Batman #593 was published by DC Comics on September 1, 2001, as part of a series that began in 1940. Ed Brubaker writes, and art comes from Karl Story, Patrick Martin and Roberta Tewes. This 40-page issue features Batman, Penguin, Batman Who Laughs, Sasha Bordeaux and Michael Akins, among 8 characters cataloged on VerseDB.