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Issue Details

Issue #683
Published Late January 2009
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 40
Editing Mike Marts; Janelle Siegel (assistant)
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2008-12-24

Cover Details - "Final Crisis; Last Rites"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Ra's al Ghul; Barbara Gordon [Batgirl]; Joker; Robin [Jason Todd]; Talia al Ghul; Damian Wayne
Genre Superhero
Pencils Alex Ross
Inks Alex Ross
Colors Alex Ross
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2008-12-24

Cover Details - "Final Crisis; Last Rites [Cover B - Variant Cover]"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tony Daniel
Notes 1:25 variant cover. U.S. on sale date: 2008-12-24

24 page Batman story "What the Butler Saw"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Zur-En-Arrh]; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Jason Todd] (hallucination; death); Barbara Gordon [Batgirl] (hallucination); Robin [Tim Drake] (hallucination); Batman [Jean Paul Valley] (hallucination); Jack Drake (hallucination; death); Selina Kyle [as Elva Barr] (villain; hallucination); The Lump (villain); Simyan (villain); Mokkari (villain); Talia al Ghul (villain; hallucination); Ra's al Ghul (villain; hallucination); Deadshot [Floyd Lawton] (villain; hallucination); Joker (villain; hallucination); Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch] (villain; hallucination); Bane (villain; hallucination); Hush [Thomas Elliot] (villain; hallucination)
Synopsis Batman breaks free of Lump's mind control, disrupting Simyan and Mokkari's cloning program.
Genre Superhero
Script Grant Morrison
Pencils Lee Garbett
Inks Trevor Scott
Colors Guy Major
Letters Jared K. Fletcher
Notes This is a Final Crisis tie-in issue.

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 #684.