Batman #424 [Newsstand]
(October 1988)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-07-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
070989304307 10
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor); Dan Raspler (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #141.
This issue is a variant of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #424 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
M. D. Bright (signed as B)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed as w/JR)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin [Jason Todd]; Felipe Garzonas
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits as per two DC reprints. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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The Diplomat's Son (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Starlin
Pencils
M. D. Bright
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
G-3882
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin [Jason Todd]; Felipe Garzonas (death); Juan; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Gloria Stanson (death); Commissioner James Gordon; Parker
Synopsis
Felipe hides behind diplomatic immunity to terrorize Gloria. He falls to his death after being confronted by Robin.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Robin possibly commits murder! Story continues in Batman #425.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bat-Signals / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Raspler (replies); Denny O'Neil; Kevin Harkins (Glass Bullets)
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3324

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Eric Buscher, Charlie Harris, Kip Talbot, George Custines, Roger D. Case, Art Vidro and Charles Rhett Anderson. Includes short story "Glass Bullets" by Kevin Harkins and "From the Den" column.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. The Diplomat's Son
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
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