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Issue: Batman #426
Publication Date: December 1988
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Issues: #426 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/17/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07098930430712
Price: $2.00 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
2 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Denny O'Neil; Dan Raspler (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #147.
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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
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A Death in the Family, Book One of Four

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: New logo designed by Kez Wilson. Color credits confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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A Death in the Family, Chapter 1 & 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (flashback); Sharmin Rosen; Shiva Woosan (cameo image on computer monitor); Dr. Sheila Haywood (cameo image on computer monitor)
Synopsis: Jason discovers that his "real" mother was really his step-mother, and his birth mother is still alive. Joker escapes from Arkham and Batman chases him to the Middle East where he runs across Jason looking for one of the women he thinks is his mom.
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Pages: 44
Job Number: G-3615
Disclose Notes: Infamous story where readers called an 800-number and voted to have Robin killed! Story continues in Batman #427.

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