Dates
- Cover date
- April 1993
- On sale
- February 18, 1993
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #491 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 ↗ - 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
Third Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07099230430104
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Kelley Jones, Jim Aparoinks: Kelley Jones, Jim Aparoletters: Bob LeRose, Richard Starkingsediting: Curtis King Jr.script: Doug Moench, Scott Petersoncolors: Adrienne Roy
Stories
- The Freedom of Madness! · 22 pages
Bane frees the inmates of Arkham Asylum.
Reprinted in
Batman: Knightfall (1993), Batman: Knightfall (2012), Batman: Knightfall Omnibus (2017), Batman: Prelude to Knightfall (2018)