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Batman 429
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Batman 429 Signature
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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2533405006
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
January, 1989
“A Death in the Family - Chapter VI"
Jim Starlin - Writer
Jim Aparo - Penciler
Mike Mignola & Anthony Tollin - Cover Artists
Mike DeCarlo - Inker
Adrienne Roy - Colorist
John Costanza - Letterer
Dennis O'Neil & Dan Raspler - Editors
Dick Giordano - Executive Editor
Synopsis:
With his new political position granting him diplomatic immunity, there is nothing that Batman can do to bring Joker to justice legally. Seeking out vengeance in his own way, Batman hunts for a way to stop the Joker. Can Superman talk some sense into Batman before he commits the same crime as the Joker did, thus lowering himself to that level?
Notes:
-Signed by Mike Mignola on 08/16/2019
-At the end of this issue, editor Dennis O'Neil writes a long message in the letter column explaining what the death of Jason meant to all the team on the Batman titles. He also gives the final results of the votes for the decision of Robin's outcome in the story. He explains how nobody in the crew but him expected fans to kill Jason but in the end, the votes for Robin dying exceeded the ones for keeping him alive by 72. Surprisingly, only 15 minutes before the survey ended, Jason's votes for him living were up by 38 votes. This might confirm the rumors about a single person that voted for Jason to die more than 100 times.
Trivia:
Batman and Joker's interaction in this issue, heavily hints the possibility that Joker knows Batman's secret identity. Joker says "even a madman can add 2 plus 2", referring to the killing of Jason. During that same conversation, Batman even says Jason's name, disregarging the fact that it was well known that the kid was Bruce Wayne's ward. Finally, Joker and Bruce Wayne stare at each other for a long time prior to Joker's speech at the UN Building and Bruce suspects Joker might know the truth.
Quotes:
"That's the way things always end with the Joker and me. Unresolved." -Batman
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