DC Comics · Batman #422 · August 1988 · $0.75 · 32 pages
Grade: NM 9.4
Edited by Dennis O'Neil.
Cover by Jim Starlin, Mark Bright and Josef Rubinstein with colors by Adrienne Roy and lettering by Todd Klein.
The issue features “The Diplomat's Son” (22 pages), written by Jim Starlin and illustrated by Mark Bright and Josef Rubinstein. Batman and Robin investigate a rape case involving Felipe Garzonas, the son of a diplomat who cannot be prosecuted due to diplomatic immunity. The story concludes with Garzonas falling to his death, leaving uncertainty about whether Jason Todd pushed him.
This is the beginning of the legendary “A Death in the Family” storyline, which would lead to the reader-voted death of Jason Todd, making it one of the most significant Batman issues of the Copper Age.
Condition NM 9.4 with minimal wear, near-perfect spine, bright covers, complete interior, structurally sound, and unrestored.
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DC Comics · Batman #422 · August 1988 · $0.75 · 32 pages
Grade: NM 9.4
Edited by Dennis O'Neil.
Cover by Jim Starlin, Mark Bright and Josef Rubinstein with colors by Adrienne Roy and lettering by Todd Klein.
The issue features “The Diplomat's Son” (22 pages), written by Jim Starlin and illustrated by Mark Bright and Josef Rubinstein. Batman and Robin investigate a rape case involving Felipe Garzonas, the son of a diplomat who cannot be prosecuted due to diplomatic immunity. The story concludes with Garzonas falling to his death, leaving uncertainty about whether Jason Todd pushed him.
This is the beginning of the legendary “A Death in the Family” storyline, which would lead to the reader-voted death of Jason Todd, making it one of the most significant Batman issues of the Copper Age.
Condition NM 9.4 with minimal wear, near-perfect spine, bright covers, complete interior, structurally sound, and unrestored.
All grades are assigned by a human collector. We do not use AI to grade comics — not now, not ever. Product descriptions are AI-assisted and while we do our best, some details
