The edition I read on Hoopla is actually two Batman stories for the price of one. Jim Starlin is responsible for the A Death in the Family story. And Marv Wolfman is responsible for a story called A Lonely Place of Dying. The first story is famous because readers of the Batman comics had the opportunity to vote for how they wanted the story to end. The Dick Grayson/Robin character had grown up and a new Robin named Jason Todd was trained as Batman's sidekick. The readers decided this new Robin character should die. It is an exciting globetrotting adventure rather then being confined to Gotham. There are multiple mysteries and Batman and company facing off against their greatest foe, the Joker. In the late '80s Batman was becoming darker than ever. The second story suggests Batman needs Robin to humanize him again. It is an origin story of yet another new Robin named Tim Drake. A good chunk of this story follows the Teen Titans, Dick Grayson's new group, rather than Batman, and I was a little lost since I am not familiar with those characters. When we do get back to Batman he is matching wits with Two-Face, but I was disappointed in the plot developments.
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