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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 1 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
"The Dark Knight Returns”
Cover by Frank Miller
Script and pencils by Frank Miller
Inks by Klaus Janson
Set 20 years in the future, this story finds that in the absence of superheroes, criminals have run amok, and a gang called the Mutants are terrorizing Gotham City; Bruce Wayne has been retired from super-heroing for 10 years following the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin; Despite Wayne's funding of the rehabilitation of Harvey Dent (Two-Face), Dent returns to being a super-villain; Bruce, overcome with the grief over what Gotham has become, dons the Batman costume again and captures Dent.
52 pgs, Cover price $2.95
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Purchased at Baltimore Comic Con in Sep 2015
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 2 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
"Dark Knight Triumphant”
Cover by Frank Miller
Script by Frank Miller
Pencils by Frank Miller
Inks by Klaus Janson
An aging Batman battles the Mutant gang and their anonymous leader; While walking to work, considering retirement, Jim Gordon is almost killed by a 17-year old boy with an M60; Carrie Kelly, a young girl who owes her life to Batman, seeks out her hero and becomes Robin.
52 pgs, Cover price $2.95
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Purchased from a fellow board member in 2016
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 3 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
"Hunt The Dark Knight”
script and pencils by Frank Miller
inks by Klaus Janson and Frank Miller
Batman battles the Joker, who has convinced his psychiatrist, Dr. Bartholomew Wolper, that he is sane and regretful; Seeking to discredit Batman, Wolper exhibits the Joker on a late-night show ("David Endochrine", parodying Late Night with David Letterman) to try and show that the Joker is actually a victim of Batman's own psychosis; As the police attack Batman, the Joker murders everyone in the studio; Batman follows him to Selina Kyle's place, where the former Catwoman has become a depressed alcoholic; Superman is introduced as an undercover agent for the American government.
52 pgs, Cover price $2.95
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Purchased from a fellow board member in 2016
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 4 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
"The Dark Knight Falls”
Script by Frank Miller
Cover by Frank Miller
Pencils by Frank Miller
Inks by Klaus Janson
Russia launches a nuclear warhead called Coldbringer in response to Superman's presence in Corto Maltese; Superman diverts the missile to an uninhabited desert area; The warhead was designed to disrupt electronics and communications and throw dust and debris into the atmosphere; Deprived of sunlight, Superman nearly dies; Gotham descends into chaos; Some citizens, including Jim Gordon, pull together to fight the fires and retain some semblance of civilization until the power is restored; Batman battles the Joker and the police; The U.S. government sends Superman to take the Dark Knight down; Oliver Queen, the former Green Arrow, prepares Batman for his ultimate battle.
52 pgs, Cover price $2.95
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Purchased from a fellow board member in 2016
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Batman: The Killing Joke nn Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
Written by Alan Moore
Art by Brian Bolland
Batman matches wits with his arch nemesis The Joker in this critically acclaimed, prestige format one-shot. He also laughs at one of his jokes. The book is infamous for the scene in which The Joker shoots and cripples Barbara Gordon, effectively ending her crime fighting career as Batgirl.
52 pages, Cover price $3.50
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Christmas gift from my brother Dec 2017
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Batman 404 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
Batman Year One: "Who I Am, How I Came To Be" Part 1 of 4
Script by Frank Miller
Art by David Mazzucchelli
A 25-year-old Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham after 12 years abroad, while Lieutenant James Gordon joins the Gotham police force.
36 Pages, Cover price $0.75
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Purchased off eBay in Mar 2021
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Batman 405 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
Batman Year One: “War Is Declared" Part 2 of 4
Script by Frank Miller
Art by David Mazzucchelli
Bruce Wayne dons the cape and cowl for the first time to take the fight to the criminal element, while James Gordon stirs up trouble within his own department.. Harvent Dent appears as Assistant District Attorney.
36 Pages, Cover price $0.75
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Purchased off eBay May 2021
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Batman 406 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
Batman Year One: "Black Dawn" Part 3 of 4
Script by Frank Miller
Art by David Mazzucchelli
An injured and cornered Batman is up against the police, James Gordon crosses a line, and Selina Kyle becomes Catwoman..
36 Pages, Cover price $0.75
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Purchased off eBay in May 2021
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Batman 407 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
Batman Year One: "Friend In Need" Part 4 of 4
Script by Frank Miller
Art by David Mazzucchelli
continued from the previous issue. James Gordon is blackmailed, Catwoman gets in Batman's way and Bruce Wayne must come to the rescue sans cape and cowl.
36 Pages, Cover price $0.75
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Purchased off eBay in May 2021
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Batman 426 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
“A Death in the Family" part 1 of 4
Script by Jim Starlin
Pencils by Jim Aparo
Inks by Mike DeCarlo
Cover art by Mike Mignola
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.
52 Pages, Cover price $1.50
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Purchased off eBay in Apr 2021
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Batman 427 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
"A Death in the Family" part 2 of 4
Cover art by Mike Mignola
Script by Jim Starlin
Pencils by Jim Aparo
Inks by Mike DeCarlo
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 of 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.
52 Pages, Cover price $1.50
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Purchased off eBay in Apr 2021
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Batman 428 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
"A Death in the Family" part 3 of 4
Cover art by Mike Mignola
Script by Jim Starlin
Pencils by Jim Aparo
Inks by Mike DeCarlo
Death of Sheila Haywood; Burial of Sheila Haywood and Jason Todd; The Joker becomes the Iranian Ambassador to the U.N.
36 Pages, Cover price $0.75
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Purchased from Comic Connect in Mar 2018
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Batman 429 Modern
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9.8
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FIRST PRINTING
"A Death in the Family" part 4 of 4
Cover art by Mike Mignola
Script by Jim Starlin
Pencils by Jim Aparo
Inks by Mike DeCarlo
Batman and Superman talk to CIA agent Ralph Bundy about the Joker's diplomatic status; The agent tries to get Batman to leave the Joker alone; Batman goes to the Joker's hotel room; The Joker confirms that he killed Jason; The Joker pulls a gun, but Batman is already gone; At the UN the Joker tries to poison the audience; Fortunately, Superman sucks up all the poison and flies out of the room to release it; The Joker activates bombs; Batman pursues him.
36 Pages, Cover price $0.75
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Purchased off eBay in Aug 2020
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