Batman is a 251-book series with 251 released primary works first released in 1593 with contributions by William Shakespeare, Steve Englehart, Frank Miller, Katsuhiro Ōtomo, Ted McKeever, Bruce Timm, Joe Kubert, Howard Chaykin, Archie Goodwin, Walter Simonson, Jan Strnad, Kent Williams, Chuck Dixon, Neil Gaiman, Klaus Janson, Andy Helfer, Matt Wagner, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dennis O'Neil, Brian Bolland, Jo Duffy, Mike W. Barr, Jerry Bingham, Jim Starlin, Marv Wolfman, Craig Shaw Gardner, Neal Adams, Marshall Rogers, Bill Finger, Alan Moore, Coast Ferries Limited, Mike Gold, Brian Augustyn, Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell, Grant Morrison, John Byrne, Pepe Moreno, Doug Murray, Joe R. Lansdale, Alan Grant, Simon Bisley, John Wagner, Doug Moench, Malcolm Jones III, Kelley Jones, Alan Brennert, Norm Breyfogle, Lovern Kindzierski, Trevor Von Eeden, Russell Braun, José Luis García-López, Willie Schubert, Steve Oliff, Steve Erwin, Tom McCraw, Kelley Puckett, Martin Pasko, Sam Hamm, Peter David, Paul Dini, John Francis Moore, Mark Chiarello, Jeph Loeb, Andrew Vachss, Jamie Delano, J.M. DeMatteis, Chip Kidd, Patricia Rose Mulvihill, Bob Kane, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Mike Grell, Bob Hall, Steven T. Seagle, Ty Templeton, John Arcudi, Brian Azzarello, Warren Ellis, Harlan Ellison, Dave Gibbons, Robert Kanigher, Paul Levitz, Tom Peyer, Paul Pope, Karl Kesel, Devin Grayson, Greg Rucka, Larry Hama, Gerard Jones, Bob Gale, Ian Edginton, Lisa Klink, Kia Asamiya, Eduardo Barreto, Matt Hollingsworth, Darwyn Cooke, Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski, George Pratt, Mark Schultz, Ed Brubaker, Dean Motter, Michael Lark, Brian Ashmore, Geoff Johns, Len Wein, Gerry Conway, Barbara J. Randall, Ann Nocenti, Andersen Gabrych, Bill Willingham, Doug Mahnke, Patrick Zircher, Steve Niles, Scott Hampton, Dylan Horrocks, A.J. Lieberman, Bruce Jones, Mark Sable, Anderson Gabrych, Judd Winick, Sean Phillips, Aaron Swod, Gardner Fox, Frank Robbins, Mike Friedrich, John Broome, E. Nelson Bridwell, Will Pfeifer, David Lapham, John Shirley, J.H. Williams III, Lee Jennifer, Joe Benitez, Dan Curtis Johnson, Seth Fisher, Roy Thomas, Max Allan Collins, Andy Diggle, Paul Jenkins, Michael Reaves, Steven-Elliot Altman, James Robinson, Michael Green, Tony S. Daniel, Brian K. Vaughan, Chris Roberson, Jason Aaron, Joe Harris, David Hine, Peter Milligan, Kieron Dwyer, Duane Swierczynski, Saul Ferris, Jiro Kuwata, Ralph Cosentino, John McCrea, Enrique Alcatena, Ed Herron, Edmond Hamilton, Fabian Niecieza, Cary Bates, Bob Haney, John Stanisci, Sam Kieth, Scott Benefiel, Jasen Rodriguez, Adam Beechen, Scott Snyder, Kevin VanHook, Fabian Nicieza, Bryan Q. Miller, Derek Fridolfs, Marc Andreyko, Lee Bermejo, Mike Marts, Various, Daniel Wallace, Greg Capullo, Brian Stelfreeze, Graham Nolan, James Tynion IV, Gregg Hurwitz, David Finch, and Richard Pace.