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Issue: Batman #686
Publication Date: April 2009
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Issues: #686 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Alex Ross Direct Sales Cover
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 02/11/2009
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120005768611
Price: $3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Original covers distributed in a 50/50 ratio.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants7
Disclose Reprinted In4
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? 1 of 2

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Alfred Pennyworth
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? #[nn] [unnamed variant] published September 2010
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published September 2009
as Batman 686 Alternate Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #35 published December 2009
as Batman #686 Variant [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Universe #1 published June 2010
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Part 1 of 2: The Beginning of the End

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Story concludes in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #853.
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Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Sketchbook by Andy Kubert

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Selina Kyle [Catwoman]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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DC Nation [152]: Black Adam! Isis!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Cyclone [Maxine Hunkel]; Sandman [Sandy Hawkins]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Stargirl [Courtney Whitmore]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Hourman [Rick Tyler]]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ian Sattler talks about 2009 plans for the Justice Society of America title. House ad for Detective Comics #853.

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