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Issue: Batman #408

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Publication Date: June 1987

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Issues: #408 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct Sales

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/17/1987

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Denny O'Neil

Notes: Cover subtitled "The New Adventures" through #416.

On-sale date from DC Releases #37.

There is a second printing of this issue, with no changes to the cover, but noted in the indicia, and containing ads copyright 1989.

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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:

Variants3

Batman #408 [Direct Sales]

Batman #408 [Canadian]

Batman #408 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In8

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]0
- Did Robin Die Tonight? [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]3
- Did Robin Die Tonight? [Story on Interior Page(s)]3

reprinted 6 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets0

Content Items (3 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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

Reprinting

In Issue:

Månadens äventyr #1/1988 published ?

In Content Item: Flag

Batman Taschenbuch #39 published January 1988
as Batman #408 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Batman #13 published March 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

In Content Item: Flag

Batman #9 published May 1988
as "Alguém Chamado Robin... Morrerá Hoje!" [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: DC has records showing Ed Hannigan was paid for a cover sketch, Chris Warner for pencils, and Dick Giordano for inks, but Chris Warner denied having drawn this cover (via email). Nick Caputo suspects the pencils are also by Hannigan.

Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

Did Robin Die Tonight?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson; also as Nightwing]; Jason Todd (1st post-Crisis); Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; Ma Gunn (villain, 1st); Joker (villain); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (flashback); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joe Chill (flashback)

Reprinting

In Issue:

Månadens äventyr #1/1988 published ?

In Content Item: Flag

Batman Taschenbuch #39 published January 1988
as Ist Robin tot? [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Batman #13 published March 1988
as ¿Morirá Rob¡n esta Noche? [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Batman #9 published May 1988
as A Noite em que Robin Morreu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Job Number: G-3003

Notes: Introduction of the post-Crisis Jason Todd. Final appearance of Dick Grayson as Robin. Story continues in Batman #409.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Barbara J. Randall (replies); Denny O'Neil

Penciller(s): José Luis García-López

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bat-Signals

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: L-2707

Notes: Letters of comment from Shelby Pankratz, T.M. Maple, Eric Shoag, Elvis Orten, Clark Kent, Kevin Dwayne, M.E. Tyrrell Gray, Malcolm Warren, Horace J. McConnell and Paul Bergman. Also includes "From the Den."