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Issue: Batman: A Death in the Family #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1988
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue (12 Printings)
Title:
Variant: First Printing
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/08/1988
Volume:
Pages: 148
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 07098933320801
Price: $4.95 CAD
$3.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dennis O'Neil (editor); Daniel Raspler (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Shop News #76. This book now has at least 14 printings. One undetermined printing released June 28, 2000.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Trade Paperback
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In5
reprinted 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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reprinted 4 times from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #12 published January 1990
as Tod in der Familie - Teil Drei [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #2/1990 published March 1990
as Robin är död! Ett oväntat dödsfall Del 3 av 3 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #8/1990 published December 1990
as Robin er død! Ett uventet dødsfall [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Gallery #1 published August 1992
as A Death in the Family paperback [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: A Death in the Family #[nn] published January 2011
as The Ground-Breaking Classic [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Inside front and back covers.
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Batman: A Death in the Family

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo
Inker(s): Jim Aparo
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title page. Re-uses figures from cover.
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Batman: A Death in the Family

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: First page is publishing data; second page is creative credits.
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The Death of a Boy Wonder

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dr. Socrates S. Rodor]
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Flying bats silhouettes in lower left corner of page, otherwise blank. Occurs on page preceding story and on the last interior page of the book.
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A Death in the Family

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Starlin
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo
Inker(s): Mike DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Joker; Superman
First Line: It took me three weeks to track down the kiddie-porn ring's main warehouse.
Synopsis: Jason Todd is spiraling out of control, and he decides to find his biological mother without Batman's help. He finally does track down his mother, a former associate of the Joker, but unfortunately, the Joker shows up during the reunion and beats Robin to death. Batman's quest for revenge brings him into conflict with Superman when the Joker reappears as an ambassador of Iran, with full diplomatic immunity. The twist to the story is that readers were encouraged to phone in with their vote as to whether Jason Todd would live or die.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #428 [Direct Sales] published January 1988
was A Death in the Family, Chapter 5 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagBatman #427 [Direct Sales] published January 1988
was A Death in the Family, Chapter 3 & 4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagBatman #426 [Direct Sales] published December 1988
was A Death in the Family, Chapter 1 & 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagBatman #429 [Direct Sales] published January 1989
was A Death in the Family! Chapter 6 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 132
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Postscript

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dennis O'Neil
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman
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Pages: 2
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Robin Will Die Because the Joker Wants Revenge, but You Can Prevent It with a Telephone Call.

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This ad includes the phone numbers for readers to call and vote "The Joker fails and Robin lives" or "The Joker succeeds and Robin will not survive."

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The Comics News Event of the Year!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Mike Mignola
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Joker
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promotional page for this volume illustrated with four small cover reproductions from the issues containing the "A Death in the Family" series.

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