Batman is a 261-book series with 261 released primary works first released in 1593 with contributions by William Shakespeare, Steve Englehart, Frank Miller, Mike W. Barr, Jerry Bingham, Craig Shaw Gardner, Alan Moore, Bill Finger, Dennis O'Neil, Jim Starlin, Marv Wolfman, Mike Gold, Coast Ferries Limited, Neal Adams, Marshall Rogers, Grant Morrison, Dave McKean, John Byrne, Brian Augustyn, Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell, Pepe Moreno, Doug Murray, Alan Brennert, Norm Breyfogle, Lovern Kindzierski, Alan Grant, Simon Bisley, John Wagner, Doug Moench, Joe R. Lansdale, Trevor Von Eeden, Russell Braun, José Luis García-López, Willie Schubert, Steve Oliff, Malcolm Jones III, Kelley Jones, Sam Hamm, Matt Wagner, Steve Erwin, Tom McCraw, Kelley Puckett, Martin Pasko, Paul Dini, Chuck Dixon, Jo Duffy, Peter David, Howard Chaykin, John Francis Moore, Mark Chiarello, Bruce Timm, Jeph Loeb, Andrew Vachss, J.M. DeMatteis, Jamie Delano, Chip Kidd, Patricia Rose Mulvihill, Bob Kane, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Mike Grell, Katsuhiro Ōtomo, Ted McKeever, Joe Kubert, Archie Goodwin, Walter Simonson, Jan Strnad, Kent Williams, Neil Gaiman, Klaus Janson, Andy Helfer, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Bolland, Steven T. Seagle, Ty Templeton, John Arcudi, Brian Azzarello, Warren Ellis, Harlan Ellison, Dave Gibbons, Robert Kanigher, Paul Levitz, Tom Peyer, Paul Pope, Bob Hall, Gerard Jones, Greg Rucka, Larry Hama, Bob Gale, Ian Edginton, Lisa Klink, Karl Kesel, Devin Grayson, Kia Asamiya, Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Eduardo Barreto, Matt Hollingsworth, George Pratt, Darwyn Cooke, Mark Schultz, Dean Motter, Michael Lark, Ed Brubaker, Geoff Johns, Brian Ashmore, Ann Nocenti, Andersen Gabrych, Bill Willingham, Len Wein, Gerry Conway, Barbara J. Randall, Judd Winick, Dylan Horrocks, A.J. Lieberman, Anderson Gabrych, Doug Mahnke, Patrick Zircher, Sean Phillips, Aaron Swod, Bruce Jones, Mark Sable, Steve Niles, Scott Hampton, David Lapham, John Shirley, Frank Robbins, Will Pfeifer, Gardner Fox, Mike Friedrich, John Broome, E. Nelson Bridwell, James Robinson, Michael Reaves, Steven-Elliot Altman, Andy Diggle, Roy Thomas, Max Allan Collins, Dan Curtis Johnson, J.H. Williams III, Paul Jenkins, Seth Fisher, Lee Jennifer, Joe Benitez, Jason Aaron, Joe Harris, David Hine, Ralph Cosentino, Chris Roberson, Michael Green, Saul Ferris, Jiro Kuwata, Brian K. Vaughan, Peter Milligan, Kieron Dwyer, Duane Swierczynski, Tony S. Daniel, Cary Bates, Bob Haney, John Stanisci, Fabian Niecieza, John McCrea, Enrique Alcatena, Ed Herron, Edmond Hamilton, Sam Kieth, Scott Benefiel, Jasen Rodriguez, Kevin VanHook, Lee Bermejo, Adam Beechen, Fabian Nicieza, Bryan Q. Miller, Derek Fridolfs, Marc Andreyko, Scott Snyder, Mike Marts, Brian Stelfreeze, Graham Nolan, Daniel Wallace, Greg Capullo, Various, Gregg Hurwitz, David Finch, James Tynion IV, and Richard Pace.