2008 Rittenhouse Archives, Ltd. : Batman Archives
The Batman Archives trading card set was released by Rittenhouse
Archives Ltd. on September 17, 2008. The series was limited to 7,500 boxes.
There are 24 packs per box with 5 cards in each pack. Each box includes one
hand-drawn sketch card from one of 33 different artists. Each case of 12 boxes
includes an exclusive autograph card signed by Jerry Robinson, co-creator of
Robin and The Joker.
Superman appears on one card in this series. "Classic Covers" #59 reprints the cover of Batman #612 dated April 2003. The art was penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, and colored by Alex Sinclair.
"1940 Gum Cards" insert odds are about 1:6 packs. The cards on printed on
vintage cardstock reminiscent of the 1940 Batman Gum set released by
Topps. The "Dark Victory" subset consists of nine glow-in-the-dark images from
the "Batman: Dark Victory" storyline. The odds of finding a "Dark Victory"
card are approximately 1:12 packs. There odds of finding one of nine
lenticular cards are about 1:24 packs, or one per box.
Customers that purchased three cases received a one-of-a-kind hand-painted
card from artist Mark McHaley. Customers that preordered nine cases received
an exclusive hand-drawn sketch card by legendary DC artist Dick Giordano.
The base set checklist is comprised of 63 cards.
| Base Checklist | |
| 2008 Rittenhouse Archives, Ltd. : Batman Archives | |
| 01 | Batman #1 |
| 02 | Batman #11 |
| 03 | Batman #16 |
| 04 | Batman #20 |
| 05 | Batman #25 |
| 06 | Batman #37 |
| 07 | Batman #42 |
| 08 | Batman #49 |
| 09 | Batman #50 |
| 10 | Batman #59 |
| 11 | Batman #63 |
| 12 | Batman #72 |
| 13 | Batman #81 |
| 14 | Batman #92 |
| 15 | Batman #100 |
| 16 | Batman #104 |
| 17 | Batman #121 |
| 18 | Batman #128 |
| 19 | Batman #133 |
| 20 | Batman #139 |
| 21 | Batman #156 |
| 22 | Batman #166 |
| 23 | Batman #181 |
| 24 | Batman #183 |
| 25 | Batman #197 |
| 26 | Batman #200 |
| 27 | Batman #207 |
| 28 | Batman #227 |
| 29 | Batman #232 |
| 30 | Batman #244 |
| 31 | Batman #251 |
| 32 | Batman #263 |
| 33 | Batman #269 |
| 34 | Batman #292 |
| 35 | Batman #300 |
| 36 | Batman #308 |
| 37 | Batman #320 |
| 38 | Batman #324 |
| 39 | Batman #343 |
| 40 | Batman #357 |
| 41 | Batman #400 |
| 42 | Batman #404 |
| 43 | Batman #414 |
| 44 | Batman #428 |
| 45 | Batman #442 |
| 46 | Batman #451 |
| 47 | Batman #461 |
| 48 | Batman #465 |
| 49 | Batman #493 |
| 50 | Batman #497 |
| 51 | Batman #500 |
| 52 | Batman #512 |
| 53 | Batman #558 |
| 54 | Batman #567 |
| 55 | Batman #586 |
| 56 | Batman #598 |
| 57 | Batman #600 |
| 58 | Batman #609 |
| 59 | Batman #612 |
| 60 | Batman #629 |
| 61 | Batman #650 |
| 62 | Batman #660 |
| 63 | Batman #670 |
| 1940 Batman Gum | |
| 1:8 packs | |
| 1 | Batman |
| 2 | Robin |
| 3 | The Bat Signal |
| 4 | Crimefighting Costumes |
| 5 | The Bat Mobile |
| 6 | The Joker |
| 7 | The Penguin |
| 8 | Two-Face |
| 9 | Batman, Robin and Alfred |
| Batman: Dark Victory | |
| 1:12 packs | |
| DV1 | Riddler |
| DV2 | Scarecrow |
| DV3 | Catwoman |
| DV4 | Penquin |
| DV5 | Batman |
| DV6 | Joker |
| DV7 | Mr. Freeze |
| DV8 | Poison Ivy |
| DV9 | Two-Face |
| Lenticular | |
| 1:24 packs | |
| L1 | Batman |
| L2 | Riddler |
| L3 | Robin |
| L4 | Catwoman |
| L5 | Joker |
| L6 | Killer Croc |
| L7 | Ra's al Ghul |
| L8 | Scarecrow |
| L9 | Two-Face |
| Case Topper Autograph | |
| Jerry Robinson | |
| 3-Case Incentive Card | |
| Mark McHaley | |
| 9-Case Incentive Card | |
| Dick Giordano | |
| Promo | |
| CP1 | Conventions |
| P1 | General Distribution |
| P2 | Non-Sport Update, Aug/Sep 2008 |
| P3 | Album Exclusive |
| SD08 | San Diego Comic-Con 2008 |
| Artist Sketch | |
| 1:24 packs | |
| Artist | Quantity |
| Pinna Amilcar | 201 |
| Eddy Barrows | 290 |
| Al Bigley | 200 |
| Chris Bolson | 100 |
| Jose Carlos | 200 |
| Cassaro | 200 |
| James Cordeiro | 296 |
| Jorge Correa | 300 |
| Marcelo di Chiara | 300 |
| Carlos Ferreira | 200 |
| Marcelo Ferreira | 399 |
| Renato Guedes | 201 |
| Sam Hart | 220 |
| Jack Jadson | 298 |
| Jeff | 221 |
| Magno | 200 |
| Merlo | 246 |
| Dio Neves | 207 |
| Nonato | 296 |
| Oak | 300 |
| Bruno Oliveira | 304 |
| Andy Price | 300 |
| Raapack | 294 |
| Rod Reis | 200 |
| Tone Rodriguez | 200 |
| Steve Russell | 200 |
| Samicler | 203 |
| Amilton Santos | 208 |
| Sict | 299 |
| Uko Smith | 300 |
| Rick Stasi | 100 |
| Joe Staton | 100 |
| Tamura | 397 |