"First Printing. Direct Edition. 1st appearance of Tim Drake. Cover art by George Perez. ""Batman Year 3 (Part 1 of 4): Different Roads,"" script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by John Beatty; Someone is killing off Gotham's mob bosses, and Batman keeps arriving too late to prevent the murders; Boss Zucco is up for parole, and Alfred Pennyworth pleads with the parole board not to let him free; Nightwing returns to Gotham, having heard that Batman's sanity is eroding, and sets off in search of his mentor; The Post-Crisis origin of Robin (Dick Grayson) in flashback. 36 Pages,   Published Aug 1989 by DC."