Batman #442 [Direct]
([December] 1989)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia frequency
monthly
On-sale date
1989-11-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Denny O'Neil; Dan Raspler (associate editor)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then Standard Modern Age U.S.
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

A Lonely Place of Dying Part 5 of 5 (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed)
Inks
George Pérez (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin [Tim Drake]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth
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Indexer Notes

Color credits confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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A Lonely Place of Dying Chapter Five: Rebirth (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez (co-plot); Marv Wolfman
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Mike DeCarlo
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain); Joker (cameo)
Synopsis
Tim Drake dons the Robin costume and saves Batman and Nightwing from Two-Face.
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Indexer Notes

Tim Drake's first appearance as Robin. Tim becomes a regular character in the strip.
A Lonely Place of Dying story continued from The New Titans (DC, 1988 series) #61.

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

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

Script
KC Carlson (replies); Denny O'Neil
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-5182

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Michelle E. Koller, Malcolm Bourne, Lon Wolf, Charlie Harris, and Ben M. Alsip. Has columns on "Bat Questions Answered", "Continuity Corner" and "From the Den".

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Lonely Place of Dying Part 5 of 5
    Batman
  2. 1. A Lonely Place of Dying Chapter Five: Rebirth
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
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