Comic Title: Batman Annual #8
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1982
On Sale Date: July 15, 1982 Newsstand Date July 15, 1982
Source: House Ad, Arak/Son of Thunder #14, Page 32

Newsstand Date July 15, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #203

Newsstand Date July 15, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #74

Newsstand Date July 15, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #13

Copyright Date June 22, 1982
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1982
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 48
Editor: Dick Giordano

Title: "The Messiah of the Crimson Sun"
Pages: 42

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Mike W. Barr
Artist: Trevor Von Eeden
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Lynn Varley

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Justice League of America #209; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #191)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #287; next appearance in Batman #353)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #286; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #191)

Villain(s)

• Ra's Al Ghul (last appearance in Batman #335; next appearance in Batman #400)
• Talia (last appearance in Batman #335; next appearance in Detective Comics #526)