Comic Title: Batman:Year Two TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1990
On Sale Date: January 2, 1990 Shipping Date January 2, 1990
Source: Previews, #10

Shipping Date January 4, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #12

Direct Market Date January 4, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #132, #133

Cover Price: $9.95
Page Count: 104
Editor: Richard Bruning

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Fear the Reaper"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Mike W. Barr
Penciller: Alan Davis
Inker: Paul Neary
Letterer: Richard Starkings
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #575 (1987)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Secret Origins #20; next appearance in Detective Comics #576)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Secret Origins #20; next appearance in Detective Comics #576)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman Annual #14; next appearance in Detective Comics #576)
• Leslie Thompkins (last appearance in Detective Comics #574; next appearance in Detective Comics #576)

Villain(s)

• Reaper (Judson Caspian; first appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #50; next appearance in Detective Comics #576)
• A gang of thieves (no further appearances)
• A street gang (most die in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Rachel Caspian (the Reaper's daughter; next appearance in Detective Comics #576)
• Greta (Caspian's housekeeper; next appearance in Detective Comics #576)
• A television show host (no further appearances)
• A prostitute (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Thomas Wayne (in a portrait)
• Martha Wayne (in a portrait)

Comments:
"Year Two" Part 1

This story introduces the Bat-Signal into post-Crisis continuity.

Gordon has been recently appointed Commissioner as of this story.

This story continues in Detective Comics #576.

Synopsis:
Newly appointed Police Commissioner Jim Gordon appears on a television program where he endorses the Batman as an unofficial ally of the police. Meanwhile Batman defeats a gang of thieves, then meets Leslie Tompkins as Bruce Wayne. Bruce is introduced to Rachel Caspian a charity worker who plans to enter a convent.

Rachel's father has recently returned to Gotham City. Twenty years earlier he was a violent vigilante known as the Reaper. When he sees the condition of Gotham, the Reaper returns by killing a street gang. Batman tracks him down and confronts the vigilante. The Reaper easily defeats Batman using knives and guns.

Bruce narrowly escapes alive. He returns to Wayne Manor where Leslie and Alfred patch him up. He then decides that it might be necessary to begin using a gun.