Batman 357 (DC, 1982) 1st Jason Todd!
1st printing, direct edition. Includes Atari insert.
Cover pencils by Ed Hannigan, inks by Dick Giordano. Script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Don Newton, inks by Alfredo Alcala
1st appearance of Jason Todd, 2nd appearance of Killer Croc (Waylon Jones) in gangster guise.
The Squid comes to Gotham City to launch a takeover of its underworld, and to trap the Batman; A mobster offering crooked protection threatens a circus owner; Refusing to give in, the owner unwittingly puts a target on the heads of his star performers, a husband and wife trapeze act; Days later, a young boy discoveres that his parents had been brutally murdered. Taken in by the sympathetic millionaire Bruce Wayne (Batman) the boy trains and becomes his new mentor's sidekick as Robin, the boy wonder; Not Dick Grayson, though--This time it was the copycat story of Jason Todd, the second person to become Robin. Story continues in the pages of Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) #524.