Batman #415

Dates

Cover date

January 1988

On sale

September 22, 1987

Pages

36

Editions and covers (5)

Copies of #415 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition75¢ cover

  Direct

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

  Source ↗
• 3rd printing

  Third Printing

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

  This edition’s page
• Newsstand edition75¢ cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0709893043001 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• 2nd printing

  Second Printing

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

  This edition’s page
• Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

  Barcode 0709893043001 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Millennium

This is part 6 of 22. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Firestorm the Nuclear Man #67
2. Flash (1987) #8
3. Justice League International (1987) #9
4. Millennium (1988) #1
5. Wonder Woman (1987) #12
6. Batman (1940) #415
7. Blue Beetle (1986) #20
8. Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) #42
9. Millennium (1988) #2
10. Young All-Stars (1987) #8
11. Millennium (1988) #3
12. The Green Lantern Corps #220
13. Millennium (1988) #4
14. Suicide Squad (1987) #9
15. Detective Comics #582
16. Millennium (1988) #5
17. Wonder Woman (1987) #13
18. Millennium (1988) #6
19. Young All-Stars (1987) #9
20. Millennium (1988) #7
21. Millennium (1988) #8
22. DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025) #nn

Creators

Stories

• Millennium · 22 pages

  Batman learns that Gordon has been replaced by a Manhunter when the Commissioner attacks him, then escapes. Meanwhile, Robin disobeys orders by capturing the Scarecrow when he was only supposed to follow him. When the heroes reconnect, they follow Gordon to Arkham, where he plans to free the Floronic Man, one of the ten humans chosen for the Millennium event.

Characters

Reprinted in

Batman: Second Chances (2015), DC Finest: Batman: The Killing Joke and Other Stories (2025)