| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 1 | Title Page | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 2 | - | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 3 | Contents | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 4 | Nobody Knows Who Batman Is. | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 4 | script: Les Daniels; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Sheldon Moldoff, Sal Amendola, Neal Adams, Frank Miller; inks: Steve Mitchell, Paul Neary, Charles Paris, Dick Giordano, Neal Adams | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Leslie Thompkins; The Joker |
| 5 | Origin | comic story | 2 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father, death); Martha Wayne (Bruce's mother, death); Joe Chill (villain, un-named) |
| 6 | The Case of the Honest Crook! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joseph Sands (introduction); Ann Sands [nee Ann Davis] (Joe's wife, introduction); un-named shopkeeper; un-named doctor; Smiley Sikes (villain, introduction); Matty Link (villain, introduction, death) |
| 7 | The Secret Life of the Catwoman | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain, origin); Mister X [Mousey] (villain, introduction); Dipper (henchman); unnamed police officer; unnamed singer; unnamed studio executive; unnamed guards; Joe (henchman); Al (henchman) |
| 8 | Robin Dies at Dawn | comic story | 16.33 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan Starkman | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Ace the Bat-Hound; Commissioner James Gordon; un-named Army doctor; Gorilla Gang [Pete; Luke; one un-named] (villains, introduction for all) |
| 9 | The Batman Nobody Knows! | comic story | 6 | script: Frank Robbins; pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Ben Oda | Batman; Willie the Horse |
| 10 | The Joker's Five-Way Revenge! | comic story | 22.5 | script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams | Joker (villain); Batman; James Gordon; Packy White; Philly Jack Barton; Bigger Melvin; Bing Hooley |
| 11 | Night of the Stalker! | comic story | 14 | script: Vin Amendola, Sal Amendola, Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Amendola; inks: Dick Giordano, Sal Amendola; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Morris Waldinger | Batman [Bruce Wayne] (4-page origin); Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Joe Chill; Cannon; Rick |
| 12 | Death Strikes at Midnight and Three | text story | 15 | script: Dennis O'Neil; pencils: W. M. Rogers; inks: W. M. Rogers; editing: Joe Orlando, Julius Schwartz, E. Nelson Bridwell | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Anthony Toombs; Milo Lewes; Gimp Malone; Boilerplate Thomas; Bernie Sorrel; Benjamin |
| 13 | Wanted: Santa Claus -- Dead or Alive! | comic story | 10 | script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Steve Mitchell; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Ben Oda; editing: Joe Orlando, Len Wein | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Matty Lasko; Boomer Katz; Mister Jackson; "Fats" Morgan; Al; Louie |
| 14 | Dick Sprang Remembers ... | illustration | 2 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Cavalier [Mortimer Drake]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Joker |
| 15 | "...My Beginning... and My Probable End." | comic story | 22 | script: Mike W. Barr; pencils: Alan Davis; inks: Paul Neary; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Richard Starkings | Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Robin [Jason Todd]; Leslie Thompkins; Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Alfred Pennyworth |
| 16 | Favorite Things | comic story | 24 | script: Mark Millar; pencils: Steve Yeowell; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Laurie E. Smith, Digital Chameleon; letters: Willie Schubert | Batman; Chessmen gang; Alfred Pennyworth; Captain James Gordon |
| 17 | 24/7 | comic story | 22 | script: Devin Grayson; pencils: Roger Robinson; inks: John Floyd; colors: Gloria Vasquez, Wildstorm FX; letters: Bill Oakley, John Workman | Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Alfred Pennyworth; Dr. Leslie Thompkins; Tanya; Robin [Tim Drake]; Two-Face; Oracle [Barbara Gordon] |
| 18 | Contributors | text article | 2 | pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Marshall Rogers | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 19 | Batman Collections | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 20 | He Is the Original Dark Vigilante of Justice | illustration | 1 | pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |