1st appearance of Loose Cannon

'Reign of the Supermen' tie-in

84-page one-shot special by the creators of Batman: The Long Halloween featuring an early Batman vs. Scarecrow story

Characters seen in a costume party sequence: Alice in Wonderland, Bill Watterson's Hobbes, Phoney Bone, Cerebus the Aardvark, Evan Dorkin's Milk & Cheese

Embossed, foil cover

1st appearance of Marrow

48-page one-shot Halloween Special

Barbara Gordon is kidnapped by the Mad Hatter after she runs away because Commissioner Gordon won't let her Trick or Treat

1st appearance of Tyler Dayspring as Genesis, final panels

1st cover appearance of Tyler Dayspring as Genesis

1st appearance of X-Man, the son of Scott Summers and Jean Grey, conceived through scientific procedures performed by Mr. Sinister

📖 Reading Order: Age of Apocalypse

📖 Reading Order: Age of Apocalypse

Death of Grizzly

1st appearance of Martinique Wyngarde, the daughter of Mastermind, Jason Wyngarde

1st appearance of Risque, the world's first Native American/Latina character

Boom Boom becomes Meltdown

Exclusive comic con preview of Captain America Vol. 2 #1

1st preview appearance of Rikki Barnes, becomes Bucky in the 'Heroes Reborn', alternate reality

Preview appearance of Rikki Barnes, introduced on three pages by The Watcher

1st appearance of Rikki Barnes, the 'Heroes Reborn' alternate reality version of Bucky, later becomes Nomad

Character previewed in an ashcan and SDCC convention preview (July 1996)

1st appearance of Alberto Falcone

Each issue of the 13-part story represents a holiday until concluding where it began in issue #13 with Halloween

Cover art by Tim Sale featuring Solomon Grundy

Cover art by Tim Sale featuring The Joker

Cover art by Tim Sale featuring Batman and Joker

'Valentine's Day' holiday

Each issue of the 13-part story represents a holiday until concluding where it began in issue #13 with Halloween

1st appearance of Sofia Falcone

[August 2020 - speculated to be in Matt Reeves' Batman movie due to her connection to the confirmed castings of Stanley Merkel and Carmine Falcone, possibly in her role as Hangman]

Cover art by Tim Sale featuring The Riddler

Cover art by Tim Sale featuring a young Bruce Wayne

Cover art by Tim Sale featuring Batman and Catwoman

Cover art by Tim Sale featuring Batman and Catwoman

Cover art by Tim Sale

Cover art by Tim Sale featuring Two-Face

Final issue, 52-pages

1st appearance of the son of Mongul as an adult, previously appeared in Showcase '95 #8 as a baby with his twin sister Mongal

13-issue series that takes place after The Long Halloween

1st appearance of Imperiex

Beginning of the Emperor Joker story line where the Joker inherits Mr. Mxyzptlk's reality-altering powers

1st appearance and origin of a Bizarro created by the Joker

1st appearance of Scorch

One-shot issue that connects with the larger 'Emperor Joker' story arc where reality is at the mercy of The Joker who has inherited Mr. Mxyzptlk's powers

1st full appearance of Mongal, the sister of Mongul, appears as a baby in Showcase '95 #8

1st appearance of Abraxas

Six-issue limited series that retells events that occurred between The Amazing Spider-Man #40 - #48 and #63

Beginning of the twelve-part 'Hush' story arc by Jim Lee and Jeff Loeb

1st appearance of Thomas Elliot, later revealed to be Hush

[March 2022 - the Batman movie tie-in website rataalada.com posted an image of a riddle that rewards puzzle-solvers with a video of Thomas Wayne's mayoral campaign ad which briefly splashes the word HUSH! across the screen]

Compendium issue collecting issues #608 & #609 of the 'Hush' storyline

Cover art by Jim Lee

Copies ordered by retailers: 2,334

Originally published in Wizard Magazine (March 2003)

1st preview appearance of Malikai and Grace

Battle of Batman vs Superman

Debut of Batman's Kryptonite Ring used to level the playing field when fighting Superman

Classic battle Batman vs Joker

1st appearance of Hush, Tommy Elliot in costume

144-page softcover collection of the six-issue Spider-Man: Blue limited series

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,785

Original retail price: $14.99

Reintroduction of Supergirl, Kara Zor-El

1st cameo appearance of Batman Beyond outside of the DC Animated Universe of comic books

There exists an unresolved dispute as to the identity of Batman Beyond in this issue and his next few brief appearances outside of the DCAU

In Superman/Batman #23, an alternate reality Bruce Wayne refers to Batman Beyond as Tim which could have easily been disregarded as an error if not for a toy line based on this series that included Batman Beyond with an explanation on the package that identified the figure as Tim Drake

In a transcript of the 2007 Wondercon panel (Newsarama - 3/7/2007), Dan DiDio was asked if readers will see Terry McGinnis resurface in other DC stories as he did in Superman/Batman #22 and #23. Instead of Dan DiDio correcting the question with the name Tim Drake, he affirmed the possibility of many multiverse variations of the character appearing in stories

Debut of Black Kryptonite

Splits Kryptonians into two separate beings, one good and one evil

1st full appearance of Batman Beyond, Tim Drake

1st appearance of Dark Supergirl, an evil doppleganger of the original

Cover art by Michael Turner

Team-up of Batman and the Spirit versus both hero's Rogues Gallery

48-page one-shot that won a 2007 Eisner Award in the Best Single Issue or One-Shot category

400-page hardcover graphic novel collecting Batman: The Long Halloween #1 - #13

Features additional content including: An interview with writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale

4-pages of additional story that was cut from the original story

Pitch documents from the creators made to DC

Cover gallery

Original retail price: $75.00