Batman: Death and the City #[nn] for Sale - First Appearance of Vox - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Batman: Death and the City (DC, 2007 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: 2007 [January 2008]
Key date: 2008-01-00
On-sale date: 2007-11-21
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $14.99; 17.99 CAD
Pages: 196
Barcode: 978140121575051499
ISBN: 978-1-4012-1575-0

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Vox - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Simone Bianchi; inks: Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi	Batman, Joker, Bruce Wayne, Zatanna
1	Batman: Death and the City	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Simone Bianchi; inks: Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi	Batman, Tim Drake, Robin, Bruce Wayne
2	Batman: Death and the City	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	pencils: Don Kramer, Simone Bianchi; inks: Wayne Faucher, Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi	Batman, Bruce Wayne, Zatanna
3	-	table of contents	2	pencils: Simone Bianchi, Don Kramer; inks: Simone Bianchi, Wayne Faucher; colors: Simone Bianchi	Batman, Bruce Wayne
4	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Simone Bianchi; inks: Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi; editing: Peter Tomasi, Michael Siglain	Batman, Bruce Wayne
5	Double Talk	comic story	22	script: Paul Dini; pencils: Don Kramer; inks: Wayne Faucher; colors: John Kalisz; letters: Jared K. Fletcher; editing: Peter Tomasi, Michael Siglain	Batman, Harvey Bullock, Oswald Cobblepot, Commissioner James Gordon, Penguin, Alfred Pennyworth, The Ventriloquist, Bruce Wayne, Arnold Wesker
6	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Simone Bianchi; inks: Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi; editing: Peter Tomasi, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Bruce Wayne
7	Shark Bite	comic story	22	script: Paul Dini; pencils: Don Kramer; inks: Wayne Faucher; colors: John Kalisz; letters: John J. Hill; editing: Peter Tomasi, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Edward Nigma, Alfred Pennyworth, Riddler, Bruce Wayne
8	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Simone Bianchi; inks: Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi; editing: Peter Tomasi, Michael Siglain	Batman, Tim Drake, Robin, Bruce Wayne
9	Siege, Part One	comic story	22	script: Stuart Moore; pencils: Andy Clarke; inks: Andy Clarke; colors: Nathan Eyring; letters: John J. Hill; editing: Peter Tomasi, Michael Siglain	Batman, Tim Drake, Lucius Fox, Commissioner James Gordon, Robin, Vox First, Bruce Wayne
10	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Simone Bianchi; inks: Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi; editing: Peter Tomasi, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Vox First, Bruce Wayne
11	Siege, Part Two	comic story	22	script: Stuart Moore; pencils: Andy Clarke; inks: Andy Clarke; colors: Nathan Eyring; letters: Travis Lanham; editing: Peter Tomasi, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Tim Drake, Commissioner James Gordon, Robin, Vox First, Bruce Wayne
12	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Simone Bianchi; inks: Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi; editing: Peter Tomasi, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Harley Quinn, Harleen Quinzel, Bruce Wayne
13	Kind of Like Family	comic story	22	script: Paul Dini; pencils: Don Kramer; inks: Wayne Faucher; colors: John Kalisz; letters: Jared K. Fletcher; editing: Peter Tomasi, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Harvey Bullock, Oswald Cobblepot, Commissioner James Gordon, Harley Quinn, Joker, Penguin, Alfred Pennyworth, Harleen Quinzel, The Ventriloquist, Bruce Wayne, Arnold Wesker
14	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Simone Bianchi; inks: Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi; editing: Peter Tomasi, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Bruce Wayne
15	Triage	comic story	22	script: Royal McGraw; pencils: Andy Clarke; inks: Andy Clarke; colors: Nathan Eyring; letters: Travis Lanham; editing: Peter Tomasi, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne
16	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Simone Bianchi; inks: Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi; editing: Peter Tomasi, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Bruce Wayne, Zatanna
17	Trust	comic story	22	script: Paul Dini; pencils: Don Kramer; inks: Wayne Faucher; colors: John Kalisz; letters: Travis Lanham; editing: Peter Tomasi, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Thomas Elliot, Joker, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne, Zatanna, Zatara
18	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Simone Bianchi; inks: Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi; editing: Peter Tomasi, Mike Marts, Jeanine Schaefer, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Joker, Bruce Wayne, Zatanna
19	Trust, Part 2 of 2	comic story	22	script: Paul Dini; pencils: Don Kramer; inks: Wayne Faucher; colors: John Kalisz; letters: Travis Lanham; editing: Peter Tomasi, Mike Marts, Jeanine Schaefer, Elisabeth V. Gehrlein	Batman, Joker, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne, Zatanna
20	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Don Kramer, Simone Bianchi; inks: Don Kramer, Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi	Batman, Harley Quinn, Harleen Quinzel, Bruce Wayne

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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