Batman: Shadow of the Bat #48

Dates

Cover date

March 1996

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #48 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct Sales

  Barcode 76194120009504811

  This edition’s page
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07447032417103

  Source ↗
• DC Universe Corner Box

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Contagion

This is part 1 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #48
2. Detective Comics (1937) #695
3. Robin (1993) #27
4. Azrael (1995) #15
5. Catwoman (1993) #31
6. Batman (1940) #529
7. Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #49
8. Azrael (1995) #16
9. Catwoman (1993) #32
10. Detective Comics (1937) #696
11. Robin (1993) #28
12. The Batman Chronicles (1995) #4
13. DC Finest: Catwoman: Vengeance and Vindication (2025) #nn

Publisher’s description

Batman learns of the existence of a deadly virus--one on the precipice of spreading throughout Gotham City! As Batman seeks out a cure, Gotham's elite attempt to secure their own safety.

Reprinted in

Batman: Contagion (1996), Batman: Contagion (2016)