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| Issue |
Batman
429 |
| Subtitle |
A
Death in the Family book four |
| Date |
January
1989 |
| Writer(s) |
Jim Starlin |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Aparo,
Mike DeCarlo |
| storyline |
When
Joker unleashed some of his toxic gas in the assembly,
Superman inhaled it and flew off. Foiled again, Joker
set off an explosion and tried to escape. Batman chased
him to the roof where he stowed away on the get-away
helicopter. After a gunfight, the pilot was killed and
the aircraft crashed. Batman was saved by Superman,
but the Joker's body was not recovered.
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| Issue |
Batman
430 |
| Subtitle |
Fatal
Wish |
| Date |
February
1989 |
| Writer(s) |
Jim Starlin |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Aparo,
Mike DeCarlo |
| storyline |
A
man disgruntled after being fired from his job set up
as a sniper from a rooftop in Gotham City, taking out
five people before anything could be done about it.
Batman went up to take him out, but the man was shot
dead by police when he got to the edge of the building
and in range.
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| Issue |
Batman
431 |
| Subtitle |
The Wall |
| Date |
March
1989 |
| Writer(s) |
James
Owsley |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Aparo,
Mike DeCarlo |
| storyline |
A
man Batman had been tracking turned himself in. Through
him, Batman tracked and stopped a band of assassin ninjas
who'd trained under one of the masters that Batman had
trained under.
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| Issue |
Batman
432 |
| Subtitle |
Dead Letter
Office |
| Date |
April
1989 |
| Writer(s) |
James
Owsley |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Aparo,
Mike DeCarlo |
| storyline |
After
speaking with a PI about a missing child case, Batman
investigated the seven-year-old crime. He was able to
crack the case - a woman abducted the child after her
own son died. The kidnap victim was a dead-ringer for
her deceased son.
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| 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.
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| Issue |
Batman
434 |
| Subtitle |
How Many
Times Can a Batman Die? - The
Many Deaths of the Batman part two |
| Date |
June 1989 |
| Writer(s) |
John Byrne |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Aparo,
Mike DeCarlo |
| storyline |
A
third and forth Batman killing was discovered. All four
were experts in their fields: a race car driver, a demolitionist,
a chemist, and a body builder. A fifth turned up, a
gymnast. Gordon investigated by visiting a cross-bow
expert (a cross-bow had killed the gymnast) who'd recently
arrived in Gotham. He greeted Gordon in a Batman costume
and told him that Bruce Wayne had sent it to him for
a masquerade. The man died while Gordon was there. The
Commissioner went to see Wayne. While talking to Wayne,
Alfred brought in a package that had arrived - a Batman
costume laced with acid.
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| Issue |
Batman
435 |
| Subtitle |
The Last
Death of the Batman - The
Many Deaths of the Batman part three |
| Date |
July 1989 |
| Writer(s) |
John Byrne |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Aparo,
Mike DeCarlo |
| storyline |
While
under police protection, Bruce confided to Alfred that
all the dead men had been his trainers in route to becoming
the Batman. Alfred ran a diversion on the cops while
Bruce headed down to the cave. Another Batman was found.
The real Batman deduced the killer and took him down
before he could strike again - he was one of the alleged
dead trying to break ties from Batman before one of
his foes killed him.
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| Issue |
Batman
436 |
| Subtitle |
Different
Roads - Year 3 part 1 |
| Date |
undated |
| Writer(s) |
Marv Wolfman |
| Artist(s) |
Pat Broderick,
John Beatty |
| storyline |
Batman
was unable to stop the forth hit on a mob boss in as
many weeks. After years in prison, Anthony Zucco (who
killed the Flying Graysons) was up for parole; Alfred
spoke at the hearing. Dick returned to Wayne Manor at
Alfred's request to speak to Bruce. Batman attempted
to stop the fifth mob killing and was in the boss's
house when it was bombed.
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| Issue |
Batman
437 |
| Subtitle |
Changes
Made - Year 3 part 2 |
| Date |
undated |
| Writer(s) |
Marv Wolfman |
| Artist(s) |
Pat Broderick,
John Beatty |
| storyline |
Nightwing
saved Batman from the rubble after the bombing. Batman
left his former partner in a huff. Alfred, after returning
home from the parole hearing, thought back on when Bruce
took in "Master Richard." Nightwing came back to the
manor looking for Batman. He and Alfred expressed their
concerns about Bruce since Jason's death.
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| Issue |
Batman
438 |
| Subtitle |
Turnabout
- Year 3 part 3 |
| Date |
undated |
| Writer(s) |
Marv Wolfman |
| Artist(s) |
Pat Broderick,
John Beatty |
| storyline |
Nightwing
again set out to find Batman. From a group of crime
bosses, Batman learned of Zucco's book - a ledger he'd
kept about every crime and every criminal for the past
30 years. Alfred told Dick Zucco was getting out. He
went to the release and found Batman watching. They
witnessed as he was gunned down while leaving the prison.
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| Issue |
Batman
439 |
| Subtitle |
Resolutions
- Year 3 part 4 |
| Date |
undated |
| Writer(s) |
Marv Wolfman |
| Artist(s) |
Pat Broderick,
John Beatty |
| storyline |
Back
in the cave, Batman refused to let Nightwing help him
and vowed never to have a partner again. All the crime
families began to aggressively search out Zucco's book.
Batman threatened them to leave it alone. The parole
board member who'd voted Zucco out also searched for
it. Nightwing went to the orphanage where he and Zucco
had both spent time and found the ledger. He was attacked
by Taft, the parole board member. The book was lost
in their struggle. Dick visited his parents' gravesite.
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| Issue |
Batman
440 |
| Subtitle |
Suspects
- A Lonely Place of Dying part 1 |
| Date |
undated |
| Writer(s) |
Marv Wolfman,
George Perez |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Aparo,
Mike DeCarlo |
| storyline |
A
photographer took pictures of Batman in action, knowing
he was Bruce Wayne. He then set out to find Dick Grayson.
Alfred patched up Bruce from injuries he'd received
the night before. He told his employer how concerned
he was for him. Batman notified Gordon that Two-Face
was back in action. The photographer asked Starfire
about Nightwing. He broke into Dick's apartment and
learned Haly's Circus was closing.
>>continued in The New Titans 60
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| Issue |
Batman
441 |
| Subtitle |
Parallel
Lines! - A Lonely Place of Dying part 3 |
| Date |
undated |
| Writer(s) |
Marv Wolfman,
George Perez |
| Artist(s) |
Jim Aparo,
Mike DeCarlo |
| storyline |
<<continued
from The New Titans 60
Batman and Two-Face tracked each other, both trying
to lure the other out. Dick took Tim Drake (the kid
photographer) to Wayne Manor. There, he told Dick and
Alfred his story: he'd been there when Dick's parents
died; he'd had his picture taken with the Flying Graysons
that night; he'd seen Batman swoop down to console the
surviving Grayson; he'd later seen footage of Batman
and Robin; he realized that Dick was Robin and figured
out the rest. Batman saved a set of twins that the former
Harvey Dent had kidnapped. Dick took Tim into the cave
and left him with Alfred. He went out to find Batman
as Nightwing, refusing to be Robin.
>>continued in The New Titans 61
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| Issue |
Batman
442 |
| Subtitle |
Rebirth
- A Lonely Place of Dying part 5 |
| Date |
undated |
| Writer(s) |
Marv Wolfman,
George Perez |
| Artist(s) |
George
Perez, Jim Aparo, Mike DeCarlo |
| storyline |
<<continued
from The New Titans 61
Tim grabbed Dick's old costume and insisted that
he and Alfred go after Batman and Nightwing. They arrived
in time to see Two-Face blow up the building a second
time. Robin attacked Dent. He and Alfred saved Batman
and Nightwing. Tim confronted Batman with his knowledge
and that he'd stuck a tracking device on Dent. The three
tracked him down and took him in. Back at Wayne Manor,
Bruce agreed he needed a partner and decided to give
Tim a shot.
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