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Batman: The Black Casebook: Deluxe Edition

Hardcover
7-1/16"W x 10-7/8"H | 20 oz | 12 per carton
On sale Nov 10, 2026 | 352 Pages | 9781799509424
Rated T
FOC Apr 20, 2026 | Catalog March 2026

Experience the bizarre and reality-warping Batman tales from the 1950s and 1960s that inspired Grant Morrison’s Batman R.I.P. with this DC Deluxe Edition featuring exclusive bonus material!

The stories that inspired Grant Morrison's legendary run are finally collected in oversized cover, presented as an in-world artifact from the DC Universe. With a brand-new introduction by Bruce Wayne (as written by Chris Burnham), witness the story of the Batman donning the colors of the rainbow, his first encounter with the Batmen of All Nations, the Superman of Planet X, Bat-Mite, and more.

Collecting stories from Detective Comics #148, #215, #235, #241, #247, and #267; Batman #62, #65, #77, #86, #112, #113, #134, #153, #156, #162, #180, and #452-454; and World’s Finest Comics #89 and #223, along with a story by Morrison and Burnham from Detective Comics #1027.

Are you brave enough to learn the truth behind Batman's most unbelievable tales? Welcome Batman's personal accounts of these strange events into your library now.
Bill Finger wrote Batman's earliest adventures in Detective Comics and made several significant suggestions, helping refine Kane's initial concept. He worked on many DC characters and titles and scripted some of the 1940s Batman and Robin newspaper strips. Finger's TV credits include 77 Sunset Strip, The Roaring Twenties, and Hawaiian Eye, as well as the animated New Adventures of Superman and a two-part Clock King episode of the 1966 Batman series. View titles by Bill Finger
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Experience the bizarre and reality-warping Batman tales from the 1950s and 1960s that inspired Grant Morrison’s Batman R.I.P. with this DC Deluxe Edition featuring exclusive bonus material!

The stories that inspired Grant Morrison's legendary run are finally collected in oversized cover, presented as an in-world artifact from the DC Universe. With a brand-new introduction by Bruce Wayne (as written by Chris Burnham), witness the story of the Batman donning the colors of the rainbow, his first encounter with the Batmen of All Nations, the Superman of Planet X, Bat-Mite, and more.

Collecting stories from Detective Comics #148, #215, #235, #241, #247, and #267; Batman #62, #65, #77, #86, #112, #113, #134, #153, #156, #162, #180, and #452-454; and World’s Finest Comics #89 and #223, along with a story by Morrison and Burnham from Detective Comics #1027.

Are you brave enough to learn the truth behind Batman's most unbelievable tales? Welcome Batman's personal accounts of these strange events into your library now.

Creators

Bill Finger wrote Batman's earliest adventures in Detective Comics and made several significant suggestions, helping refine Kane's initial concept. He worked on many DC characters and titles and scripted some of the 1940s Batman and Robin newspaper strips. Finger's TV credits include 77 Sunset Strip, The Roaring Twenties, and Hawaiian Eye, as well as the animated New Adventures of Superman and a two-part Clock King episode of the 1966 Batman series. View titles by Bill Finger
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