This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early issues of batman comics. The character was at the center of a highprofile teen pregnancy storyline in 1998, which caused wizard magazine to name robin the best ongoing comic book of the year. A death in the family is a batman comic book story arc first published in the late 1980s, which gave fans the ability to influence the story through voting with a 900 number. When bloodthirsty batman readers voted to kill off robin mental.
This is a fictionalized version of life inside the belly of one of modern historys most insidiously evil places and people. Vintage dc mixed batman comic books 7 classic issues nice lot w specials. Floppy comic book series comic book store visit prospectus final draft my superhero. Oneil, who served as the group editor of the batman family of comic book titles.
Sims loves the story as a modern retelling of batman origins and because it has everything from batman in a tank, to bone monsters, and finally, batman fighting and taming the lions. Most comic fans know that superman actually began life in action comics. As a way to celebrate the legacy of comic book artist and legend jerry robinson, whose death we reported a few days ago, it only seemed fitting to go back and recount great, or should i more. It may not be the most accurate statement, but in the minds of many comic book fans, batman is the one superhero who, quite simply, never loses. Dc comics killed off robin in a batman contest, but had a. Batman issue 428 a death in the family book three of four death of jason todd aka robin comics color, 1988 4. Robin says batman must have recovered and batman says that it was easy since he only imagined that robin died but was. The team of batman and robin is commonly referred to as the dynamic duo or the caped crusaders. We also get a pretty obvious callback to a couple of classic comic book momentsfirst the death of elektra, which is recalled anytime you see an impalement of this sort in comics, and then to the. Robin is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Ive loved a death in the family since i was a tiny child comic book reader. The death theres still speculation as to whether bruce wayne is dying, or batman is dying. Dc comics killed off robin in a batman contest, but had a backup.
Most of the material within the book is present in the joker. Jason todd is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by dc comics, commonly in association with batman. He was initially depicted with a personality and origin identical to that of. Comic books dramatically read by the eligible monster team. The next night batman and robin go to capture the gorilla gang that is now escaping in a car but batman hallucinates its the same reptilian creature from his mind and believes robin is dead. Dick graysons origin, years with batman, and growth into nightwing. Although the story of dick as robin wasnt greatly changed after the crisis on infinite earths, his origin to become nightwing was drastically changed. Get the best deals on dc batman silver age comics when you shop the largest online selection at. Conceived as a vehicle to attract young readership, robin garnered. Batman inc death of robin complete story comicstorian. Timothy jackson drake is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by dc comics, commonly in association with the superhero batman. He is the second character to assume the role of robin and the second character to take up the red hood alias.
A death in the family is a four part storyline written by jim starlin and illustrated by jim. Love interests origins other media publication history recommended reading storylines video games batman family comics azrael batgirl batman batman and robin batman beyond batman confidential batman incorporated batman. While at heroescon 2019, comic book writer, podcast host, and batman expert chris sims listed his alltime favorite batman stories. The character was originally created by bob kane, bill finger, and jerry robinson, to serve as a junior counterpart to the superhero batman. Robin is mostly known as batmans sidekick, but there are a lot of great robin solo. Its one of the first batman stories i ever read, jason todd was my first robin, and ive long been fascinated by the what if of it all.
Robin has long been a fixture in the batman comic books as batmans partner. This page lists prices for the first 100 issues of supermans appearances in his solo series, which began in 1939. In 1988, the joker killed robin aka jason todd, in the legendary batman story a. What will happen to the batman and robin book now that. Robin recommended reading dc database fandom dc wiki. Acrobat dick grayson was the youngest member of his parents deathdefying circus act. Robin is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in american comic books. Its not mint, there are signs of wear near the binding, edges, and corners. Stephanie remained an integral part of the robin supporting cast for over a decade, until her death in the 2004 crossover storyline batman.
Batman death in the family, batman the new robin trilogy part 1, batman, joker, postcrisis dcu 19852011, superman published may 2006 by dc. This paperback collects stories from the rebooted comic book series batman and robin, a part of the the new 52. Dc finally reveals a death in the family art in which. The stories in this paperback were published from february to april, 20 in batman and robin this paperback is a direct tie in to the batman. A death in the family is a fourissue, 1988 batman comic book storyline published by dc comics.
A death in the family is a fourissue, 1988 batman comic book storyline published. Tims background was almost identical to jason todds, who was the second robin in comic books, but. The story follows jason toddrobins quest to be reunited with his birth mother. The story follows jason todd robin s quest to be reunited with his birth mother after being relieved of his duties by batman. While attending the one year anniversary of superboys death, robin. Dc comics still has the pages of the book in which he didnt. Jason peter todd is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by dc comics, commonly in association with batman. Learn the secret origin of how jason todd became robin, had his origin. As comics got darker and more sophisticated in the 1970s, robin. Celadon medella about funny comics pictures contact 19391945.
The famous death in the family comic arc possibly being made into an animated film in the near future showed even the. And just like that, robin the boy wonder made the kid sidekick an icon. Robin a k a damian wayne, the 10yearold son of bruce wayne is slain fighting a hulking assassin who happens to be, in true comicbook form, a brother cloned from. Dc comics, marvel comics and indie alike, nothing is free from our dramatic readings. Though i have not collected the whole series, since i have dropped this title only to pick it up again every once and a while, it has been interesting seeing the evolution of the.
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