Price:

1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP

Pages:

52

Indicia frequency:

monthly

Indicia / Colophon Publisher:

DC Comics, Inc.

Brand:

DC [bullet]

Editing:

Denny O'Neil; Dan Raspler (assistant editor)

Color:

Color

Dimensions:

Standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then Standard Modern Age U.S.

Binding:

Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format:

Was Ongoing Series

A Death In the Family Book One of Four

Batman/ cover / 1 page

Pencils:

Mike Mignola

Inks:

Mike Mignola

Colors:

Anthony Tollin

Letters:

Typeset

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman

Indexer Notes

Color credits confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

A Death in the Family (Chapter 1 & 2)

Batman/ comic story / 44 pages

Script:

Jim Starlin

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Mike DeCarlo

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

John Costanza

Job Number:

G-3615

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner Gordon; Joker (villain); Two-Face (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.

Indexer Notes

Infamous story where readers called an 800 number, and 'voted' to have Robin killed! Story continues in Batman #427.