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Issue: Batman #428
Publication Date: January 1988
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Issues: #428 of 715 Issues (1343 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: 10/20/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Denny O'Neil; Dan Raspler (assistant editor)
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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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Disclose Reprinted In16
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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A Death in the Family, Book Three of Four

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Robin [Jason Todd]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman - Un deuil dans la famille #[nn] published April 2013
In Content Item: FlagBatman [Batman Una muerte en la Familia] #3 published January 1990
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Batman - A Death in the Family #[nn] published November 2009
as Batman #428 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman - Ein Tod in der Familie #[nn] published August 2010
as Batman #428 [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 Three of Four [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman - Un deuil dans la famille #[nn] published April 2013
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color credits confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

The direct sales edition has additional text where the UPC appears on the newsstand edition.
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A Death in the Family, Chapter 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Starlin
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo
Inker(s): Mike DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd] (death); Shiela Haywood (death); Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Barbara Gordon; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran; Joker (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain, flashback)
Synopsis: Death of Sheila Haywood. Burial of Sheila Haywood and Jason Todd. Joker becomes the Iranian Ambassador to the U.N.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman - Un deuil dans la famille #[nn] published April 2013
In Content Item: FlagBatman: A Death in the Family #[nn] [First 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] #3 published January 1990
as Una Muerte en la Familia Parte 3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #12 published January 1990
as Tod in der Familie - Kapitel 5 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #2/1990 published March 1990
as Ett oväntat dödsfall kapitel 5 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA Morte de Robin #3 published May 2002
as Capítulo 5 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagColeccionable Batman #5 published July 2005
as Una Muerte en la Familia (Parte 3) [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 5 [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 5 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: A Death in the Family #[nn] published January 2011
as A Death in the Family Chapter 5 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3885
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Raspler (replies); Denny O'Neil
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bat-Signals
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3472
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Richard E. Hopkins, M.A. McConnell, Russ Bedell, Joel Cruz, Jerry Smith, Joseph Olszewski, Daniel Snyder, George Gustines, Charlie Harris, Rick Peterson and Rich Kreiner. Includes "From the Den" column.

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