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Issue: Batman #404
Publication Date: February 1987
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Issues: #404 of 715 Issues (1363 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: 14 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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 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:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Year One Part 1

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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 Printing] 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)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos B #18: BATMAN, on 4 April 2021. Per Klein, Miller did a thumbnail of the bat shape and where the logo was to be and Klein created the rest.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
First Line: Legends Cross-overs
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Promo for Cosmic Boy (DC, 1986 series) #3, Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #114 and Legends (DC, 1986 series) #4.
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Batman: Year One Chapter One: Who I Am How I Came to Be

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lieutenant Arnold Flass (introduction); Stan the Pimp (introduction); Jackie (introduction); Morgan (introduction); Skunk (introduction); Tom (introduction)
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 Printing] 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)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-2835
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of 4. Story continues in Batman #405.

Revamped origin of Batman in the Post-Crisis era.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Get scramblin' kids!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Cap'n Crunch cereal.

Between story page 4 and the next advert.
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First Line: First, The Dark Knight. Then, The Man of Steel. Now, DC does it again!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series).

Between the previous ad and the story page 5.
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Lazer Tag

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First Line: Since the game of Lazer Tag began way back in the year 1986, no one has ever equaled his record.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Lazer Tag toy gun.

Between story page 8 and the next advert.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: Legends Cross-overs
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Blue Beetle (DC, 1986 series) #9, Justice League America (DC, 1960 series) #259 and The Fury of Firestorm (DC, 1982 series) #56.

Between the previous ad and the story page 9.
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Write Right Now!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Various ad and promos.

Between story page 16 and the next advert.
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Thanks!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the list of Kirby and Eagle Awars on DC titles.

Between the previous ad and story page 17.
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Now... Complete in One Volume!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns collected editions.

Between story page 20 and the Meanwhile... section.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Superman's Other Creators
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between the previous ad and story page 21.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Dear Dennis, since Batman #401 is a Legends cross-over...
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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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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Orange Blossom Special II
First Line: Loco Motion
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Tornado warning!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the radio-controlled vehicle Tornado by Monogram.

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