DC Retroactive: Batman - The '80s #1

Oct 2011 · DC · 4.99 USD

📊 ~12,534 copies sold its debut month

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In "The Revenge of The Reaper!", Batman faces a chilling return from Gotham's past as a masked vigilante from twenty years prior resurfaces just as Bruce Wayne begins a new romance with Rachel Caspian—unaware that her father is the man he's hunting. With the Reaper's brutal methods echoing his own origins, Batman is forced to confront a dark temptation, wielding the very gun that killed his parents in a desperate bid to end the threat. Written by Mike W. Barr and brought to life by Alan Davis, Paul Neary, Adrienne Roy, and Richard Starkings, with a striking cover by Jerry Bingham, this 2011 DC Retroactive issue delivers a tense, character-driven thriller rooted in Gotham's shadowed history.

Contains 2 stories

The Revenge of The Reaper!

26 pp · Superhero

BatmanRobin [Jason Todd]Commissioner GordonAlfred PennyworthRachel CaspianProfessor PaxtonGrace Paxton [also as The Reaper]District Attorney Paul SamuelsLeslie ThompkinsNails NorkofskyTommy GarnettMcSurleyJohnny Garnett [also as The Reaper]

In "The Revenge of The Reaper!" from DC Retroactive: Batman – The '80s #1, Batman and Robin are thrown off track when the elusive Reaper resurfaces, vanishing after a daring ambush. With the city's two rival mob families on the brink of a deadly meeting, the Dark Knight must piece together the killer's cryptic trail, protect Rachel Caspian, and stop the Reaper’s next move—before it’s too late.

Batman Year Two, Chapter One: Fear The Reaper

22 pp · Superhero

Batman [Bruce Wayne]Commissioner Jim GordonRachel CaspianReaper [Judson Caspian]Leslie ThompkinsAlfred PennyworthThomas Wayne (in portrait)Martha Wayne (in portrait)

In "Batman Year Two, Chapter One: Fear The Reaper," a shadow from Gotham’s past resurfaces just as Bruce Wayne begins a fragile new chapter with Rachel Caspian—unaware that her father, long thought dead, is the deadly Reaper. When Batman is left broken after a brutal encounter with the masked killer, he makes a desperate choice: to wield the same gun that took his parents’ lives in a bid to end the Reaper’s reign.