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Batman #612

DC · Series began 1940 · April 2003

Dates

Cover date
April 2003
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #612 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct Sales

    Barcode 76194120005761211

    This edition’s page
  • 2nd printing

    2nd Printing

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

    Barcode 76194120005761212

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07098930430704

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Facsimile reprints exist

Batman 612 (Facsimile Edition) (2025). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Story arc: Hush

This is part 5 of 12. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Batman #608
  2. Batman #609
  3. Batman #610
  4. Batman #611
  5. Batman (1940) #612
  6. Batman #613
  7. Batman #614
  8. Batman #615
  9. Batman #616
  10. Batman #617
  11. Batman #618
  12. Batman #619

Publisher’s description

Guest-starring Superman! The best-selling comic continues with the fight you've waited for, discussed and argued about: Batman vs. Superman, toe-to-toe! How do you stop the Man of Steel? Who can outwit the World's Greatest Detective? What could bring these uneasy allies to the brink of war? Who will be left standing in a battle that could bring down the city of Metropolis?

Reprinted in

Batman: Hush (2003), Batman: Hush (2003), Absolute Batman Hush (2005), Batman: Hush (2009), Batman: Hush Unwrapped Deluxe Edition (2011), Batman vs. Superman: The Greatest Battles (2015), Batman Noir: Hush (2015), Batman: Hush: The 15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2017), Batman Giant (2018), Batman: Hush (2019), Batman: Hush 20th Anniversary Edition (2022), Batman: The Hush Saga Omnibus (2023), Batman: Hush: DC Compact Comics Edition (2024), Batman 612 (Facsimile Edition) (2025)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.

Issue, variant and release data from Metron (metron.cloud), CC BY-SA 4.0.