Comic Title: Batman #402
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: December 1986
On Sale Date: September 11, 1986 Newsstand Date September 11, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #31

Newsstand Date September 11, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #100

Shipping Date August 19, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #100

Shipping Date August 19, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #31

Shipping Date August 19, 1986
Source: Comics Journal, #110

Copyright Date August 19, 1986
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1986
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: (No Title)
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Max Allan Collins
Artist: Jim Starlin
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Daina Graziunas

Reprinted In:
Batman:Second Chances TPB (2015)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Outsiders Annual #1; next appearance in Detective Comics #569)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #568; next appearance in Detective Comics #569)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #401; next appearance in Detective Comics #569)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #401; next appearance in Detective Comics #569)

Villain(s)

• Tommy Carma (a former police detective; disguised as Batman; next appearance in Batman #403)
• Spider and Roach (two muggers; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• The Snuffer (a former mob assassin; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dick and Jane (the victims of a mugging; no further appearances)
• Barnes (deputy police commissioner; no further appearances)
• Howard Despond (the husband of a murder victim; no further appearances)
• Mrs. Carma (Tommy's mother; no further appearances)
• An unnamed security guard (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman is accused of murder, when another man wearing a Batman costume kills two muggers. Barnes, the deputy police commissioner, tries to arrest Batman, but he gets away. When the phony Batman kills again, Batman and Commissioner Gordon are able to piece together clues and learn that the imposter is really Tommy Carma, an ex-police detective, who was fired for brutality.

Batman tracks Carma to his mother's home and finds a replica Batcave with newspaper clippings dating back to early in Batman's career. He also learns that Carma's next target is an ex-mob assassin known as the Snuffer who is currently in custody. Batman prevents the murder of the Snuffer, then defeats Carma is a fight.