Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
"Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" is a 2009 story featuring the DC Comics superhero Batman. The story is published in two parts in the "final" issues of the series Batman (#686) and Detective Comics (#853), released in February and April, respectively. Written by Neil Gaiman, pencilled by Andy Kubert and inked by Scott Williams, the story is purported to be the "last" Batman story in the wake of severe psychological trauma that Batman endures within the story Batman R.I.P. and his ultimate fate in Final Crisis.
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Cover Batman (vol. 1), #686 (April 2009), art by Andy Kubert. | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Publication date | April 2009 |
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| Title(s) | Batman #686 Detective Comics #853 |
| Main character(s) | Batman |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Neil Gaiman |
| Penciller(s) | Andy Kubert |
| Inker(s) | Scott Williams |
| Letterer(s) | Jared Fletcher |
| Colorist(s) | Alex Sinclair |
| Editor(s) | Mike Marts Janelle Siegel |
| Hardcover | ISBN 1-4012-2303-6 |
| Paperback | ISBN 1401227244 |
The story's title is a reference to the backup stories published in DC Comics Presents from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s (which revisited various long-unused Golden Age and Silver Age characters and were all titled "Whatever Happened to (x)?") and is akin to writer Alan Moore's "last" Superman story "Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?".