Batman 1940 #408 Direct ed. - back issue - $11.00
Cover subtitled "The New Adventures" through #416. On-sale date from DC Releases #37. There is a second printing of this issue, with no changes to the cover, but noted in the indicia, and containing ads copyright 1989.
- - DC has records showing Ed Hannigan was paid for a cover sketch, Chris Warner for pencils, and Dick Giordano for inks, but Chris Warner denied having drawn this cover (via email). Nick Caputo suspects the pencils are also by Hannigan. Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
- Did Robin Die Tonight? - Introduction of the post-Crisis Jason Todd. Final appearance of Dick Grayson as Robin. Story continues in Batman #409.
- - Letters of comment from Shelby Pankratz, T.M. Maple, Eric Shoag, Elvis Orten, Clark Kent, Kevin Dwayne, M.E. Tyrrell Gray, Malcolm Warren, Horace J. McConnell and Paul Bergman. Also includes "From the Den."
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