The Essential Batman Encyclopedia

Blurb

The Essential Batman Encyclopedia is a book listing characters, places, and things in the Batman franchise. It was written by Robert Greenberger and published by Del Rey Trade.The Following is a brief synopsis of the book directly quoted in the link shown below.
"CLASSIFICATION: As the title implies, “The Essential Batman Encyclopedia” is an encyclopedia. In other words, the book is “a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on a particular branch of knowledge”—in this case, the comic book universe of Batman—which is organized alphabetically from A to Z. As such, “The Essential Batman Encyclopedia” is not the kind of book “that you can pick up and read from cover to cover”—as stated by Graeme in his review HERE—but it is an excellent source of information for browsing through and cross-referencing.
FORMAT/INFO: The Essential Batman Encyclopedia is a large book, both in actual size and in page count, which is amplified by really tiny print. Features the following highlights:
~Fascinating details and the complete background on Batman’s origins.