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CATALOG RECORD

Batman #612

DC · Series began 1940 · April 2003

Dates

Cover date
April 2003
On sale
February 26, 2003
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #612 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct Sales

    Barcode 76194120005761211

    Source ↗
  • 2nd printing

    2nd Printing

    Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

    Barcode 76194120005761212

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07098930430704

    This edition’s page
Facsimile reprints exist

Batman 612 (Facsimile Edition) (2025). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Story arc: Hush

This is part 4 of 7. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Batman #608
  2. Batman #609
  3. Batman #611
  4. Batman (1940) #612
  5. Batman #614
  6. Batman #617
  7. Batman #619

Creators

pencils: Jim Leeinks: Scott Williamscolors: Alex Sinclairscript: Jeph Loebletters: Richard Starkings

Stories

  • Hush Chapter Five: The Battle · 22 pages

    Superman is under the control of Poison Ivy and has orders to kill Batman. Now Batman must free his friend from that control and stay alive at the same time.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanClark KentSupermanLois LaneSelina KyleCatwomanPamela IsleyPoison IvyKryptoThomas ElliotHush

Reprinted in

Batman: Hush (2003), Batman: Hush (2003), Absolute Batman Hush (2005), Batman: Hush (2009), Batman: Hush Unwrapped Deluxe Edition (2011), Batman vs. Superman: The Greatest Battles (2015), Batman Noir: Hush (2015), Batman: Hush: The 15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2017), Batman Giant (2018), Batman: Hush (2019), Batman: Hush 20th Anniversary Edition (2022), Batman: The Hush Saga Omnibus (2023), Batman: Hush: DC Compact Comics Edition (2024), Batman 612 (Facsimile Edition) (2025)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.