Comic Title: Batman #440
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1989
On Sale Date: August 29, 1989 Shipping Date August 29, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #169

Shipping Date August 29, 1989
Source: Previews, #6

Shipping Date August 31, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #8

Direct Market Date August 31, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #110, #112, #113

Shipping Date August 29, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #167, Page 14

Copyright Date August 29, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "Suspects"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Plotter: George Perez
Penciller: Jim Aparo
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Batman:A Lonely Place of Dying TPB (1990)
Batman:A Death in the Family HC (2009)
Batman:A Death in the Family:The Deluxe Edition HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Justice League Europe #8; next appearance in New Titans #60)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Manhunter #17; next appearance in New Titans #60)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Secret Origins Special #1; next appearance in Batman #441)
• Tim Drake (last appearance in Batman #436; next appearance in New Titans #60)

Villain(s)

• Two-Face (last appearance in Secret Origins Special #1; next appearance in New Titans #60)
• Ravager (a murderer; no further appearances)
• Gerry Skye (aka Guiseppe Scalatto; a mob boss; no further appearances)
• Pico and Robertson (thieves; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Titans (last appearance in New Titans #59; next appearance in New Titans #60)
• Starfire (last appearance in New Titans #59; next appearance in New Titans #60)
• Changeling (last appearance in New Titans #59; next appearance in New Titans #62)
• Cyborg (last appearance in New Titans #59; next appearance in New Titans #60)
• Jericho (last appearance in New Titans #59; next appearance in New Titans #60)
• Troia (last appearance in New Titans #59; next appearance in New Titans #60)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Dick Grayson (in photographs)
• Robin (Jason Todd; in photographs)

Comments:
A Lonely Place of Dying Part 1

This story continues in New Titans #60.

Synopsis:
Batman fights a masked murderer known as the Ravager on the edge of a damn. He is wounded, and the killer is knocked into the water. The battle is observed from afar by someone who has deduced Batman's secret identity.

When Batman returns home, Alfred patches him up. He also gives Bruce a lecture about uses his fists instead of his head. When Batman goes out again to stop a warehouse robbery, Alfred's words give him cause to consider. He realizes that Two-Face is back in town.

Meanwhile, the observer tries to track down Dick Grayson through his connection to the Titans. A search of Dick's apartment leads him to the Haly Circus.