Date: Aug 1989

Cover Price: $1.00 

Publisher: DC Comics

A Lonely Place of Dying part 1 of 5; continued to NEW TITANS 60.  

Reprinted in:

• DC FINEST: BATMAN: A LONELY PLACE OF DYING (06 Apr 2027) 

• BATMAN: A LONELY PLACE OF DYING #1 (20 Mar 2026) 

• BATMAN #440 (Digital) (04 Jun 2014) DC Comics

• BATMAN #440 (Dynamic Forces) (Aug 1989) DC Comics

• BATMAN: A DEATH IN THE FAMILY TPB (16 Nov 2011) DC Comics

• BATMAN: A LONELY PLACE OF DYING (Trade Paperback) (1990) DC Comics

• BATMAN: A LONELY PLACE OF DYING (2nd Print) (Trade Paperback) (Sep 1990) DC Comics

• BATMAN: A LONELY PLACE OF DYING (3rd Print) (Trade Paperback) (1990) DC Comics

• DC COMICS CLASSIC LIBRARY: BATMAN - A DEATH IN THE FAMILY (Sep 2009) DC Comics

• BATMAN: A DEATH IN THE FAMILY DELUXE EDITION (Hardcover) (13 Apr 2021) DC Comics

• BATMAN: THE CAPED CRUSADER Vol 2 TPB (19 Feb 2019) DC Comics

• LEGENDS OF BATMAN: DC GRAPHIC NOVEL COLLECTION #51: LONELY PLACE OF DYING (UK) (24 Nov 2019) EagleMoss

Translated:

• A SAGA DO BATMAN Vol 11 (Subscription) (Brazil) (2026) 

• BATMAN #38 (Argentina) (1991) Catálogo Perfil 

• BATMAN #112 (Mexico) (16 Dec 1991) Grupo Editorial Vid

• BATMAN #45 (UK) (1990) London Editions Magazines

• OS NOVOS TITÃS #54 (Teen Titans) (Brazil) (1990) Editora Abril

• BATMAN #39 (Spain) (1990) Zinco 

• BATMAN #43 (Italy) (1994) Play Press

• COLECCIONABLE BATMAN #7 (Spain) (Aug 2005) Planeta DeAgostini

• BATMAN: UNA MUERTE EN LA FAMILIA PARTE 4 (Chile) (17 Apr 2014) Unlimited Comics

• BATMAN: UN DEUIL DANS LA FAMILLE (France) (Apr 2013) Urban Comics

• BATMAN: UN DEUIL DANS LA FAMILLE - NVELLE EDITION (France) (31 Jul 2017) Urban Comics

• BATMAN #11 (Germany) (1990)

• MELHOR DE BATMAN #2 (Brazil) (Nov 1997) Editora Abril

• バットマン:デス・イン・ザ・ファミリー (Batman: Death in the Family) (Japan) (Sep 2012) ShoPro Books

• GRANDES AUTORES DE BATMAN: MARV WOLFMAN - BATMAN: AÑO TRES (Spain) (Nov 2017) ECC Ediciones

• CLASSICOS DC: BATMAN - MORTE EM FAMILIA (Brazil) (Oct 2009) Panini Comics Brazil

• BATMAN: MORTE EM FAMILIA (Brazil) (Apr 2019) Panini Comic

• BATMAN: UN POSTO SOLITARIO DOVE MORIRE (Italy) (09 Jul 2018) RW Lion

• DC AVENTURAS - BATMAN: UNA MUERTE EN LA FAMILIA (Mexico) (2019) Televisa/Smash Comics

• DC DELUXE - BATMAN: UNA MUERTE EN LA FAMILIA (Mexico) (14 Dec 2020) Smash Comics

• COLECCION NOVELAS GRAFICAS #14: BATMAN: UNA MUERTE EN LA FAMILIA (Spain) (Oct 2016) ECC Ediciones

Aug 16, 2026 | 09:49:08 AM | Vu

We've mentioned Dollar Tree comics before, but this is the first time that I am aware of a reprint of Batman #440. Note cover price of $4.99.  I will try and look around my area, but I doubt I will find these.  Let me know if you got any luck.

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@batman_comics_forever_2 writes:

Batman - issue 1 (originally issue 440 (1990)

Dollar Tree Reprint (2026)

Are these the next DCU variants since they are only purchased at Dollar Tree?

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posted Jan 28, 2011 12:36 PM 

From goodcomics.comicbookresources.com

Comic Book Legends Revealed #297

by Brian Cronin on January 28, 2011 @ 10:26 AM

COMIC LEGEND: The phrase “grim and gritty” first appeared in connection with Batman…on the 1960s Batman TV series!!

STATUS: True

The term “grim and gritty” is sort of a catch-all phrase used to describe the trend since the mid-1980s to make superhero comics, well, grim and gritty.

Typically, Alan Moore’s Watchmen and Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns are credited with inspiring this trend… but really, you could go much further back than that if you’d like. I suppose, though, Moore and Miller’s works were SO popular that people tended to follow their leads more so than other similar works.

Heck, Batman was so “grim and gritty” at one point that it even became a plot point where a young boy, Tim Drake, feels Batman has gotten TOO grim and gritty, and needed a Robin to balance him out…

[ Read more Comic Book Legends Revealed #297 ]

posted ‎‎Oct 16, 2009 1:28 PM‎‎ 

From comichron.com

August 2009: Flashbacks to the past

September 29, 2009

(excerpt)

August 1989's top seller at Capital City was Batman #440, the first partof "A Lonely Place of Dying," the storyline notable for introducing TimDrake as a replacement Robin. "Lonely Place" gave DC an opportunity toreally capitalize on the attention following the release of Tim Burton's Batmanfilm, which was still in theaters in August; Capital City's preorderson the issue were 122,550 copies, putting the true total in the500-600,000-copy range.

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