Barbara Gordon: Breakout #4
Cover F · Klaus Janson & Frank Miller Dark Knight Returns 40th Anniversary card stock variant · original first printing · Collect Forever Soft Slab
12 August 2026
Cover F of Barbara Gordon: Breakout #4, published as part of DC's 2026 celebration of the 40th anniversary of Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. The issue itself continues Mariko Tamaki and Amancay Nahuelpan's Barbara Gordon prison thriller, while this card-stock variant overlays that contemporary series with a deliberate Dark Knight Returns visual and creator-history reference.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #4
- Publisher
- DC Comics · United States
- State
- Collect Forever Soft Slab
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance, provisional and ungraded inside Collect Forever Soft Slab
- Completeness
- Assumed complete under the standing TMR comics workflow; front and rear publication/enclosure views supplied. The sealed/enclosed state prevents page-by-page verification.
- Rarity
- Open-order card stock variant; no exceptional scarcity established
Catalogue note
Cover F of Barbara Gordon: Breakout #4, published as part of DC's 2026 celebration of the 40th anniversary of Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. The issue itself continues Mariko Tamaki and Amancay Nahuelpan's Barbara Gordon prison thriller, while this card-stock variant overlays that contemporary series with a deliberate Dark Knight Returns visual and creator-history reference. The anniversary cover shows Batman in a mud-soaked brutal fight evocative of the landmark 1986 work, making the physical variant a direct piece of DC's 40th-anniversary publishing programme rather than an unrelated artist cover.
Writer: Mariko Tamaki
Artist: Amancay Nahuelpan · interior colour by Tamra Bonvillain
Cover: Klaus Janson & Frank Miller · GCD credits Alex Sinclair on cover colours
Edition: Original first printing · Cover F · Dark Knight Returns 40th Anniversary card stock variant · UPC 76194139424400461 · UCS26060059 / 0626DC0059
Why this object matters
The Miller/Janson anniversary cover is specific evidence of DC’s 2026 commemoration of The Dark Knight Returns. It adds strong comparative value, but the importance of the 1986 source work cannot simply transfer to a cover on a later Barbara Gordon issue. Remove Gold.
Evidence limits: Assumed complete under the standing TMR comics workflow; front and rear publication/enclosure views supplied. The sealed/enclosed state prevents page-by-page verification.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 4
- Mariko TamakiWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: Mariko Tamaki Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Amancay Nahuelpan · interior colour by Tamra Bonvillain Original catalogue credit
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Cover artwork credit: Klaus Janson & Frank Miller · GCD credits Alex Sinclair on cover colours Original catalogue credit
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Cover artwork credit: Klaus Janson & Frank Miller · GCD credits Alex Sinclair on cover colours Original catalogue credit
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