Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	April 1988
Cover Price	2.50 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Cover Details

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Notes	Wrap-around cover.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Deluxe Apr Checklist"

Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside front cover, column 1.

Half page Meanwhile promo (ad from the publisher)

Script	Dick Giordano
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside front cover, columns 2 and 3.

15 page Batman story "The Demon Lives Again!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia; Molly Post; Lo Ling; Dr. Harris Blaine
Synopsis	Batman tracks Ra's Al Ghul to the desert and is forced to fight him in a duel.
Genre	superhero
Script	Denny O'Neil
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Dick Giordano
Colors	Cory Adams; Liz Berube
Notes	Recolored from original.
Reprinted	From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #244 (September 1972)

Half page Batman illustration

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis	Half-page pin-up.

14 page Batman story "The Bruce Wayne Murder Case!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Jeffers Harvey; Osgood Peabody; Bilker
Synopsis	Batman stops a crooked political group for framing another political group for the murder of Bruce Wayne.
Genre	superhero
Script	Denny O'Neil
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Dick Giordano (pages 1-2); Neal Adams (pages 3-15)
Colors	Liz Berube
Notes	Recolored from original.
Reprinted	From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #245 (October 1972).

Half page Batman illustration

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis	Half-page filler pinup.

15 page Batman story "A Vow from the Grave"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Kano Wiggins; Charley Bones; Flippy; Maud; Goliath
Synopsis	Batman captures Kano Wiggins and also helps solve the murder of a circus side-show performer.
Genre	superhero
Script	Denny O'Neil
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Dick Giordano
Colors	Cory Adams
Notes	Recolored from the original.
Reprinted	From Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #410 (April 1971).

1 page Batman cover reprint (on interior page) "Batman #232"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ra's Al Ghul
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Notes	Recolored from original printing.
Reprinted	From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #232 (June 1971).

1 page Batman cover reprint (on interior page) "Batman #244"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ra's Al Ghul
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Reprinted	From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #244 (September 1971).