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"A Death in the Family" part 3

Death of Robin, Jason Todd, killed by the Joker

Batman #427 ended on a cliffhanger that placed Jason Todd in the blast zone of an exploding warehouse

DC set up a poll for readers to cast their vote of whether Jason Todd should survive the blast by calling one phone number, or die by calling another

10,614 phone calls were made with Todd's death having been decided by only 72 votes more than the opposite outcome where he would've survived

DC had prepared both scenarios to go to print (tap cover and swipe to view unpublished pages)

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Virgin foil edition cover limited to 3,000 copies

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"A Death in the Family" part 4

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1st appearance of Kirigi, a member of the League of Assassins who was at one time a mentor to Batman and Bronze Tiger

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1st appearance of Tim Drake, later becomes Robin

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Second printing, green DC logo instead of the blue DC logo

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1st appearance of Tim Drake in the classic Robin costume

Batman #436 also hot after confirmation Tim will appear in Titans TV series

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Second printing, purple logo and shading

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1st appearance of Lark, Penguin's chauffer

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1st appearance of Curtis Base, a corrupt businessman who tried to take the place of the Joker

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