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The Untold Legend of the Batman #1

DC · Series began 1980 · July 1980

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Dates

Cover date: July 1980
On sale: April 22, 1980
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition40¢ cover

Barcode 0709893117707 · shared with another edition
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UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.

Barcode 0709893117707 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: José Luis García-López, John Byrne, Curt Swan, Jack Davisinks: José Luis García-López, Jim Aparo, Vince Colletta, Jack Davisscript: Len Wein, Tony Macchiacolors: Glynis Oliverletters: John Costanza, Ben Oda

Stories

In the Beginning · 21 pages
After he receives in the mail the remnants of the Batman costume his father once wore and discovers its empty display case adorned with a threatening note, the Caped Crusader recalls the events that led to his becoming Batman and his earliest cases where he met James Gordon and brought the people responsible for his parents' deaths to justice.

Reprinted in

The Untold Legend of the Batman (1982), Batman Monthly (1988), The Untold Legend of the Batman [MPI Audio Edition] (1989), The Untold Legend of the Batman [Batman Cereal Edition] (1989), Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo (2012), Tales of the Batman: Len Wein (2014), Limited Edition: The Untold Legend of the Batman (2025)