Batman #597 was published by DC Comics on January 1, 2002, as part of a series that began in 1940. Ed Brubaker writes, and art comes from Andy Owens, Patrick Martin and Roberta Tewes. This 40-page issue features Batman, Cassandra Cain, Renee Montoya, Batman Who Laughs and Crispus Allen, among 9 characters cataloged on VerseDB.