Comic Title: Batman #428
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: October 18, 1988 Shipping Date October 18, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #9

Shipping Date October 20, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #150

Copyright Date November 18, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

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

Title: "A Death in the Family"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Jim Starlin
Penciller: Jim Aparo
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Batman:A Death in the Family TPB (1989)
Robin:The Teen Wonder TPB (2009)
Batman:A Death in the Family HC (2009)
Batman #428 [Convention Exclusive] (2018)
Dollar Comics:Batman #428 (2020)
Batman:A Death in the Family:The Deluxe Edition HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #427; next appearance in Batman #429)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (dies in this story; last appearance in Batman #427; no further appearances)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #426; next appearance in Detective Comics #594)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #426; next appearance in Detective Comics #595)
• Barbara Gordon (last appearance in Batman:The Killing Joke #1; next appearance in Suicide Squad #23)

Villain(s)

• Joker (last appearance in Batman #427; next appearance in Batman #429)
• The Ayatollah (no further appearances)
• Several henchmen (die in this story; no further appearances)
• Members of the Iranian Secret Service (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Cosmic Odyssey #4; next appearance in Batman #429)

Other Character(s)

• Sheila Haywood (dies in this story; last appearance in Batman #427; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Two-Face (in flashback)

Comments:
Book Three of Four

A Death in the Family Chapter 5

Two versions of this story were prepared and drawn. Based on the results of voting by readers, the pages showing Robin's death were printed.

This story is continued from Batman #427 and continues in Batman #429.

Synopsis:
Batman combs the wreckage of the warehouse which exploded with Jason Todd inside. He finds Sheila Haywood. She is barely alive, but her injuries are too severe. She speaks to Batman telling him that Jason threw himself in front of her to protect her from the blast. She then dies.

Batman then finds Jason's body. He is already dead. Batman removes Robin's costume, then reports the explosion to the authorities as Bruce Wayne. The bodies are returned to Gotham for a small funeral.

Batman then goes about finding the Joker. A clue left behind intentionally leads him to the United Nations in New York. Superman meets him there to explain that Iran has a new ambassador who enjoys diplomatic immunity. A car pulls up, and the Joker steps out. He announces that he has been appointed as the new Iranian ambassador.