Dates
- Cover date
- January 1992
- On sale
- December 5, 1991
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #640 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098930465901
This edition’s page
Story arc: The Idiot Root
This is part 3 of 3. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Detective Comics #639
- Batman #473
- Detective Comics #640
Creators
pencils: Norm Breyfogle, Jim Aparoinks: Norm Breyfogle, Mike DeCarloscript: Peter Milligan, Kelley Puckettcolors: Adrienne Royletters: John Costanza
Stories
- The Idiot, Part Four: The Cook, the Bat and the Idiot · 22 pages
Publisher’s description
Batman attempts to stop the Idiot.
Reprinted in
Batman: The Caped Crusader (2018)