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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published April 1988
Cover Price 2.50 USD
Pages 52
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Notes Wrap-around cover.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Deluxe Apr Checklist"

Letters Typeset
Notes Inside front cover, column 1.

Half page Meanwhile promo (ad from the publisher)

Script Dick Giordano
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside front cover, columns 2 and 3.

15 page Batman story "The Demon Lives Again!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia; Molly Post; Lo Ling; Dr. Harris Blaine
Synopsis Batman tracks Ra's Al Ghul to the desert and is forced to fight him in a duel.
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Cory Adams; Liz Berube
Notes Recolored from original.
Reprinted From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #244 (September 1972)

Half page Batman illustration

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis Half-page pin-up.

14 page Batman story "The Bruce Wayne Murder Case!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Jeffers Harvey; Osgood Peabody; Bilker
Synopsis Batman stops a crooked political group for framing another political group for the murder of Bruce Wayne.
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Dick Giordano (pages 1-2); Neal Adams (pages 3-15)
Colors Liz Berube
Notes Recolored from original.
Reprinted From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #245 (October 1972).

Half page Batman illustration

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis Half-page filler pinup.

15 page Batman story "A Vow from the Grave"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Kano Wiggins; Charley Bones; Flippy; Maud; Goliath
Synopsis Batman captures Kano Wiggins and also helps solve the murder of a circus side-show performer.
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Dick Giordano
Colors Cory Adams
Notes Recolored from the original.
Reprinted From Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #410 (April 1971).

1 page Batman cover reprint (on interior page) "Batman #232"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ra's Al Ghul
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Notes Recolored from original printing.
Reprinted From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #232 (June 1971).

1 page Batman cover reprint (on interior page) "Batman #244"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Reprinted From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #244 (September 1971).