A key issue noted for First appearance of Zeiss. Batman #582 was published by DC Comics on October 1, 2000, as part of a series that began in 1940. Ed Brubaker writes, and art comes from Karl Story, Roberta Tewes and Scott McDaniel. This 36-page issue features Batman, James Gordon, Barbara Gordon, Tim Drake and Penguin, among 8 characters cataloged on VerseDB.