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Batman #440

DC · Series began 1940 · [October] 1989

Dates

Cover date
[October] 1989
On sale
August 31, 1989
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #440 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 07098930430740

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: George Pérez, Jim Aparoinks: George Pérez, Mike DeCarlocolors: Anthony Tollin, Adrienne Royscript: Marv Wolfman, George Pérezletters: John Costanza

Stories

  • A Lonely Place of Dying, Chapter One: Suspects · 22 pages

    Batman discovers that Two-Face is back in town and planning his demise.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanAlfred Pennyworth

Reprinted in

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (1990), DC Comics Classics Library: Batman - A Death in the Family (2009), Batman: A Death in the Family (2011), Batman: A Death in the Family The Deluxe Edition (2021), Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying 1 (2026 Edition) (2026)

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.