{"product_id":"the-saga-of-ras-al-ghul-1988-4-48032","title":"The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul 1988 #4 - back issue - $4.00","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChecklist of DC deluxe titles for April 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBatman tracks Ra's Al Ghul to the desert and is forced to fight him in a duel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBatman stops a crooked political group for framing another political group for the murder of Bruce Wayne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBatman 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBatman captures Kano Wiggins and also helps solve the murder of a circus side-show performer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRa's Al Ghul looms large over a scene of Robin being shot before a horrified Batman can react.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBatman is left for dead in the desert by Ra's Al Ghul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn-sale date from DC Releases #47, confirmed from copyright registration.\r\n\r\nNo 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Saga of Ra's Al Ghul - Wrap-around cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeluxe Apr Checklist - Black and white on inside front cover. Leftmost third of page. Shares space with Dick Giordano's \"Meanwhile...\" column.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeanwhile... - Black and white on inside front cover. Rightmost two-thirds of page. Shares space with the DC April Deluxe Checklist.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Demon Lives Again! - Recolored from original. \r\n\r\nJulius Schwartz is not credited within the pages of the story itself.\r\n\r\nColorists are credited outside the panel borders, at the far upper right of the first page. \r\n\r\nFirst 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRooftop Vigilance - Lower half of page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bruce Wayne Murder Case! - Recolored from original.\r\n\r\nFirst line is completed by the feature logo illustration.\r\n\r\nColorist is credited outside the panel borders, at the far lower left of the first page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwinging Above a Stylized Bat - Lower half of page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Vow from the Grave! - This story was adapted for Batman the Animated Series as \"Sideshow\".\r\n\r\nThis 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...\"\r\n\r\nRecolored from the original.\r\n\r\nJulius Schwartz is not credited within the pages of the story itself.\r\n\r\nColorist is credited outside the panel borders, at the far lower left of the first page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeal Adams Cover Gallery: Batman #232 Daughter of the Demon! - Recolored from original printing.\r\n\r\nThis 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.]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeal 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. \r\n\r\nThis 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)\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42489694486678,"sku":"CSAS3616I44296B48032","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0362\/5854\/5795\/files\/44296.jpg?v=1783273269","url":"https:\/\/shop.thecomicsplace.com\/products\/the-saga-of-ras-al-ghul-1988-4-48032","provider":"Comics Place","version":"1.0","type":"link"}