Batman #686 [Third Printing]
(April 2009)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2009-06-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200057 68613
Editing
Mike Marts (credited) (editor); Janelle Asselin (credited as Janelle Siegel) (assistant editor); Kurt Busiek (credited) (special thanks)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #686 [Andy Kubert Direct Sales Cover]. There exist further variants:

Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? 1 of 2 (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Andy Kubert (signed)
Inks
Andy Kubert (signed)
Colors
Chris Sotomayor (signed as ¡SOTO!)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Robin
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Indexer Notes

Cover originally commissioned for Wizard magazine, appears to have been recolored for this edition.

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Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Part 1 of 2: The Beginning of the End (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
Andy Kubert (credited)
Inks
Scott Williams (credited)
Colors
Alex Sinclair (credited)
Letters
Jared K. Fletcher (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Kirk Langstrom [Man-Bat]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Dick Grayson [Robin]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Renee Montoya; Martha Wayne; Thomas Wayne; Catwoman [Selina Kyle; also as Cat-Woman] (villain); Gentleman Ghost [Jim Craddock] (villain); Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel] (villain); Joe Chill (villain); Joker (villain); Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch] (villain); Mr. Freeze [Victor Friese] (villain); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (villain); Ra's al Ghul (villain); Red Hood (villain); Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain); Jonathan Crane [Scarecrow] (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain); Clarence (villain)
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Indexer Notes

Story concludes in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #853.

Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Sketchbook by Andy Kubert (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Andy Kubert
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Selina Kyle [Catwoman]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Reprints

DC Nation [152]: Black Adam! Isis! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? 1 of 2
    Batman
  2. 1. Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Part 1 of 2: The Beginning of the End
    Batman
  3. 2. Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Sketchbook by Andy Kubert
    Batman
  4. 3. DC Nation [152]: Black Adam! Isis!
    DC Nation
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