Detective Comics #577 [Newsstand]

(August 1987)

Batman Year Two Chapter Three: Deadly Allies (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Mike W. Barr

Pencils

Todd McFarlane

Inks

Alfredo Alcala

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

John Costanza

Job Number

G-3172

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Thomas Wayne (flashback cameo); Martha Wayne (flashback cameo); Leslie Thompkins; Joe Chill; Morgan Jones; Mr. Morritz; Commissioner James Gordon; Bukowski; Alfred Pennyworth; Reaper [Judson Caspian]; Rachel Caspian

Synopsis

Carrying the very gun used to kill his parents, Batman and Joe Chill set a trap for the Reaper. Though they successfully draw the villain out, the Reaper manages to escape once again.

Reprints

• in Batman (Juniorpress, 1984 series) #16 (1988)
• in Batman (Zinco, 1987 series) #5 (Enero 1988), #6 (Febrero 1988)
• in Batman (Editora Abril, 1987 series) #8 (abril de 1988)
• in Batman (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1987 series) #23 (Septiembre 12 de 1988)
• in DC presenterer (Semic, 1988 series) #5/1988 (uke 49 1988)
• in Batman Album (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1989 series) #6 - Das zweite Jahr, Teil 2 (1990)
• in Batman: Year Two (DC, 1990 series) ([February] 1990)
• in Batman Year Two: Fear the Reaper (DC, 2002 series) (2002 [January 2003])
• in Batman: Year Two (Semic S.A., 2003 series) (février 2003)
• in Batman: Year Two - The 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([January] 2018)

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

Detective Comments / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Barbara Kesel (responses); Denny O'Neil ("From the Den")

Pencils

José Luis García-López

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-2783

Indexer Notes

Letters from Paul Fricke, Dana Fine, "The Little White Boy," Fred L. DeBoom, Bob Mijanovich, Malcolm Bourne, Chris Myers, and "The Silver Unicorn," with responses by Barbara Randall and a "From the Den" editorial by Denny O'Neil.