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CATALOG RECORD

Batman #678

DC · Series began 1940 · August 2008

Dates

Cover date
August 2008
On sale
July 2, 2008
In stores
July 2, 2008
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #678 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Story arc: Batman R.I.P.

This is part 3 of 21. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Batman #676
  2. Batman #677
  3. Batman #678
  4. Robin #175
  5. Detective Comics #846
  6. Robin #176
  7. Batman #679
  8. Detective Comics #847
  9. Batman #680
  10. Nightwing #148
  11. Detective Comics #848
  12. Batman and the Outsiders #11
  13. Nightwing #149
  14. Detective Comics #849
  15. Batman and the Outsiders #12
  16. Batman #681
  17. Detective Comics #850
  18. Nightwing #150
  19. Batman and the Outsiders #13
  20. Batman #701
  21. Batman #702

Creators

pencils: Alex Ross, Tony S. Danielinks: Alex Ross, Sandu Floreacolors: Alex Ross, Guy Majorscript: Grant Morrison, Dan DiDioletters: Randolph Gentile

Stories

  • Batman R.I.P.: Zur En Arrh · 22 pages

Publisher’s description

Batman's mysterious adversary has won and all is lost for The Dark Knight. Bruce Wayne is now deranged and dissociated, wandering homeless in the alleys of Gotham City. Can Bruce rebuild his Batman identity from scratch--or will he die alone?

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanDick GraysonRobinNightwingTim DrakeAlfred PennyworthBat-MiteKathy Webb KaneDr. Simon HurtBatwomanTristessa DeliciasScorpianaEl SombreroDoctor HurtLe BossuCharlie CaligulaCarlo CalzoneDr. Guy DaxKing KrakenPierrot LunaireSwagman

Reprinted in

Batman R.I.P.: The Deluxe Edition (2009), Batman: R.I.P. (2010), Batman Unwrapped: R.I.P. (2015), DC Comics - The Legend of Batman (2017), Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus (2018), Final Crisis 10th Anniversary Omnibus (2018), Batman by Grant Morrison (2024)

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Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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

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