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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published May 2006
Cover Price 4.99 USD; 6.75 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Bob Schreck; Brandon Montclare (Assistant Editor)
Notes Actual indica title is "Batman: Annual." This is the first annual from DC in close to 6 years.

Cover Details - "First Printing Cover"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Red Hood [Jason Todd]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jock (painted)
Inks Jock (painted)
Colors Jock (painted)
Notes This cover is based on the cover to Batman: A Death in the Family (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] by Jim Aparo.

Cover Details - "Second Printing Cover"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]
Genre superhero
Pencils Shane Davis (signed)
Inks Shane Davis (signed)

38 page Batman story "Deadalus and Icarus The Return of Jason Todd"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jason Todd [as Robin; as Red Hood]; Joker; Catherine Ann Todd (flashback); Superboy Prime; Robotman [Cliff Steele] (cameo); Rebus (cameo); Negative Man (cameo); Changeling (cameo); Lilith (cameo); Donna Troy [as Wonder Girl; as Troia] (cameo); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo); Talia Al Ghul; Ra's Al Ghul; Hush; Clayface [Matt Hagen] (cameo)
Synopsis This issue reveals how Jason Todd was brought back to life and what has happened to him between the end of the "Death in the Family" storyline and his return in "Hush."
Genre Superhero
Script Judd Winick; Jim Starlin (plot, page 8)
Pencils Shane Davis; Jim Aparo (page 8)
Inks Mark Morales; Mike DeCarlo (page 8)
Colors Alex Sinclair
Letters Travis Lanham
Notes Page 8 is the alternate ending from the orginal "Death in the Family" story by Starlin and Aparo. Had the vote been for Jason Todd to live, this is the page that would have been printed. This is also an "Infinite Crisis" tie-in, though it is not marked as such on the cover. This issue shows how Superboy Prime was able to smash his way out of limbo and into the DC Universe.

1 page DC in Demand promo (ad from the publisher) "1 Year Later"

Letters Typeset

12 page advertisement "Various"

Synopsis [inside front] Justice League Season One & Batman Beyond Season One (DVD); [5,7] abovetheinfluence.com (PSA); [11] The Hills Have Eyes; [15] 2006 US Open Snwboarding Championships; [22] In house -- DC Direct Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder Statue; [30] In house -- Red Sonja/Claw: Devil's Hand; [34] In house -- Infinite Crisis Aftermath; [40] In house -- Batman: Secrets; [46] In House -- DC Direct Alex Ross Justice League actions figures; [inside back] Dragonball Z: Shin Budokai (game); [back] Pontiac