CATALOG RECORD

Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1

DC · Series began 2009 · May 2009

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Dates

Cover date: May 2009
On sale: March 11, 2009
In stores: March 11, 2009
Pages: 44

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Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Tony S. Daniel Group Cover

Barcode 76194127792900111
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Tony S. Daniel Nightwing Cover

Barcode 76194127792900121
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Retailer Incentive Sketch Cover
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2nd printing

Second Printing

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 76194127792900112
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Story arc: Battle for the Cowl

This is part 2 of 18. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Tony S. Daniel, Frank Quitelyinks: Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Floreacolors: Ian Hanninscript: Tony S. Daniel, Dan DiDioletters: Jared K. Fletcher

Stories

A Hostile Takeover · 30 pages
Nightwing calls in a lot of heroes to help try to get control back in Gotham City, but resists the urge to put on the Batman costume. Black Mask breaks a number of villains out of Arkham and recruits them into his gang. Meanwhile, a new Batman appears.

Publisher’s description

"Batman: R.I.P." and FINAL CRISIS saw the end of Batman. Now, months following the disappearance of her protector, Gotham City sits at a precipice and it may be too far gone for Nightwing, Robin, Commissioner Gordon and the rest of the city's heroes to save the day. Amid the fires, rioting, looting and gang warfare, one question rings out from the souls of Gotham's desperate citizens: Where is Batman?

Reprinted in

Batman: Battle for the Cowl (2009), Batman: Battle for the Cowl (2011), Batman: Battle for the Cowl - The Complete Collection (2024)