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Batman (Bruce Wayne)
The Dark Knight of Gotham. Billionaire by day, vigilante by night. No superpowers, just iron will and the best toys money can buy.
Quick answer
Gotham Vault currently connects Batman (Bruce Wayne) to 775 Batman-related comic issue pages. Use this character page as a canonical hub for appearances, story arcs, and reading paths.
Quick facts
- Total appearances: 775
- Date range: 1940-04-01 → 2026-06-01
- First listed issue: Batman #1: The Legend of the Batman: Who He Is and How He Came To Be; The Joker
- Latest listed issue: Absolute Batman #19: The Straw Man
Citation summary
Gotham Vault lists 775 issue appearances for Batman (Bruce Wayne), spanning 1940-04-01 → 2026-06-01. The most common series include Batman, Absolute Batman, Batman: Dark Victory, with story arc links including A Lonely Place of Dying, Batman: Ego, Batman: Year One.
Issue appearances
- #1
Batman #1: The Legend of the Batman: Who He Is and How He Came To Be; The Joker1940-04-01 - #2
Batman #2: Batman and Robin1940-07-01 - #3
Batman #3: Adventures of the Batman and Robin1940-10-01 - #4
Batman #4: More whirlwind adventures of Batman and Robin1941-01-01 - #5
Batman #5: The Riddle of the Missing Card1941-04-01 - #6
Batman #6: Murder on Parole1941-08-01 - #7
Batman #7: The Winning Team1941-10-01 - #8
Batman #8: Stone Walls Do Not A Prison Make1941-12-31 - #9
Batman #9: The Four Fates; The White Whale; The Case of the Lucky Law-Breakers; Christmas1942-02-01 - #10
Batman #10: The Isle That Time Forgot1942-04-30 - #11
Batman #12: Brothers In Crime1942-08-31 - #12
Batman #13: The Batman Plays a Lone Hand1942-10-31 - #13
Batman #14: The Case Batman Failed To Solve!1942-12-31 - #14
Batman #15: Your Face is Your Fortune1943-02-28 - #15
Batman #17: The Batman's Biographer1943-06-30 - #16
Batman #18: The Secret of Hunters Inn1943-08-31 - #17
Batman #19: Batman Makes a Deadline - Atlantis Goes to war - Case Of The Timid Lion - Collector Of Millionaires1943-10-31 - #18
Batman #20: Bruce Wayne loses the guardianship of Dick Grayson1943-12-31 - #19
Batman #21: The Streamlined Rustlers1944-02-29 - #20
Batman #22: The Duped Domestics1944-04-30 - #21
Batman #23: The Upside Down Crimes1944-06-30 - #22
Batman #24: It Happened in Rome1944-08-31 - #23
Batman #25: Are Two Villains Better Than One?1944-10-31 - #24
Batman #26: Twenty-Ton Robbery1944-12-31 - #25
Batman #27: Season's Greetings From Batman And Robin1945-02-28 - #26
Batman #28: Shadow City1945-04-01 - #27
Batman #29: Enemy No. 11945-06-30 - #28
Batman #30: Back To the Big House1945-08-01 - #29
Batman #31: Punch and Judy / Alfred, Armchair Detective! / Vanishing Village / Trade Marks of Crime1945-10-31 - #30
Batman #32: The Three Musketeers!1945-12-01 - #31
Batman #34: Marathon Of Menace!1946-04-01 - #32
Batman #37: The Joker Steals The Batman's Thunder! : The Joker Follows Suit1946-10-01 - #33
Batman #38: The Penguin on Parole!1946-12-31 - #34
Batman #41: Batman, Interplanetary Policeman!1947-06-01 - #35
Batman #42: Claws of the Catwoman!1947-08-31 - #36
Batman #43: The Blackbird of Banditry!1947-10-01 - #37
Batman #44: Gamble WIth Doom!1947-12-01 - #38
Batman #45: A Batman And Robin Christmas Adventure1948-02-01 - #39
Batman #46: Batman And Robin Battle Mutiny In This Big House1948-04-01 - #40
Batman #47: The Origin of Batman1948-06-01 - #41
Batman #49: The Prison Doctor!1948-10-01 - #42
Batman #50: The Return Of Two-Face!1948-12-01 - #43
Batman #51: The Wonderful Mr. Wimble1949-02-01 - #44
Batman #52: The Man With the Automatic Brain!1949-04-01 - #45
Batman #62: The Secret Life Of The Catwoman!1950-12-01 - #46
Batman #64: The Candid Camera Killer!; Th Forgotten Men Of Crime!; The Return Of Killer Moth!1951-04-01 - #47
Batman #65: Catwoman - Empress Of The Underworld!1951-06-01 - #48
Batman #67: The Mystery Rope! / The Man Who Wrote The Joker's Jokes / The Lost Legion Of Space1951-10-01 - #49
Batman #69: The King Of Cats!1952-02-01The Button - #50
Batman #76: The Danger Club1953-04-01