Dates
- Cover date
- [August] 1988
- On sale
- April 26, 1988
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #12 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.50 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$1.50 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098933120485 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition2.00 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 2.00 CAD.
Barcode 07098933120485 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Slade's Demon · 38 pages
- The Back-Up · 8 pages
Jason's teacher chides him for his lack of after school activities and Jason regrets not being able to do more. Three students ask him to help as a stagehand that afternoon. They show him how to navigate the school using the catwalks. They intend to change their grades in a locked office but run out of time and promise to meet later. Jason arrives early and sees them making the change. As he wonders what Batman would do, he remembers Bruce telling him, "let the criminals trip themselves up." The next day it's revealed the administration has caught the error and identified the perpetrators.
Characters
Reprinted in
Batman: The Caped Crusader (2018), DC Finest: Batman: A Death in the Family (2026), Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle (2015)