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DC Comics Batman (1940)

A Death In the Family Chapter 3 and 4

by Jim Starlin Writer Jim Aparo Penciller +10 more
Oct 18, 1988 $1.50 52 pages
Key Issue
Overview Market Data $16+ Variations 1 Discussion

Jason Todd's search for his birth mother overseas puts him in the Joker's path, and Batman races to track the Joker. The outcome was famously decided by a DC Comics reader phone-in vote in 1988.

Series
Batman (1940)
Issue Number
#427
Release Date
October 18, 1988
Cover Date
December 1988
Cover Price
$1.50
Page Count
52
UPC
07098930430727

Series Details

Title
Batman
Publisher
Type
Regular Series
Status
Completed
Run
1940 - 2011
Issues Count
716
Genres
Format
Standard
Original Language
English
Language
English

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Creators
Jim Starlin

Jim Starlin

Writer

Jim Aparo

Jim Aparo

Penciller

Mike Mignola

Mike Mignola

Penciller, Inker, Cover Artist

Mike DeCarlo

Mike DeCarlo

Inker

Adrienne Roy

Adrienne Roy

Colorist

Anthony Tollin

Anthony Tollin

Colorist

John Costanza

John Costanza

Letterer

Lee Keys

Letterer

Dan Raspler

Dan Raspler

Editor

Dennis O'Neil

Dennis O'Neil

Editor

Characters

Alfred Pennyworth

Alfred Pennyworth

Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth

Batman

Batman

Bruce Wayne

Jason Todd

Jason Todd

Jason Peter Todd

Joker

Joker

Lady Shiva

Lady Shiva

Sandra Wu-San

Sharmin Rosen

Sharmin Rosen

Sharmin Rosen

Sheila Haywood

Sheila Haywood

Sheila Haywood

Teams

Batman and Robin

Batman and Robin

Native Africans

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