Batman
Lot 98
DC Comics

Batman "Year One" Complete (#404, 405, 406, 407)

#404-407 • Feb 1987

Batman #404-407 (Year One Complete) - Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's "Year One" storyline begins in issue #404, establishing Bruce Wayne's origin as Batman through a four-issue narrative arc. The series features Todd Klein's redesigned Batman logo and Richmond Lewis's coloring throughout the complete arc.

1st appearance of Holly Robinson, becomes an ally of Catwoman
1st appearance of Sarah Essen, a Gotham City police officer
1st appearance of Carmine Falcone, the head of an organized crime family
1st appearance of Officer Stanley Merkel, in mainstream universe, first introduced in The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
1st appearance of James Gordon Jr., the infant son of Commissioner Gordon

Credits

Writer
Frank Miller
Artist, Inker, Cover Artist
David Mazzucchelli
Colorist
Richmond Lewis
Letterer
Todd Klein
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Price Realized: $42.00
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Lot Details

This lot is a set (404 - 407). The details below describe #404.

Story Batman: Year One Chapter One: Who I Am How I Came to Be
Edition First Print · Direct Edition
On sale Oct 21, 1986
Cover price 0.75 USD · 1.00 CAD · 0.40 GBP
Pages 36
Genre / era Superhero · Copper Age
Characters Batwoman, Rad, Carlos, Emrys Killebrew, Charlie Chan, Daniel Radford
and 22 more Hemingway, Danielle Cage, Sygnet, Dusk, Tanngrisnir, Wong, Electro, Streak Chandler, Kalthar, The Haunted Horseman, Onkel Børre, Kup, Morgo, Mirage, The Proletarian, Amora, Thrax, Silverbolt, Lokos, Roger Stern, Lord Arachnos, Bill Foster

Issue details: Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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