Comic Title: Batman #412
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: October 1987
On Sale Date: July 7, 1987 Newsstand Date July 7, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Newsstand Date July 7, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #120

Shipping Date June 16, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Shipping Date June 16, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #120

Shipping Date June 16, 1987
Source: Focus, #1, Page BC

Copyright Date June 16, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "The Sound of Silence"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Max Allan Collins
Penciller: Dave Cockrum
Inker: Don Heck
Letterer: Agustin Mas
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Batman:Second Chances TPB (2015)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Action Comics Annual #1; next appearance in Booster Gold #22)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman Annual #11; next appearance in Detective Comics #579)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Action Comics Annual #1; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #1)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #14; next appearance in Batman #413)
• Vicki Vale (last appearance in Batman Annual #11; next appearance in Suicide Squad #26)

Villain(s)

• Camilla Cameo (aka the Mime; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Itkowitz (a cab driver; no further appearances)
• An unnamed priest (no further appearances)
• Oscar Ortin (a fireworks king; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Cynthia and Jerome (Civic Center executives; no further appearances)
• Dee Palma and Blister Twister (a rock band; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin investigate the theft of clappers from church bells around Gotham City. When a street mime opens fire on a cab driver with a pistol, Batman is nearby and chases her. The mime shocks Batman with electricity, then escapes.

Batman deduces that the Mime is Camilla Cameo, then daughter of a fireworks king with an aversion to noise. When the Mime strikes again at a rock concert, Batman is there to stop her. She tries to electrocute him again, but Batman has insulated his costume. With that, the Mime is captured.