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Issue Details

Issue #680
Published October 2008
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 2.99 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Marts; Janelle Siegel (assistant)

Cover Details - "Batman R.I.P. [Cover A]"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Club of Villains [Charlie Caligula; El Sombrero; King Kraken; Murder Mime [Pierrot Lunaire]; Scorpiana; Spring-Heeled Jack]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Alex Ross (painting)
Inks Alex Ross (painting)
Colors Alex Ross (painting)

Cover Details - "Batman R.I.P. [Cover B - Variant Cover]"

Characters Joker; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tony Daniel (signed)

24 page Batman story "Batman R.I.P.: The Thin White Duke of Death"

Characters Zur-En-Arrh [Batman; Bruce Wayne]; Bat-Mite (hallucination); Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Talia al Ghul; Ubu; Jezebel Jet (villain); Joker (villain); Black Glove [Doctor Hurt [Simon Hurt] (villain); Al Khidr (villain); Cardinal Maggi (villain)]; Club of Villains [El Sombrero (villain); Hunchback [Le Bossu; also as Dr. Guy Dax] (villain); Scorpiana (villain)]
Synopsis "It's "Batman R.I.P." part 5 - and this issue features two events so monumental that one comic can barely contain them! First, Batman faces off against The Club of Villains. Then, The Joker makes his stand, challenging the Dark Knight to the ultimate battle of wits. Will Batman survive either of these threats - or could this be the end of Gotham City's greatest hero?" [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero
Script Grant Morrison
Pencils Tony Daniel
Inks Sandu Florea
Colors Guy Major
Letters Randy Gentile

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation 133"

Characters Lord Satanus; Libra; Mongul; Brainiac; Hush [Thomas Elliot]
Script Dan Didio
Letters typeset
Notes Dan Didio talks about the villains taking over the DC books in January 2009. Hot list - Detective Comics #849, Supergirl #34 and Terror Titans #1. House ad for Batman #681.