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CATALOG RECORD

Batman: The Dark Knight #3

DC · Series began 1986 · [August] 1986

Dates

Cover date
[August] 1986
On sale
April 22, 1986
Pages
52

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #3 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.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07098939801603

    This edition’s page
  • 2nd printing

    Second Printing

    Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

    This edition’s page
  • 3rd printing

    Third Printing

    Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Frank Millerinks: Frank Miller, Klaus Jansoncolors: Lynn Varleyscript: Frank Millerletters: John Costanza

Stories

  • Hunt the Dark Knight · 46 pages

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanClark KentSupermanJokerSelina KyleCommissioner James GordonAlfred PennyworthLana LangCarrie KelleyRobinEllen Yin

Reprinted in

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986), The Complete Frank Miller Batman (1989), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns -- Tenth Anniversary Edition (1997), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns -- Tenth Anniversary Edition (1997), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2002), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2002), Absolute Dark Knight (2006), Batman Noir: The Dark Knight Returns (2015), Batman: The Dark Knight Saga Deluxe Edition (2015), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 30th Anniversary Edition (2016), DC Comics - The Legend of Batman (2017)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.