Batman #493

Dates

Cover date

Late May 1993

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #493 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition

  Direct

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

  This edition’s page
• 2nd printing

  Second Printing

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

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07099230430120

  This edition’s page

Publisher’s description

Serial killer Zsasz is loose! Batman must brave the dark corridors of the Bates School for Women in search of him as Zsasz stalks the school's residents.

Reprinted in

Batman: Knightfall (1993), Batman: Knightfall (2012), Batman: Knightfall Omnibus (2017), Batman: Knightfall: 25th Anniversary Edition (2018)