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Issue: Batman #404
Publication Date: February 1987
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Issues: #404 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/21/1986
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Denny O'Neil
Disclose Notes: New Batman logo designed by Todd Klein (per his website).

On-sale date from DC Releases #33.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Year One Part 1

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): David Mazzucchelli (signed)
Inker(s): David Mazzucchelli (signed)
Colorist(s): Richmond Lewis
Letterer(s): Todd Klein (logo design)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Bruce Wayne; Thomas Wayne (death); Martha Wayne (death)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1 published September 1987
as Renace la Leyenda [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #9 published January 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Year One #[nn] [First Through Third Printings] published October 1988
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: År ett #[nn] published January 1989
as Omslag från Batman #404 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKlassiker der Comic-Literatur #7 published January 2005
as Batman #404 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Legends cross-overs
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Promo for Cosmic Boy #3, Legends #4 and the Warlord #114.
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Batman: Year One Chapter One: Who I Am How I Came to Be

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Miller
Penciller(s): David Mazzucchelli
Inker(s): David Mazzucchelli
Colorist(s): Richmond Lewis
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Bruce Wayne [Batman] (does not appear in costume); Alfred Pennyworth; Lt. James Gordon; Lieutenant Flass; Commissioner Gill Loeb; Selina Kyle [Catwoman] (does not appear in costume, 1st appearance in Modern Age continuity); Holly; Thomas Wayne (death, flashback); Martha Wayne (death, flashback)
First Line: He will become the greatest crimefighter the world's ever known... It won't be easy.
Synopsis: Bruce and Gordon both arrive in Gotham on missions that are sure to put their paths on a collision course. Gordon joins the GCPD which is rife with corruption and he is taught a savage lesson when he tries to buck this new system. Bruce tries out his years of training in a simple street brawl that does not go as planned. Wounded and searching for inspiration, Bruce finds it as a bat flies through the window.
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In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #5/1987 published September 1987
as Kapitel ett: En teckning av bakgrunden (Läderlappen År Ett) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1 published September 1987
as Batman: Año Uno Capítulo Uno: Quien Soy y Como Llegue a Serlo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1 published September 1987
as Batman: Ano Um - Capítulo Primeiro: Quem Eu Sou e Como Vim a Ser [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #9 published January 1988
as Batman. Primer Año. Capítulo Uno: Quién Soy y Cómo Llegué a Ser. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Year One #[nn] [First Through Third Printings] published October 1988
as Chapter One: Who I Am, How I Came To Be [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Frank Miller Batman #1 published January 1989
as Who I Am and How I Came to Be [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: År ett #[nn] published January 1989
as Kapitel ett: Vem han är och hur han blev den han är [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKlassiker der Comic-Literatur #7 published January 2005
as Das erste Jahr, Teil 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-2835
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Batman #405. Revamped origin of Batman.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Giordano
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Meanwhile...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Barbara J. Randall (replies); Dennis O'Neil
Penciller(s): José Luis García-López
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bat-Signals
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2583
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Bob Davidson, Ethan Kalett, Scott A. Caywood, Bill Kropfhauser, Bob Daniels, Anthony R. Cardno and M.A.D. Also includes "Letters from the Den" and a house ad for "Angel Love."
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Orange Blossom Special II
First Line: Loco Motion
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Tornado warning!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the radio-controlled vehicle Tornado by Monogram.

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