Comic Title: Batman (Facsimile Edition) #404 [Variant]
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: February 2024
On Sale Date: December 5, 2023 Direct Market Date December 6, 2023
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Cover Price: $4.99
Page Count: 32

Title: "Who I Am How I Came to Be"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Frank Miller
Artist: David Mazzucchelli
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Richmond Lewis

Reprinted From:
Batman #404 (1987)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (as Bruce Wayne age 25; last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #1; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lt. James Gordon (as a police lieutenant; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Batman #405)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #614; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #1)

Villain(s)

• Gillian B. Loeb (Gotham City Police Commissioner; next appearance in Batman #405)
• Arnold Flass (Gordon's partner; first name revealed in Batman #407; next appearance in Batman #405)
• Stan (Holly's pimp; name revealed in Batman #406; first appearance; last appearance in Catwoman #1; next appearance in Catwoman #1)
• Wilson, Stannsen, and Renny (corrupt police officers; no further appearances)
• Joe Chill (in flashback; next appearance in Detective Comics #576)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Selina Kyle (last appearance in Catwoman #1; next appearance in Catwoman #1)
• Holly Robinson (Selina's friend; last name not revealed in this story; first appearance; last appearance in Catwoman #1; next appearance in Catwoman #1)

Other Character(s)

• Steve and his friends (no further appearances)
• Thomas Wayne (in flashback to his death; first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Batman #430; no further appearances)
• Martha Wayne (in flashback to her death; first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Batman #430; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Bruce Wayne (during his parents' murder; last appearance in Batman #430; next appearance in Detective Comics #574)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Harvey Dent (in a news report)

Comments:
"Year One" Part 1

This story occurs between January 4th and March 11th, while Bruce Wayne is 25 years old.

This story continues in Batman #405.

Synopsis:
James Gordon arrives in Gotham City where he joins a corrupt police force. At the same time, Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham after twelve years abroad. Gordon soon earns a reputation as a troublemaker among the corrupt police, so his partner Flass arranges for him to be beaten by his fellow cops. That same night Bruce goes to the East End in disguise and gets into a fight with a local pimp. He knocks out the pimp and has a brief encounter with Selina Kyle before being shot by police. After his beating, Gordon finds Flass and gives him a beating of his own. Bruce escapes from police and barely makes it home alive. While bleeding from his gunshot wound, Bruce sees a bat crash through the window. He decides to use the bat to inspire fear in his enemies. He then summons Alfred for medical help.