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Issue Details

Issue #684
Published February 2009
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Marts; Janelle Siegel (assistant)
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2009-01-02

Cover Details - "Last Rites"

Characters Commissioner James Gordon; Harvey Bullock
Genre Superhero
Pencils Alex Ross
Inks Alex Ross
Colors Alex Ross
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2009-01-02

Cover Details - "Last Rites [Cover B - Variant Cover]"

Characters Nightwing [Dick Grayson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tony S. Daniel (signed)
Inks Tony S. Daniel (signed)
Notes 1:10 variant cover. U.S. on sale date: 2009-01-02

22 page Batman story "Batman: Last Rites Last Days of Gotham Part 2 of 2"

Characters Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Millicent Mayne; Commissioner James Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Gracchus [as Two-Face] (villain)
Synopsis "In a world without a Batman, what happens when Commissioner Gordon lights the Bat-signal, in desperate need of assistance against the growing tide of crime sweeping his city? What does Nightwing do when his longtime partner fails to aid him in yet another of Two-Face's villainous assaults against Gotham? Without The Dark Knight to protect its walls, Gotham City may be facing its final days!" [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Guillem March
Inks Guillem March
Colors Guillem March
Letters Jared K. Fletcher
Notes Story continued from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #851.

4 page Mortal Kombat; DC Universe advertisement "Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe"

Genre Superhero; Martial Arts
Notes Ad for Mortal Combat vs. DC Universe video game.

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) DC Nation [145]: "Okay, Time to Set the Story Straight."

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]
Script Dan Didio
Letters typeset
Notes Dan Didio talks about the return of Barry Allen as the Flash. House ad for Batman #685.