Dates
- Cover date
- July 2019
- On sale
- May 29, 2019
- Pages
- 60
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194135390600112
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
Third Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194135390600113
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Part One: The Cave · 18 pages
While working on a case involving the death of a young boy, Batman is shot. When Bruce regains consciousness, he finds himself as a patient at Arkham Asylum, and he is told that for the last 20 years he has been living in a fantasy world where he is Batman, but that world only exists in his mind.
- Part Two: The Right Hand · 11 pages
Bruce regains his cowl and escapes from Arkham and confronts Alfred to reveal the truth of the situation. Batman then emeges in a desert where he finds the living head of the Joker encased in a jar.
- Part Three: The Asylum · 10 pages
Batman and the Joker travel to Coast City which has been decimated by a past battle, where they are attacked by Green Lantern ring energy constructs, but they are rescued by Vixen and Poison Ivy.
- Part Four: Echolocation · 16 pages
Bruce is brought to the ruins of the Hall of Justice, where Wonder Woman is gathering a group of heroes as new Amazons to protect the survivors of Earth. Wonder Woman tells Bruce how Luthor manipulated the people of the world to turn against the heroes, but how they eventually turned on the villains as well. Batman was killed in the attacks, and ultimately a new evil named Omega rose to take over the world. Bruce reveals that he learned from Alfred that he is a clone of the original Batman. Bruce urges Diana to join the fight against Omega, but she declines.
Reprinted in
Batman: Last Knight on Earth (2020), Batman: Last Knight on Earth (2021)