Batman #497

Dates

Cover date

Late July 1993

Pages

36

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #497 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
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07099230430128

  This edition’s page
• 2nd printing

  Second Printing

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

  Source ↗
• 3rd printing

  Third Printing

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

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Knightfall

This is part 9 of 20. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Batman (1940) #492
2. Batman #493
3. Detective Comics #659
4. Detective Comics #660
5. Batman #494
6. Batman #495
7. Detective Comics #661
8. Detective Comics #662
9. Batman (1940) #497
10. Batman #496
11. Detective Comics #663
12. Detective Comics #664
13. Batman #498
14. Detective Comics #665
15. Batman #499
16. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16
17. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #17
18. Detective Comics #666
19. Batman #500
20. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #18

Reprinted in

Batman: Knightfall (1993), Batman & Superman (1994), Batman: Knightfall (2012), Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2014), Batman: Knightfall Omnibus (2017), Batman: Knightfall: 25th Anniversary Edition (2018), Dollar Comics: Batman 497 (2019), Tales from the DC Dark Multiverse (2020), Tales from the DC Dark Multiverse (2021)