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Issue: Batman #404

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Publication Date: February 1987

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Issues: #404 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 11/13/1986

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893043002

Price: $0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Denny O'Neil

Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #33.

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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

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Variants3

2 Batman #404 [Direct]

Batman #404 [Canadian]

Batman #404 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In1

Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:

Batman: Year One #[nn] published June 1988

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (7 total)

Year One Part 1

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

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

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

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Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: Legends cross-overs

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Promo for Cosmic Boy #3, Legends #4 and the Warlord #114.

Batman: Year One Chapter One: Who I Am How I Came to Be

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 22

Job Number: G-2835

Notes: Story continues in Batman #405. Revamped origin of Batman.

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

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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Pages: 1

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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]

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Pages: 2

Job Number: L-2583

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) from base issue

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Penciller(s): ? (photos)

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Colorist(s): ? (photos)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Orange Blossom Special II

First Line: Loco Motion

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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First Line: Tornado warning!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Ad for the radio-controlled vehicle Tornado by Monogram.