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Batman: A Death in the Family TPB #[nn] (1989) · The Collector

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Batman: A Death in the Family TPB (1988)
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Batman: A Death in the Family TPB

Batman: A Death in the Family TPB #[nn]

A Death in the Family

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: January 1989
On sale: Dec 8, 1988
Cover price: $3.95
Pages: 148
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Key issue

Death of Robin
Death of Jason Todd

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14 recorded

1st
First PrintingMain
1st printing · Newsstand · $3.95

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Grand Comics Database issue 95718

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Jason Todd is spiraling out of control, and he decides to find his biological mother without Batman's help. He finally does track down his mother, a former associate of the Joker, but unfortunately, the Joker shows up during the reunion and beats Robin to death. Batman's quest for revenge brings him into conflict with Superman when the Joker reappears as an ambassador of Iran, with full diplomatic immunity. The twist to the story is that readers were encouraged to phone in with their vote as to whether Jason Todd would live or die.

2nd

Second Printing

2nd printing · Newsstand · $3.95

3rd

Third Printing

3rd printing · Newsstand · $3.95

4th

Fourth Printing

4th printing · Newsstand · $3.95

5th

Fifth Printing

5th printing · Newsstand · $3.95

6th

Sixth Printing

6th printing · $4.95

No barcode recorded

7th

Seventh Printing

7th printing · Direct · $4.95

8th

Eighth Printing

8th printing · Direct · $4.95

9th

Ninth Printing

9th printing · Direct · $4.95

10th

Tenth Printing

10th printing · $12.99

No barcode recorded

Eleventh Printing

Printing not stated · Direct · $12.99

Fourteenth Printing

Printing not stated · $12.99

ISBN 9780930289447

No barcode recorded

2 more editions and variants

Thirteenth PrintingNo barcode recorded
Twelfth Printing761941201191 00122

Credits

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

Characters

Jason Todd· Death
Robin· Death
Batman
Bruce Wayne
Clark Kent
Joker
Superman

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