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Batman #427 (1988) · The Collector

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Batman (1940)
#427

DC Comics#427

Batman

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Batman #427

A Death in the Family, Chapter 3 & 4

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: December 1988
On sale: Sep 8, 1988
Cover price: $1.50
Pages: 52
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Key issue

1st appearance of Dr. Sheila Haywood

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Grand Comics Database issue 45428

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Jason meets his real mother, Sheila Haywood, but she turns out to be working for the Joker and allows her son to fall into his deadly hands inside a warehouse. Joker beats Robin with a crowbar and leaves him for dead as a badly beaten Robin attempts to save his mom and himself from the dynamite left behind by the Joker as he leaves them both to a horrible fate. Batman watches in horror as the warehouse containing Jason and Sheila blows up, too late to stop the Joker.

Credits

Writer: Jim Starlin
Penciller: Jim Aparo
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Colorist: Adrienne Roy
Letterer: John Costanza
Cover: Mike Mignola
Cover colors: Anthony Tollin
Editor: Denny O'Neil
Assistant editor: Dan Raspler

Characters

Dr. Sheila Haywood· 1st appearance
Alfred Pennyworth· Cameo
Batman
Bruce Wayne
Jason Todd
Joker· Cameo
Lady Shiva· Cameo
Robin
Sandra Woosan

Story arcs: A Death in the Family

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