Comic Title: Batman #434
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: June 1989
On Sale Date: April 18, 1989 Shipping Date April 18, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #163

Shipping Date April 18, 1989
Source: Previews, #2

Copyright Date April 18, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Direct Market Date April 20, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #93, #94, #95

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

Title: "How Many Times Can a Batman Die?"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: John L. Byrne
Penciller: Jim Aparo
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Many Deaths of the Batman TPB (1992)
Batman:The Caped Crusader Vol. 2 TPB (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #433; next appearance in Batman #435)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #433; next appearance in Batman #435)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #433; next appearance in Batman #435)

Villain(s)

• A woman in a red cloak (no further appearances)
• Fredrick Stone (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Batman #433; next appearance in Batman #435)

Other Character(s)

• Mark Jenner (a former stock car driver; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A female coroner (next appearance in Batman #435)
• Peter Allison (a gymnist; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Hank Jones (a gym owner; no further appearances)
• Raphael Di Giordia (a crossbow specialist; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Chambers (a police officer; no further appearances)
• Webber (not named in this story; dies in this story; next appearance in Batman #435)

Comments:
"The Many Deaths of the Batman" Chapter Two

This story is continued from Batman #433 and continues in Batman #435.

Synopsis:
While Batman is in Paris, Commissioner Gordon fishes a corpse in a Batman costume from Gotham Harbor. The victim is Mark Jenner, a former race champion. He is the fourth murder victim to be found in a Batman costume in the last day. A fifth victim, Peter Allison turns up a short time later.

Allison's murder by crossbow, leads Gordon to Raphael Di Giorda, a champion marksman. Di Giorda is always wearing a Batman costume and dies. He was planning to attend an event at the home of Bruce Wayne. Gordon finds Wayne at home, after he returned from Paris. Another killer costume is waiting, but Bruce avoids the trap. Across town, another victim is not so lucky.