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CATALOG RECORD

Batman #689

DC · Series began 1940 · October 2009

Dates

Cover date
October 2009
On sale
August 12, 2009
In stores
August 12, 2009
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #689 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct Sales

    Barcode 76194120005768911

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07447030430289

    This edition’s page

Story arc: Batman: Reborn

This is part 13 of 23. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Batman #687
  2. Red Robin #1
  3. Batman: Streets of Gotham #1
  4. The Outsiders #19
  5. Detective Comics #854
  6. Gotham City Sirens #1
  7. Batman #688
  8. Red Robin #2
  9. Batman: Streets of Gotham #2
  10. Gotham City Sirens #2
  11. The Outsiders #20
  12. Detective Comics #855
  13. Batman #689
  14. Red Robin #3
  15. Batman: Streets of Gotham #3
  16. Detective Comics #856
  17. Gotham City Sirens #3
  18. Batman #690
  19. Red Robin #4
  20. Batman: Streets of Gotham #4
  21. Detective Comics #857
  22. Gotham City Sirens #4
  23. Batman #691

Also part of: Long Shadows

Creators

pencils: Andy Kubert, Mark Bagley, Bill Sienkiewicz, Howard Porterinks: Andy Kubert, Rob Hunter, Bill Sienkiewicz, John Dellscript: Judd Winick, Ian Sattler, Keith Giffencolors: Ian Hannin, Hi-Filetters: Jared K. Fletcher, Pat Brosseauediting: Mike Carlin, Rachel Gluckstern

Stories

  • Long Shadows, Part Two: New Day, New Knight · 22 pages

Publisher’s description

Batman forges ahead in his battle to retrieve the escapees from Arkham Asylum, while Two-Face begins a ground war of his own. Elsewhere, Penguin wants to become Gotham City's new king of crime, but to do so he has to make a deal with the devil.

Reprinted in

Batman: Long Shadows (2010), Batman: Long Shadows (2011)

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