Dates
- Cover date
- Late July 1993
- On sale
- May 27, 1993
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #497 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 07099230430128
This edition’s page - 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
Story arc: Knightfall
This is part 9 of 20. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Batman (1940) #492
- Batman #493
- Detective Comics #659
- Detective Comics #660
- Batman #494
- Batman #495
- Detective Comics #661
- Detective Comics #662
- Batman (1940) #497
- Batman #496
- 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
Stories
- The Broken Bat [Knightfall 11] · 22 pages
Bane breaks Batman's back.
Characters
Reprinted in
Batman: Knightfall (1993), Batman & Superman (1994), Batman: Knightfall (2012), Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2014), Batman: Knightfall Omnibus (2017), Batman: Knightfall: 25th Anniversary Edition (2018), Dollar Comics: Batman 497 (2019), Tales from the DC Dark Multiverse (2020), Tales from the DC Dark Multiverse (2021)