The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul 1988 #4 - back issue - $4.00

A bloodied but defiant Batman pursues Ra's Al Ghul "past [Batman's] dying", leaving an incredulous Ra's to exclaim "Are you man or fiend from Hell?"

Checklist of DC deluxe titles for April 1988.

Batman tracks Ra's Al Ghul to the desert and is forced to fight him in a duel.

On a moonlit night, The Batman stands atop the roofs of Gotham. "The Batman" is spelled out by the scape of tall, but narrow, buildings in Will Eisner-esque style.

Batman stops a crooked political group for framing another political group for the murder of Bruce Wayne.

Batman swings off a high building. Below, the stylized image of a bat defines the lower panel border as well as half of each side's borders.

Batman captures Kano Wiggins and also helps solve the murder of a circus side-show performer.

Ra's Al Ghul looms large over a scene of Robin being shot before a horrified Batman can react.

Batman is left for dead in the desert by Ra's Al Ghul.

On-sale date from DC Releases #47, confirmed from copyright registration. No editor for this reprint collection is credited in the indicia. The original editors are credited for the individual reprinted stories, but not for the issue overall.

• The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul - Wrap-around cover.
• Deluxe Apr Checklist - Black and white on inside front cover. Leftmost third of page. Shares space with Dick Giordano's "Meanwhile..." column.
• Meanwhile... - Black and white on inside front cover. Rightmost two-thirds of page. Shares space with the DC April Deluxe Checklist.
• The Demon Lives Again! - Recolored from original. Julius Schwartz is not credited within the pages of the story itself. Colorists are credited outside the panel borders, at the far upper right of the first page. First line is completed by the feature logo illustration, which is an image of the name "Batman" carved out of the ice and snow of a mountain in the Swiss Alps.
• Rooftop Vigilance - Lower half of page.
• The Bruce Wayne Murder Case! - Recolored from original. First line is completed by the feature logo illustration. Colorist is credited outside the panel borders, at the far lower left of the first page.
• Swinging Above a Stylized Bat - Lower half of page.
• A Vow from the Grave! - This story was adapted for Batman the Animated Series as "Sideshow". This reprint is introduced at the top of page one with the following text: "Finally, for your enjoyment, we'd like to represent one of Batman's stranger cases..." Recolored from the original. Julius Schwartz is not credited within the pages of the story itself. Colorist is credited outside the panel borders, at the far lower left of the first page.
• Neal Adams Cover Gallery: Batman #232 Daughter of the Demon! - Recolored from original printing. This reprint is introduced at the top of the page with a banner saying "Cover Gallery", and the following text: "Representing the original cover to 'Daughter of the Demon' (marking the first appearance of Ra's Al Ghul) from Batman #232..." [This intro text continues at the top of the following Cover Gallery page.]
• Neal Adams Cover Gallery: Batman #244 "The Demon Lives Again!" - The original issue number, "No. 244", is explicitly and awkwardly blacked-out with a blank-ink bar on this cover reproduction, yet the month [SEPT.] and a code "30430" remain. This cover reprint is introduced at the top of the page with the following text: [Continued from the previous page's intro] "...and the original cover to 'The Demon Lives Again!' (which leads off this issue)"
• Two Free Months of DC Comics! - Ad offering two additional months of various DC titles (at four different price points) with each 12-issue subscription. Black and white ad on inside back cover.