direct Sales edition has an afterword by Denny O'Neil describing how Jason was killed by a few votes last issue (#427) on inside back of book. The newsstand edition contains no such information.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. A Death in the Family: Chapter 5
    Batman
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Matthew Peets
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Mike Nielsen
  • john cruz
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bill Wormstedt
  • Lou Mougin
  • Craig Delich
  • John Greb
  • Carlos Tasada
  • Jeremy Heier
  • Terry Vraspir
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen