Dates
- Cover date
- Late May 1993
- On sale
- April 1, 1993
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #493 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 - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07099230430120
This edition’s page
Story arc: Knightfall
This is part 2 of 20. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Batman #492
- Batman #493
- Detective Comics #659
- Detective Comics #660
- Batman #494
- Batman #495
- Detective Comics #661
- Detective Comics #662
- Batman #496
- Batman #497
- Detective Comics #663
- Detective Comics #664
- Batman #498
- Detective Comics #665
- Batman #499
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #17
- Detective Comics #666
- Batman #500
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #18
Creators
pencils: Kelley Jones, Norm Breyfogle, Sam Kiethinks: Kelley Jones, Norm Breyfogle, Sam Kiethediting: Curtis King Jr.script: Doug Moench, Jordan B. Gorfinkelcolors: Adrienne Royletters: Tim Harkins
Stories
- Redslash [Knightfall 3] · 22 pages
Publisher’s description
Serial killer Zsasz is loose! Batman must brave the dark corridors of the Bates School for Women in search of him as Zsasz stalks the school's residents.
Reprinted in
Batman: Knightfall (1993), Batman: Knightfall (2012), Batman: Knightfall Omnibus (2017), Batman: Knightfall: 25th Anniversary Edition (2018)