Batman #404
Year One, Part One: Who I Am, How I Came to Be
Feb 1987 cover date · ★ Gold Star object
Part one of Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s four-issue Batman: Year One sequence.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #404
- Publisher
- DC Comics
- State
- Raw
- Condition
- Provisional VF 8.0 from front and reverse photographs.
- Completeness
- Front and reverse covers photographed; interior/indicia not yet photographed.
- Rarity
- Common
Catalogue note
Part one of Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s four-issue Batman: Year One sequence.
Writer: Frank Miller
Cover: David Mazzucchelli
Edition: US direct edition · original 1987 first printing verified from period-correct reverse advertising.
Legacy record ID: bat-404
Why this object matters
The original 1987 opening of Year One is a landmark of modern Batman narrative and Mazzucchelli’s visual storytelling. Its first-print identification and the complete held four-issue sequence support Gold at 9.7. A perfect 10 overstates this ordinary publication copy’s distinction; interior collation remains unphotographed.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.7 / 10 · Gold Star.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
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Recorded contributions · 2
- Frank MillerWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: Frank Miller Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - David MazzucchelliCover artworkCatalogue credit
Cover artwork credit: David Mazzucchelli Original catalogue credit
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