Batman #700 is an issue of the series Batman (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 2010. It was published on June 9, 2010.
Synopsis for "Time and the Batman"
It starts with Bruce Wayne still as Batman, and Dick Grayson as Robin, with the Joker, the Riddler, the Catwoman, the Scarecrow, and the Mad Hatter II having kidnapped them and put them in time torture with a device made by Professor Carter Nichols, and shortly the two get free and win, debating how the machine can be used for their gain, but Batman reminds Dick what is done and done and they cannot change their past.
Later, Dick is Batman and Bruce's son, Damian, is Robin and they are investigating the same lab, only with the professor now dead in it. Dick notices that he is in his eighties, but should be in his sixties. When they later place a wreath by the theater where Bruce's family died, they do "community crimefighting" against the Mutant Gang and stop a big weapons sale by the rest of Batman's Rogues Gallery, debating the whole time when Damian would finally be ready to be Batman.
Later, Damian is Batman, working to solve a case that leads him to encounter Professor Nichols, and eventually begin solving the mystery of how he died, while saving a young Terry McGinnis and all of Gotham City from 2-Face-2 and Max Roboto.
Last, there is a glimpse of Batman Beyond's world where Damian is mentoring Terry as Batman against the Jokerz, and other dystopian-like settings where a Batman rises up, with the idea that there will always be a Batman when he is needed.
Appearing in "Time and the Batman"
Featured Characters:
- Batman (Bruce Wayne)
- Batman (Dick Grayson)
- Batman (Damian Wayne)
- Batman (Terry McGinnis) (First appearance)
- Batman 3000 (Brane)
- Batman 3051 (Brane Taylor)
- Batman One Million
Supporting Characters:
- Carter Nichols (Dies)
- Commissioner Gordon
- Robin (Dick Grayson)
- Robin (Damian Wayne)
- Robin 3000 (Ricky)
- Robin the Toy Wonder
Antagonists:
- 2-Face-2 (a.k.a. January) (First appearance)
- Anti-Utopian Army
- Catwoman
- Iron Heel of Fura
- Joker
- Jokerz (First appearance)
- Mad Hatter II/Hatman
- Max Roboto (Dies)
- Mister Freeze
- Monster Men
- Mutants
- Penguin
- Riddler
- Scarecrow
Other Characters:
- Brother-I
- Carter Nichols (Dies)
- Gotham City Police Department
- Lone-Eye Lincoln
- Joker (First appearance) (Hallucination)
Locations:
Items:
- Bat-Signal
- Joker's Jokebook
- Joker Venom
- Maybe Machine
- Professor Nichols' Time-Ray
- Scarecrow's Fear Toxin
- 2-Face-2's Coins
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Batman Gallery"
Appearing in "Batman Gallery"
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Notes
- "Time and the Batman" is reprinted in:
- Batman: Time and the Batman
- Damian: Son of Batman (pages 19-27)
- Batman Unwrapped by Andy Kubert (non-colored art of pages 19-27)
- This issue includes a preview of Batman: Odyssey #1.