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, Alan Grant, Simon Bisley, John Wagner, Joe R. Lansdale, 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, Jamie Delano, Andrew Vachss, 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, Greg Rucka, Bob Gale, Ian Edginton, Lisa Klink, Gerard Jones, Karl Kesel, Devin Grayson, Larry Hama, Kia Asamiya, Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Darwyn Cooke, Eduardo Barreto, Matt Hollingsworth, George Pratt, Mark Schultz, Ed Brubaker, Dean Motter, Michael Lark, Geoff Johns, Brian Ashmore, Andersen Gabrych, Bill Willingham, Ann Nocenti, Len Wein, Gerry Conway, Barbara J. Randall, Doug Mahnke, Sean Phillips, Patrick Zircher, Aaron Swod, Judd Winick, Dylan Horrocks, A.J. Lieberman, Steve Niles, Scott Hampton, Bruce Jones, Mark Sable, Anderson Gabrych, Will Pfeifer, Frank Robbins, John Shirley, David Lapham, Gardner Fox, Mike Friedrich, John Broome, E. Nelson Bridwell, Paul Jenkins, James Robinson, J.H. Williams III, Lee Jennifer, Joe Benitez, Dan Curtis Johnson, Seth Fisher, Andy Diggle, Michael Reaves, Steven-Elliot Altman, Roy Thomas, Max Allan Collins, Tony S. Daniel, Brian K. Vaughan, Duane Swierczynski, Michael Green, Chris Roberson, Jason Aaron, Joe Harris, David Hine, Peter Milligan, Kieron Dwyer, Ralph Cosentino, Saul Ferris, Jiro Kuwata, Cary Bates, Bob Haney, John Stanisci, John McCrea, Enrique Alcatena, Ed Herron, Edmond Hamilton, Fabian Niecieza, Sam Kieth, Scott Benefiel, Jasen Rodriguez, Fabian Nicieza, Bryan Q. Miller, Adam Beechen, Derek Fridolfs, Marc Andreyko, Scott Snyder, Lee Bermejo, Mike Marts, Kevin VanHook, Daniel Wallace, Greg Capullo, Various, Brian Stelfreeze, Graham Nolan, James Tynion IV, Gregg Hurwitz, David Finch, and Richard Pace.