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Issue: Batman: A Death in the Family #[nn]

- Attribution History

Publication Date: January 1988

Issue #[nn]

Detail

Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue (14 Printings)

Title:

Variant: 1st Printing

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

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):

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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Format

Publication Type: Trade Paperback

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: cardstock cover

Binding: Trade paperback

Publishing Format: collected edition

Format Notes:

Variants14

Reprinted In5

1 Content Item
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]5

reprinted 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From4

1 Content Item
- A Death in the Family [Story on Interior Page(s)]4

reprinted 4 times from a Content Item in another Issue.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets0

Content Items (10 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Batman Sonderband #12 published January 1990
as Tod in der Familie - Teil Drei [Illustration on Cover, Front]

In Content Item: Flag

Batman #2/1990 published March 1990
as Robin är död! Ett oväntat dödsfall Del 3 av 3 [Illustration on Cover, Front]

In Content Item: Flag

Batman #8/1990 published December 1990
as Robin er død! Ett uventet dødsfall [Illustration on Cover, Front]

In Content Item: Flag

The 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: Flag

Batman: A Death in the Family #[nn] published January 2011
as The Ground-Breaking Classic [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Blank Page(s) on Interior Page(s)

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Inside front and back covers.

Batman: A Death in the Family

Credits on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Title page. Re-uses figures from cover.

Batman: A Death in the Family

Credits on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: First page is publishing data; second page is creative credits.

The Death of a Boy Wonder

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Dr. Socrates S. Rodor]

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

[untitled]

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

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.

A Death in the Family

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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.

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Batman #428 [Direct Sales] published January 1988
was A Death in the Family, Chapter 5 [Story on Interior Page(s)]

From Content Item: Flag

Batman #427 [Direct Sales] published January 1988
was A Death in the Family, Chapter 3 & 4 [Story on Interior Page(s)]

From Content Item: Flag

Batman #426 [Direct Sales] published December 1988
was A Death in the Family, Chapter 1 & 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]

From Content Item: Flag

Batman #429 [Direct Sales] published January 1989
was A Death in the Family! Chapter 6 [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 132

Postscript

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

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

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."

May only appear in the first printing.

The Comics News Event of the Year!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Joker

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

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.