Batman #679 [Alex Ross Cover]

(September 2008)

Batman R.I.P.: Miracle on Crime Alley (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Tony S. Daniel (credited as Tony Daniel)

Inks

Sandu Florea (credited)

Colors

Guy Major (credited)

Letters

Randolph Gentile (credited as Randy Gentile)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Zur-En-Arrh [Batman; Bruce Wayne]; Bat-Mite (hallucination); Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; The Club of Heroes [The Knight [Cyril Sheldrake]; The Squire [Beryl Hutchinson]]; Jezebel Jet; Dr. Arkham; Joker (villain; cameo); Black Glove [Doctor Hurt [Simon Hurt] (villain)]; Club of Villains [Charlie Caligula (villain); El Sombrero (villain); King Kraken (villain); Hunchback [Le Bossu; also as Dr. Dax] (villain); Murder Mime [Pierrot Lunaire] (villain); Scorpiana (villain); Spring-Heeled Jack (villain)]

Synopsis

Batman slips further into his Zur-En-Arrh identity, and the Black Glove continues to go after his allies.

Reprints

• in Batman R.I.P.: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2009 series) ([April] 2009)
• in Batman (Panini Deutschland, 2007 series) #29 (Juni 2009)
• in Batman (Panini Brasil, 2002 series) #82 (setembro 2009)
• in Batman R.I.P. (Planeta DeAgostini, 2009 series) (Noviembre 2009) [Detalle de la pág. 5, viñeta 5; de la pág. 7, viñeta 2 y de la pág. 14, viñeta 1], (Noviembre 2009)
• in Batman: R.I.P. (DC, 2010 series) ([August] 2010)
• in Batman Unwrapped: R.I.P. (DC, 2015 series) (2015 [January 2016]) [pencils and letters only]
• in Batman y Superman: Colección Novelas Gráficas (ECC Ediciones, 2017 series) #36 - Batman: R.I.P. Parte 1 (junio de 2018)
• in DC Comics - The Legend of Batman (Eaglemoss Publications, 2017 series) #17 - R.I.P. (2018)
• in Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([September] 2018)
• in Final Crisis 10th Anniversary Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) ([November] 2018)

DC Nation 123 (Table of Contents: 2)

DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dan DiDio

Pencils

Michael Turner; ?

Inks

Michael Turner; ?

Colors

Peter Steigerwald; ?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]

Reprints

• from Superman / Batman (DC, 2003 series) #13 [Supergirl Cover] (October 2004) [Cover A; partial cover]

Indexer Notes

Tribute to Michael Turner, who passed away on June 27, 2008. Hot list - AMBUSH BUG: YEAR NONE #1, JOKER'S ASYLUM: SCARECROW #1 and SUPERMAN/BATMAN #50. House ad for BATMAN #680. Issue actually released the same week as the DC Nation 126 column.