Batman is a 250-book series with 250 released primary works first released in 1593 with contributions by William Shakespeare, Steve Englehart, 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, Frank Miller, Mike W. Barr, Jerry Bingham, Alan Moore, Jim Starlin, Marv Wolfman, Bill Finger, Craig Shaw Gardner, Mike Gold, Neal Adams, Marshall Rogers, Coast Ferries Limited, Grant Morrison, Brian Augustyn, Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell, John Byrne, Pepe Moreno, Doug Murray, Alan Grant, John Wagner, Simon Bisley, Doug Moench, Joe R. Lansdale, Alan Brennert, Norm Breyfogle, Lovern Kindzierski, Trevor Von Eeden, Russell Braun, José Luis García-López, Willie Schubert, Steve Oliff, Malcolm Jones III, Kelley Jones, Steve Erwin, Tom McCraw, Sam Hamm, Kelley Puckett, Martin Pasko, Paul Dini, Peter David, John Francis Moore, Mark Chiarello, Jeph Loeb, Jamie Delano, J.M. DeMatteis, Andrew Vachss, 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, Gerard Jones, Devin Grayson, Karl Kesel, Greg Rucka, Bob Gale, Ian Edginton, Lisa Klink, Larry Hama, Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Kia Asamiya, Eduardo Barreto, Matt Hollingsworth, Darwyn Cooke, George Pratt, Mark Schultz, Ed Brubaker, Dean Motter, Michael Lark, Geoff Johns, Brian Ashmore, Len Wein, Gerry Conway, Barbara J. Randall, Andersen Gabrych, Bill Willingham, Ann Nocenti, Bruce Jones, Mark Sable, Doug Mahnke, Sean Phillips, Patrick Zircher, Aaron Swod, Anderson Gabrych, Judd Winick, Dylan Horrocks, A.J. Lieberman, Steve Niles, Scott Hampton, John Shirley, David Lapham, Will Pfeifer, Gardner Fox, Frank Robbins, Mike Friedrich, John Broome, E. Nelson Bridwell, Michael Reaves, Steven-Elliot Altman, James Robinson, J.H. Williams III, Lee Jennifer, Joe Benitez, Roy Thomas, Max Allan Collins, Paul Jenkins, Andy Diggle, Dan Curtis Johnson, Seth Fisher, Saul Ferris, Jiro Kuwata, Tony S. Daniel, Chris Roberson, Jason Aaron, Joe Harris, David Hine, Duane Swierczynski, Michael Green, Peter Milligan, Kieron Dwyer, Ralph Cosentino, Brian K. Vaughan, Fabian Niecieza, John McCrea, Enrique Alcatena, Ed Herron, Edmond Hamilton, Cary Bates, Bob Haney, John Stanisci, Sam Kieth, Scott Benefiel, Jasen Rodriguez, Lee Bermejo, Adam Beechen, Fabian Nicieza, Bryan Q. Miller, Derek Fridolfs, Marc Andreyko, Scott Snyder, Kevin VanHook, Mike Marts, Daniel Wallace, Brian Stelfreeze, Graham Nolan, Various, Greg Capullo, Gregg Hurwitz, David Finch, James Tynion IV, and Richard Pace.