Batman
#688
[Direct Sales]
(September 2009)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 2.99 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 2009-07-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [swirl]
- Barcode
- 761941200057 68811
- Editing
- Mike Marts (credited) (editor); Janelle Asselin (credited as Janelle Siegel) (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Batman: Reborn
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Batman (Panini Deutschland, 2007 series) #42 (Juli 2010) -
in Batman: Long Shadows (DC, 2010 series) ([July] 2010) -
in Batman (Panini Brasil, 2002 series) #94 (setembro 2010) -
in Batman Universe (Panini France, 2010 series) #3 (octobre 2010) - in Batman: Long Shadows (DC, 2011 series) (2010 [July 2011])
- in Batman Unwrapped: R.I.P. (DC, 2015 series) (2015 [January 2016]) [pencils and inks only]
-
![Cover Thumbnail for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #688 [Direct Sales]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/632/w200/632305.jpg?1212475147030516982)
Long Shadows, Part One: Old Sins Cast Long Shadows
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Judd Winick (credited)
- Pencils
- Mark Bagley (credited)
- Inks
- Rob Hunter (credited)
- Colors
- Ian Hannin (credited)
- Letters
- Jared K. Fletcher (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Dick Grayson]; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Sgt. Pike; Monica Pearson; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain); Benny (villain)
- Reprints
- in Batman (Panini Deutschland, 2007 series) #42 (Juli 2010)
- in Batman: Long Shadows (DC, 2010 series) ([July] 2010)
- in Batman (Panini Brasil, 2002 series) #94 (setembro 2010)
- in Batman Universe (Panini France, 2010 series) #3 (octobre 2010)
- in Batman: Long Shadows (DC, 2011 series) (2010 [July 2011])
-
A Special Preview of Doom Patrol #1
Doom Patrol / preview (from the publisher) / 5 pages
- Script
- Keith Giffen (credited)
- Pencils
- Matthew Clark (credited)
- Inks
- John Livesay (credited as Livesay)
- Colors
- Guy Major (credited)
- Letters
- Pat Brosseau (credited)
- Editing
- Liz Marsham (credited as Elisabeth V. Gehrlein) (editor); Sean Ryan (credited) (associate editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Grunt [Charlie Bucher]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Nudge [Mi-Sun Kwan]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Dr. Amanda Beckett
Indexer Notes
A 5 page preview of Doom Patrol (DC, 2009 series) #1.
DC Nation [173]: ["Want to know my favorite team?"]
DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page
- Characters
- Justice League of America [JLA; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Vixen [Mari McCabe]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]]
Indexer Notes
Dan DiDio announces that James Robinson and Mark Bagley will be taking over the Justice League of America title.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Batman: Reborn
Batman -
1.
Long Shadows, Part One: Old Sins Cast Long Shadows
Batman -
2.
A Special Preview of Doom Patrol #1
Doom Patrol -
3.
DC Nation [173]: ["Want to know my favorite team?"]
DC Nation
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- Katie
- Ruben Cortes
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Morbus Iff
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Mark Q
- Jim Van Dore
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