Batman #689 2009

Batman #689 continues the 'Long Shadows' storyline, featuring Dick Grayson as Batman. In this issue, Batman pursues Arkham Asylum escapees while Two-Face wages a ground war. Penguin also seeks to establish himself as Gotham City's new crime lord, making a perilous deal to achieve his ambition. This issue is notable to collectors as it further develops the significant period where Nightwing assumes the mantle of the Bat, a pivotal era in the character's history.