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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.