Comic Title: Batman #435
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: July 1989
On Sale Date: May 23, 1989 Shipping Date May 25, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #165

Shipping Date May 23, 1989
Source: Previews, #3

Shipping Date May 25, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #5

Copyright Date May 23, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Direct Market Date May 23, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #94, Page 2

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

Title: "The Last Death of the Batman"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: John L. Byrne
Penciller: Jim Aparo
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Many Deaths of the Batman TPB (1992)
Batman:The Caped Crusader Vol. 2 TPB (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #434; next appearance in Batman Annual #13)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #434; next appearance in Batman Annual #13)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #434; next appearance in Batman Annual #13)

Villain(s)

• Fredrick Stone (aka Mr. Jones and Jerry Sawyer; name revealed; last appearance in Batman #434; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mary McGinnis (a murder victim; no further appearances)
• A police inspector and his partner (no further appearances)
• A female coroner (last appearance in Batman #434; no further appearances)
• Several police officers (Morrie named; no further appearances)
• Aurelius Boch (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Mina Boch (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Webber (as a corpse; last appearance in Batman #434; no further appearances)
• Sally (Stone's fiance; no further appearances)
• Campbell (no further appearances)

Comments:
"The Many Deaths of the Batman" Chapter Three

This story is continued from Batman #434.

Synopsis:
Following an attempt on his life, Bruce Wayne has been put under police protection. Alfred distracts the police to give Bruce a chance to become Batman. In the Bat-Cave, Batman deduces the killer's motives and creates a list of potential victims. The targets are all men who were responsible for training Batman as an expert in their fields of study.

When the coroner discovers that one of the victims was already dead when his body was blown up, Batman deduces that the supposed victim is really the killer, Fredrick Stone. Batman then stops Stone from killing his next two intended victims. In doing so, he eventually apprehends the killer, who had deduced that he himself had once trained the Batman in the use of explosives.