| Characters |
FEATURE: Batman; GUESTS: Robin; Sheila Haywood (1st); VILLAINS: Joker; Lady Shiva; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Alfred |
| Synopsis |
Jason meets his real mother, Sheila Haywood, but she turns out to be working for the Joker and she allows her son to fall into the hands of the clown prince of crime; Joker beats Robin badly with a crowbar and leaves him for dead; Batman watches in horror as the tent containing Jason and Shiela blows up. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Jim Starlin |
| Pencils |
Jim Aparo |
| Inks |
Mike DeCarlo |
| Colors |
Adrienne Roy |
| Letters |
John Costanza |
| Notes |
Some copies of this comic contained an "800" phone number to either vote "for" or "against" the death of Jason Todd; As the next issue reveals, the "for" vote won but, according to Denny O'Neil in an editorial in issue #429, he lost his life by only 72 votes. |
| Reprinted |
in Batman: A Death in the Family (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] |