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Issue: Batman #427
Publication Date: January 1988
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Issues: #427 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/08/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The direct sales edition has no UPC on the cover, but has the 1-800 number to either vote "for" or "against" the death of Jason Todd on the inside back cover.
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Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In21
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Disclose Content Items (3 total)
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A Death in the Family, Book Two of Four

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman - Un deuil dans la famille #[nn] published April 2013
In Content Item: FlagBatman #3/1989 published December 1989
as Ett oväntat dödsfall, del 1 av 3 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman [Batman Una muerte en la Familia] #2 published December 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #11 published January 1990
as Tod in der Familie - Buch zwei [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Batman - A Death in the Family #[nn] published November 2009
as Batman #427 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman - Ein Tod in der Familie #[nn] published August 2010
as Batman #427 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: A Death in the Family #[nn] published January 2011
as A Death in the Family Book Two of Four [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color credits confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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A Death in the Family, Chapter 3 & 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Sheila Haywood (introduction); Joker (villain); Lady Shiva (villain); Alfred Pennyworth (flashback)
Synopsis: Jason meets his real mother, Sheila Haywood, but she turns out to be working for the Joker and allows her son to fall into his deadly hands inside a warehouse. Joker beats Robin with a crowbar and leaves him for dead as a badly beaten Robin attempts to save his mom and himself from the dynamite left behind by the Joker as he leaves them both to a horrible fate. Batman watches in horror as the warehouse containing Jason and Sheila blows up, too late to stop the Joker.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman - Un deuil dans la famille #[nn] published April 2013
In Content Item: FlagBatman: A Death in the Family #[nn] [1st Printing] published January 1988
as A Death in the Family [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman [Batman Una muerte en la Familia] #2 published December 1989
as Una Muerte en la Familia Parte 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1/1990 published January 1990
as Ett oväntat dödsfall kapitel 3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1/1990 published January 1990
as Kapitel 4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #11 published January 1990
as Tod in der Familie - Kapitel 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA Morte de Robin #2 published May 2002
as Capítulo 3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]chapter 3
In Content Item: FlagA Morte de Robin #2 published May 2002
as Capítulo 4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]chapter 4
In Content Item: FlagColeccionable Batman #5 published July 2005
as Una Muerte en la Familia (Parte 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Batman - A Death in the Family #[nn] published November 2009
as A Death in the Family: Chapter 3 & 4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman - Ein Tod in der Familie #[nn] published August 2010
as Ein Tod in der Familie, Kapitel 3 & 4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman - Ein Tod in der Familie #[nn] published August 2010
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: A Death in the Family #[nn] published January 2011
as A Death in the Family (Chapter 3 & 4) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 44
Job Number: G-3628
Disclose
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): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. This ad, only printed in the direct sales edition, contains 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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