Batman by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones #1 - First Appearance of Batman, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Batman by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones (DC, 2014 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: [May] 2014
Key date: May 2014
On-sale date: March 19, 2014
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $39.99; 47.99 CAD
Pages: 440
Barcode: 978140124764553999
ISBN: 978-1-4012-4764-5

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Batman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Kelley Jones; editing: Curtis King, John Wren	Batman, Bruce Wayne
1	-	insert or dust jacket	0	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne
2	Title Page	credits, title page	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Terry Austin	Batman, Bruce Wayne
3	Title and Credits	credits, title page	2	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne
4	Table of Contents	table of contents	2	letters: typeset
5	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne
6	Batman #515	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Kelley Jones	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
7	-	illustration	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne
8	Troika Part 1: Dark Rider, Cold Warrior	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Tim Drake, Ariana Dzerchenko, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, KGBeast, Anatoli Knyazev, Nightwing, Robin, Bruce Wayne
9	Batman #516	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Kelley Jones; colors: Bob Le Rose; editing: Curtis King, John Wren	Batman, Bruce Wayne
10	Sleeper Part One: Nightmares	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Todd Klein	Azrael, Batman, Jean-Paul Valley, Bruce Wayne
11	Batman #517	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Kelley Jones; colors: Bob Le Rose; editing: Curtis King, John Wren	Batman, Bruce Wayne
12	Sleeper Part Two: Darkness in the Dream Chamber	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Bruce Wayne
13	Batman #518	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman; Black Mask
14	-	illustration	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne
15	Black Mask: The Spidered Face	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Black Mask, Harvey Bullock, Commissioner James Gordon, Roman Sionis, Bruce Wayne
16	Batman #519	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Bob Le Rose; editing: Curtis King	Batman, Bruce Wayne
17	-	illustration	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Kelley Jones	Batman, Bruce Wayne
18	Black Spider: Web of Scars	comic story	23	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Black Mask, Commissioner James Gordon, Roman Sionis, Bruce Wayne
19	Batman #521	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Killer Croc; Batman (hallucination)
20	Killer Croc: Fast Train to the Wet Dark	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Tim Drake, Waylon Jones, Killer Croc, Alfred Pennyworth, Robin, Bruce Wayne
21	Batman #522	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman; Swamp Thing; Killer Croc
22	Swamp Things	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Waylon Jones, Killer Croc, Bruce Wayne
23	Batman #523	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman; Scarecrow
24	Scarecrow Part One: Dark Wings Fly Away in Fear	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Harvey Bullock, Jonathan Crane, Commissioner James Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth, Scarecrow, Bruce Wayne
25	Batman #524	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Jonathan Crane, Scarecrow, Bruce Wayne
26	-	illustration	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne
27	Scarecrow Part Two: Haunted Houses of the Head	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright, Android Images; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Jonathan Crane, Scarecrow, Bruce Wayne
28	Batman #525	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Victor Fries, Mr. Freeze, Bruce Wayne
29	-	illustration	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne
30	Frozen Assets	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Harvey Bullock, Tim Drake, Victor Fries, Commissioner James Gordon, Mr. Freeze, Alfred Pennyworth, Robin, Bruce Wayne
31	Batman #527	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Harvey Dent, Two-Face, Bruce Wayne
32	[Two-Face Part 1:] The Face Schism	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Harvey Dent, Alfred Pennyworth, Two-Face, Bruce Wayne
33	Batman #528	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Harvey Dent, Two-Face, Bruce Wayne
34	Two-Face Part 2: Schismed Faces	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Harvey Dent, Two-Face, Bruce Wayne
35	Batman #529	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Bob Le Rose, Android Images	Batman, Bruce Wayne
36	-	illustration	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne
37	Contagion, Part Six: Tears of Blood	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright, Android Images; letters: Todd Klein	Azrael, Batman First, Helena Bertinelli, Harvey Bullock, Tim Drake, Sarah Essen, Dick Grayson, The Huntress, Pamela Isley, Nightwing, Poison Ivy, Robin, Jean-Paul Valley
38	Batman #530	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Boston Brand, Deadman, Bruce Wayne
39	The Deadman Connection Part One: Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright, Android Images; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Boston Brand, Harvey Bullock, Deadman, Commissioner James Gordon, Renée Montoya, Bruce Wayne
40	Batman #531	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Boston Brand, Deadman, Bruce Wayne
41	The Deadman Connection Part 2: Cult of the Mummy	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright, Android Images; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Boston Brand, Deadman, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne
42	Batman #532	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Boston Brand, Deadman, Bruce Wayne
43	-	illustration	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne
44	[The Deadman Connection Part 3:] The Spirit Thieves	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty; colors: Greg Wright, Android Images; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Boston Brand, Deadman, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne
45	Batman #535	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Kelley Jones; colors: Color Works	Batman, Bruce Wayne
46	-	illustration	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne
47	The Ogre and the Ape	comic story	38	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty, Mark G. Heike; colors: Greg Wright; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Mackenzie 'Hardback' Bock, Harvey Bullock, Barbara Gordon, Commissioner James Gordon, Kirk Langstrom, Man-Bat, Oracle, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne
48	Batman #530 Variant Cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Kelley Jones	Batman, Boston Brand, Deadman, Bruce Wayne
49	Batman #531 Variant Cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Kelley Jones	Batman, Boston Brand, Deadman, Bruce Wayne
50	Batman #532 Variant Cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Kelley Jones	Batman, Boston Brand, Deadman, Bruce Wayne
51	Batman #535 Variant Cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	2	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: Kelley Jones; colors: Color Works	Batman, Bruce Wayne
52	-	illustration	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne
53	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	4	pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset
54	Biographies	insert or dust jacket	0	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty
55	Featuring the Tales of One of the Best Batman Creative Teams!	illustration	1	pencils: Kelley Jones; inks: John Beatty	Batman, Bruce Wayne

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Series context

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Sources

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