(December 1988)
- Price:
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode:
- 07098930430712
- Editing:
- Denny O'Neil; Dan Raspler (assistant editor)
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
A Death In the Family Book One of Four
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mike Mignola
- Inks:
- Mike Mignola
- Colors:
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman
- Reprints:
-
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
Color credits confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
![Cover Thumbnail for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #426 [Newsstand]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/2/w200/2888.jpg?-8308339774621243449)
![Cover Thumbnail for Batman (1940 series) #426 [Direct]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/808/w100/808535.jpg?4802800165024228151)
A Death in the Family (Chapter 1 & 2)
Batman / comic story / 44 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils:
- Jim Aparo
- Inks:
- Mike DeCarlo
- Colors:
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters:
- John Costanza
- Job Number:
- G-3615
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner Gordon; Joker (villain); Two-Face (flashback); Sharmin Rosen; Shiva Woosan (cameo image on computer monitor); Dr. Sheila Haywood (cameo image on computer monitor)
- Synopsis:
- Jason discovers that his "real" mother was really his step-mother, and his birth mother is still alive. Joker escapes from Arkham and Batman chases him to the Middle East where he runs across Jason looking for one of the women he thinks is his mom.
- Reprints:
- in Batman: A Death in the Family (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] (1988), #[nn] (1988)
-
in Batman (SatellitFörlaget, 1989 series) #3/1989 (december 1989), #3/1989 (december 1989) -
in A Morte de Robin (Editora Abril, 2003 series) #1 (Abril 2002), #1 (Abril 2002) [original title: A Death in the Family: Chapter 2] - 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
Infamous story where readers called an 800 number, and 'voted' to have Robin killed! Story continues in Batman #427.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
A Death In the Family Book One of Four
Batman -
1.
A Death in the Family (Chapter 1 & 2)
Batman
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