The Batman Chronicles #12

Dates

Cover date

Spring 1998

On sale

March 11, 1998

Pages

52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #12 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct Sales

  Barcode 76194120466601211

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• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07098930871881

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Cataclysm

This is part 10 of 18. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Detective Comics (1937) #719
2. Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #73
3. Nightwing (1996) #19
4. Azrael (1995) #40
5. Batman (1940) #553
6. Catwoman (1993) #56
7. Detective Comics (1937) #720
8. Batman: Blackgate - Isle of Men (1998) #1
9. Robin (1993) #52
10. The Batman Chronicles (1995) #12
11. Batman (1940) #554
12. Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #74
13. Nightwing (1996) #20
14. Batman: Spoiler / Huntress - Blunt Trauma (1998) #1
15. Detective Comics (1937) #721
16. Batman: Arkham Asylum - Tales of Madness (1998) #1
17. Catwoman (1993) #57
18. Robin (1993) #53

Creators

Stories

• The Contract · 18 pages

  Bruce Wayne hires some gangsters to help rescue people trapped by the earthquake.

• House of Cards · 5 pages

  Ra's al Ghul tries to determine the best way to take advantage of the earthquake.

• A Bird with a Hand · 3 pages

  The Penguin tries to take advantage of the earthquake by winning favors from trapped victims.

• Trapped · 5 pages

  Robin helps rescue a person trapped under some rubble.

• Love Me 2 Times · 5 pages

  Some crooked cops who try to turn in Two-Face to the police have the tables turned on them.

• Little Orphan Andy · Leslie Thompkins · 2 pages

  Leslie helps to calm a frightened child.

Characters

Reprinted in

Batman: Cataclysm (2015), Batman: Road to No Man's Land Omnibus (2020), Batman: Cataclysm (1999)