How long does it take to read Batman?
A Death in the Family
Batman by Jim Starlin takes about 3 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 209 pages, about 57,475 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Collects issues 426-429 from the pre-reboot Batman(1940) series. This 4 issue mini-series chronicles the death of now former robin Jason Todd at the hands of the Joker after he is betrayed by the person who should have loved him the most.
Subjects: child death, torture of a minor, torture of child, Batman, robin, Jason Todd
