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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published September 2005
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD
Pages 40
Editing Bob Schreck; Brandon Montclare (assistant)
Notes This issue went on sale 2005-07-13. Two covers were originally done for this issue; one featuring Batman, one featuring Robin (shipped in 50/50 percent mixture). There is also a Retailer Variant cover featuring a pencils-only version of the Batman cover; distributed starting 2005-09-19.

Cover Details

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jim Lee
Inks Scott Williams
Colors Alex Sinclair
Letters Chip Kidd (logo design)
Notes Primary cover, 50/50 percent ship with alternate cover.

Cover Details - "Alternate Cover"

Characters Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jim Lee
Inks Scott Williams
Colors Alex Sinclair
Notes Alternate cover, 50/50 percent ship with primary cover.

Cover Details - "Retailer Incentive Cover"

Characters Batman
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jim Lee
Notes Retailer Variant cover featuring a pencils-only version of the Batman cover. Distributed starting 2005-09-19.

22 page Batman and Robin story "Episode One"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson [Robin]; Vicki Vale; Alfred; Dick Grayson's parents [killed in this issue]; Jocko-boy Vanzetti
Genre Superhero
Script Frank Miller
Pencils Jim Lee
Inks Scott Williams
Colors Alex Sinclair
Letters Jared K. Fletcher
Notes Story continued in the next issue.
Reprinted in All Star Batman & Robin Special Edition (DC, 2006 series) #nn (February 2006) [pencils only].

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "House Advertisement"

Notes House ad for: Superman/Wonder Woman: Sacrifice (Superman #219, Action Comics #829, Adventures of Superman #642, and Wonder Woman #219). Appears on page 20 in this issue.

1 page DC In Demand promo (ad from the publisher) "07.05"

Notes House ads for Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1, All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #1, Green Arrow #52, and JLA #116. Appears on page 36 in this issue.

15 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes Total of 15 one-page ads for: Destroy All Humans (game, THQ), got milk with Batman (milk), dew Action Sports tour (NBC Sports), Steamboy (video, Sony), Get Your Free Ringtone Now (QTones), WILDC.A.T.S (video, FUNimation), Take Your Heroes Home sweepstakes (Wonder Woman Season 3/Lois and Clark Season 1, video, WB), Bic (pens), Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones (game, Nintendo), Artemis Fowl (book, Miramax), Freevibe (Partnership for a Drug-Free America), Juicy Fruit (gum, Wrigley), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (video, Entertainment Rights), Batman Begins Out of the Shadows (action figures, Mattel), and Schwinn StingRay (bicycle). Appear in various places in this issue.