Question About Batman #1 Relist

[Sugar Daddy]

On the TZ comic page, it says that last week there was a Batman #1 republished.
BATMAN #1 — CHROMIUM (MILLENNIUM EDITION) — relist
Written by Gardner Fox, Bill Finger, Paul Gustavson, George Shute, Ted Raye, Guy Monroe, and George Papp; art by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Sheldon Moldoff, Gustavson, Raye, and Papp; cover by Kane and Robinson
In stores February 27. Reoffered to coincide with the release of BATMAN #600, this special Millennium Edition reprint is the first comic dedicated exclusively to the Dark Knight — featuring a chromium cover! This classic 1940 issue pitted the Dynamic Duo against the menaces of the Joker, Catwoman (referred to as "the Cat"), and Professor Hugo Strange. Also included: a 2-page retelling of Batman's origin. Note: Quantities are limited. Orders may be allocated.
64 pages, PI
This is the link (http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-02/batman.html)
Did anyone see this in stores? The comic book store I go to didn't even know that this was gonna be made.

[Brian Cruz]

Relists are always re-offerings of previously published material that a publisher still has in stock. That Batman #1 reprint originally came out sometime in mid-2000 I believe. Most comic stores ignore relisted items because they figure "We already sold this months (or years) ago!". But if you pester them enough, they should be able to special order it for you.

[Sugar Daddy]

Originally posted by Brian Cruz
Relists are always re-offerings of previously published material that a publisher still has in stock. That Batman #1 reprint originally came out sometime in mid-2000 I believe. Most comic stores ignore relisted items because they figure "We already sold this months (or years) ago!". But if you pester them enough, they should be able to special order it for you.

Ooooooh, that explains a lot. Thanks.

[Ed Liu]

Howdy all,

If this is what I think it is, then I'd say it's well worth seeking out and picking up. I remember reading a giant-sized reprint of this issue back when I was a wee lad in the 70's, and Bob Kane's depiction of the Joker scared the crap out of me. In addition, the issue features the one and only time Batman ever used a gun (a real one, not that grappling-hook thing he uses these days, and I'm just pretending that Batman: Year Two just plain didn't happen).

On top of which, you can't get the old Bob Kane Batman stories outside of the really really expensive Archive editions, and it's good to know where you came from and all, you know?

-- Ed/Ace