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From 1988, the ad where DC promoted a Jim Starlin/Jim Aparo 4-part story in BATMAN 426-429, where readers could call in and vote whether Robin (at that time Jason Todd) would live or die at the end of the story.
And as we all know, readers overwhelmingly voted to kill the kid.

I thought it was a wild story by Starlin, particularly the odd pairing of the Joker with the Ayatollah of Iran.
After the 4 issues were published, Starlin was a bit ticked off, having believed he was writing a milestone in comics history, and then DC management immediately announced another Robin, to replace the one just killed. When Starlin appealed to DC management to not immediately launch a new Robin, an executive said "Hey, we have to, his picture is on a million lunch boxes!"

The Mignola covers on BATMAN 426-429 were also nice, and gave the series a standout look.
I was only disappointed with Aparo's art, which for some reason had visibly declined by that point.

All 4 issues can be read online at :
https://viewcomiconline.com/batman-v1-426/