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Issue Details

Issue #682
Published Early January 2009
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Marts; Janelle Siegel (assistant)
Notes From DC Comics Direct Channel #913 "BATMAN #682 PRINTING CLARIFICATION - Due to an error, the indicia for BATMAN #682 Standard and Variant Editions reads that these are second printings. These actually are first printings."

Cover Details - "Last Rites; Final Crisis"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Mr. Freeze [Victor Fries]; Joker
Genre Superhero
Pencils Alex Ross (painting)
Inks Alex Ross (painting)
Colors Alex Ross (painting)
Notes From DC Comics Direct Channel #913 "BATMAN #682 PRINTING CLARIFICATION - Due to an error, the indicia for BATMAN #682 Standard and Variant Editions reads that these are second printings. These actually are first printings."

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

Characters Joker
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tony Daniel (signed)
Notes From DC Comics Direct Channel #913 "BATMAN #682 PRINTING CLARIFICATION - Due to an error, the indicia for BATMAN #682 Standard and Variant Editions reads that these are second printings. These actually are first printings."

24 page Batman story "The Butler Did It"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth (flashback); Julie Madison (flashback); Commissioner James Gordon (flashback); Robin [Dick Grayson; also as Nightwing] (flashback); Flying Graysons [John Grayson (flashback; death); Mary Grayson (flashback; death)]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (flashback); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joker (flashback; villain); Dr. Simon Hurt (flashback; villain); The Lump (villain); Simyan (villain); Mokkari (villain)
Synopsis Simyan and Mokkari use Lump to steal and record all of Batman's memories.
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.

Half page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation 139: Under Construction"

Characters Flash [Barry Allen]
Notes House ad for Batman #683.