CATALOG RECORD
Batman #436
first appearance of Tim Drake
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Tim Drake (DC) — introduction
- Jack Drake (DC, from Batman, Robin) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- [Early August] 1989
- On sale
- 1989
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #436 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098930430736
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Publisher’s description
"Batman: Year Three" Part 1, featuring the first appearance of Tim Drake. As Batman investigates the murder of multiple mob bosses, Dick Grayson returns to Wayne Manor for the first time in two years--just in time for the parole hearing of Tony Zucco, the man responsible for the death of his parents!
Reprinted in
Batman: The Caped Crusader (2018), Tales of the Batman: Marv Wolfman (2020)