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Issue Details

Issue #404
Published February 1987
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Denny O'Neil
Notes Cover colorist credit from Anthony Tollin. New Batman logo designed by Todd Klein (per his website).

Cover Details - "Year One Part 1"

Characters Bruce Wayne; Thomas Wayne (death); Martha Wayne (death)
Genre superhero
Pencils David Mazzucchelli
Inks David Mazzucchelli
Colors ? (known to be David Mazzucchelli's girlfriend at this time)
Letters Typeset
Notes Cover colorist credit from Anthony Tollin. New Batman logo designed by Todd Klein (per his website).
Reprinted in Batman: År ett (Carlsen/if, 1989 series) #nn

22 page Batman story "Chapter 1: Who I Am and How I Came to Be [Batman: Year One]"

Characters FEATURE: Batman [Bruce Wayne; Not in costume]; GUESTS: Alfred; Lt. James Gordon; Selina Kyle [Catwoman; Not in costume; 1st app. in Modern Age]; Holly; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Thomas Wayne (Death); Martha Wayne (Death)
Synopsis Bruce and Gordon both arrive in Gotham on missions that are sure to put their paths on a collision course; Gordon joins the GCPD which is rife with corruption and he is taught a savage lesson when he tries to buck this new system; Bruce tries out his years of training in a simple street brawl that does not go as planned; Wounded and searching for inspiration, Bruce finds it as a bat flies through the window.
Genre superhero
Script Frank Miller
Pencils David Mazzucchelli
Inks David Mazzucchelli
Colors Richmond Lewis
Letters Todd Klein
Notes Story continues in Batman #405. Previous regular cast member Julia ReMarque (Pennyworth) disappears from storylines. Revamped origin of Batman. First (?) post-Crisis Batman story.
Reprinted in Batman: Year One (DC, 1988 series) #[nn]; In The Complete Frank Miller Batman; in Batman: År ett (Carlsen/if, 1989 series) #nn