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Issue: Batman Monthly #1
Publication Date: January 1988
 
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Publisher: FlagEgmont UK
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Indicia Publisher: London Editions Magazines
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Pages: 48
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Price: £0.75 GBP
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Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11.34"
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Introducing... the World's Greatest Crime-Fighting Duo!

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José Luis García-López
José Luis García-López
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In the Beginning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Len Wein
John Byrne
Jim Aparo
Glynis Wein
John Costanza
Paul Levitz
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Robin]; Robin; Alfred Pennyworth; Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Lew Moxon; Commissioner James Gordon; Joe Chill; Leslie Thompkins (cameo); Philip Wayne; Mrs. Chilton; Harvey Harris; Amos Rexford; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Crazy-Quilt; Ra's al Ghul; Killer Moth; Tweedledum; Tweedledee; Two-Face; Scarecrow; Riddler; Penguin; Joker; Dr. Phosphorous; Mad Hatter; Catwoman; Spook; Hugo Strange; Calendar Man; Mr. Freeze; Clayface [Matt Hagen]; Poison Ivy; Gentleman Ghost; Sensei; Signalman
After he receives in the mail the remnants of the Batman costume his father once wore and discovers its empty display case adorned with a threatening note, the Caped Crusader recalls the events that led to his becoming Batman and his earliest cases where he met James Gordon and brought the people responsible for his parents' deaths to justice.
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Bat Talk!

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Brian Clarke; Adam West
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An interview with Adam West about his time starring as Batman in the 1960s and the impending 1989 motion picture.
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With Friends Like These...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Len Wein
Jim Aparo
Jim Aparo
Glynis Wein
Jim Aparo
Paul Levitz
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Snitch; John Grayson (flashback); Mary Grayson (flashback); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joe Chill (flashback); Haly (circus owner); Boss Zucco; Wally; Jarvis Pennyworth (flashback); Boss Maroni; Joker [also as Red Hood]; Two-Face; Black Spider (cameo); Catwoman (cameo); Mr. Freeze (cameo); Tweedledee (cameo); Tweedledum (cameo); Prof. Milo (cameo); Penguin (cameo); Poison Ivy (cameo); Killer Moth (cameo); Gentleman Ghost (cameo); Ra's al Ghul (cameo); Riddler (cameo); Scarecrow (cameo); Hugo Strange (cameo)
When Robin joins Batman's search for the person who stole his father's costume he recalls his own origin and early life as both Robin and Bruce Wayne's ward. After conferring with Robin, Alfred too recalls how he came to work for Bruce Wayne and for Batman. Meanwhile, Batman begins to review his many enemies, including the Joker and Two-Face, but is nearly taken out by a booby-trapped Batmobile.
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