Batman #401

Dates

Cover date

November 1986

Pages

36

Editions and covers (5)

Copies of #401 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition75¢ cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  This edition’s page
• Newsstand edition75¢ cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0709893043011 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• 2nd printing

  Second Printing

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

  This edition’s page
• No Cover Date

  Source ↗
• Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

  Barcode 0709893043011 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Legends

This is part 1 of 30. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Batman (1940) #401
2. Detective Comics (1937) #568
3. Legends (1986) #1
4. Legends (1986) #2
5. The Green Lantern Corps (1986) #207
6. Cosmic Boy (1986) #1
7. Justice League of America (1960) #258
8. The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #55
9. Secret Origins (1986) #10
10. Cosmic Boy (1986) #2
11. Legends (1986) #3
12. Justice League of America (1960) #259
13. The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #56
14. Blue Beetle (1986) #9
15. Warlord (1976) #114
16. Cosmic Boy (1986) #3
17. Legends (1986) #4
18. Justice League of America (1960) #260
19. Blue Beetle (1986) #10
20. Superman (1987) #3
21. Adventures of Superman (1987) #426
22. Warlord (1976) #115
23. Action Comics (1938) #586
24. Cosmic Boy (1986) #4
25. Legends (1986) #5
26. Justice League of America (1960) #261
27. Legends (1986) #6
28. Secret Origins (1986) #14
29. DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025) #nn
30. DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025) #nn

Reprinted in

DC Finest: Batman: Year One & Two (2024)