(December 1988)
- Price:
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Barcode:
- 07098930430727
- Editing:
- Denny O'Neil; Dan Raspler (assistant editor)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; monthly; ongoing series
A Death In the Family Book 2
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mike Mignola
- Inks:
- Mike Mignola
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Robin
- Reprints:
- in Batman (SatellitFörlaget, 1989 series) #3/1989 (december 1989)
- 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 Comics (de), 2010 series) #[nn] ([August] 2010)
Indexer Notes
2 different covers:
Cover A, the direct sales edition, contains no upc on lower right hand side, and has the 1-800 number fans phoned in to determine Jason Todd's fate on the inside of the issue itself.
Cover B, the newsstand edition, released 3 weeks later, contains the upc code on lower right hand side, but doesnt have the 1-800 number on the inside of the issue.
A Death in the Family: Chapter 3 & 4
Batman / comic story / 44 pages
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:
- FEATURE: Batman; GUESTS: Robin; Sheila Haywood (1st); VILLAINS: Joker; Lady Shiva; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Alfred
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- in A Morte de Robin (Editora Abril, 2003 series) #2 (Maio 2002)
- 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 Comics (de), 2010 series) #[nn] ([August] 2010)
- in Batman: A Death in the Family (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] (1988)
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.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Mike Nielsen
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
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