Issue Batman 433
Subtitle Period of Mourning - The Many Deaths of the Batman part one
Date May 1989
Writer(s) John Byrne
Artist(s) Jim Aparo, Mike DeCarlo
storyline Police responded to a call reporting Batman's death. He was rushed to a hospital, but could not be saved. Someone at the hospital's morgue leaked the story to the press. It made front page news the next day and reached Arkham, Dick, and Alfred. Gordon paid last respects to his fallen friend. A second Batman corpse was found.