Batman #406 [Direct]

(April 1987)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Batman Year One Chapter Three: Black Dawn (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller

Pencils

David Mazzucchelli

Inks

David Mazzucchelli

Colors

Richmond Lewis

Letters

Todd Klein

Job Number

G-2936

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They've got him cornered.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lieutenant James Gordon; Detective Sarah Essen; Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (1st in Modern Age costume); Holly; Commissioner Gill Loeb; Barbara Gordon (James' pregnant wife)

Synopsis

The police have Batman cornered and are intent on taking him in and it will take all of his training and cunning to escape from their grasp.

Reprints

• in Batman: Year One (Warner Books, 1988 series)
• in Batman (Zinco, 1987 series) #2 (Octubre 1987)
• in Batman (Editora Abril, 1987 series) #3 (novembro de 1987) [original title: Chapter 3: Black Dawn (Batman: Year One)]
• in Läderlappen (Semic, 1987 series) #6/1987 ([november] 1987)
• in Batman (Zinco, 1987 series) #3 (Noviembre 1987)
• in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #2/1987 ([desember] 1987)
• in Batman (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1987 series) #11 (Febrero 8 de 1988)
• in Batman: Year One (DC, 1988 series) ([June] 1988)
• in Batman: Year One (DC, 1988 series) ([October] 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Batman (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1989 series) #[2] - Das erste Jahr (November 1989)
• in The Complete Frank Miller Batman (Longmeadow Press, 1989 series) #1 (1989)
• in Batman: År ett (Semic Press AB; Carlsen/if, 1989 series) (1989)
• in Batman: Rok pierwszy (Egmont Polska, 2003 series) ([grudzień] 2003)
• in Batman: Year One Deluxe Edition (DC, 2005 series) ([June] 2005)
• in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #7 - Batman (2005)
• in Batman: Year One (DC, 2007 series) ([April] 2007)
• in Batman: År 1 (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2007 series) (2007) [2. translation]
• in Batman y Superman: Colección Novelas Gráficas (ECC Ediciones, 2017 series) #13 - Batman: Año Uno (Julio de 2017)
• in Batman: Year One - The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2017 series) ([November] 2017)

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Batman #407. Revamped origin of Batman.

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Bat-Signals / letters page / 1.825 pages (report information)

Script

Barbara Kesel (replies); Denny O'Neil

Pencils

José Luis García-López

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-2640

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from "Me", Randy Freeman, Fred deBoom, Mic McConnell, John Egan, Brian Stillman and Michael Marz. Also 1/6-page "From the Den."

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statement of ownership / 0.175 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Average # copies per issue, previous year - 187,309.

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