Zur En Arrh

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Zur En Arrh is a repeated phrase in the Batman comic series.

Contents 1 Origin 2 Resurrection 3 Appearances 4 References

Origin

Zur-En-Arrh was first used as the name of a planet in France Herron's 1958 story Batman - The Superman of Planet-X featured in Batman #113. In the story, a Batman from Zur-En-Arrh brings what would become Earth-One Batman to his planet to help him battle robots. While on the planet, Earth's Batman found he had "Superman-like" powers.

Resurrection

When Grant Morrison took over the Batman series in September 2006, he immediately began referencing classic moments from the characters career, including utilizing a version of Bat-Mite and reusing a costume and dialogue from issue 156.^[1]

Among the references was the Zur En Arrh phrase, which appeared very nearly covering an alley and again on a dumpster in issue 655 and continued to appear, usually as a background element graffiti, until the Batman R.I.P. story arc began, at which point it was brought to the forefront.

Appearances

Issue	Location	Description
Batman #113	Throughout second story	Name of a planet
Batman #655	Pg 6 Pg 7 panels 1 & 5	Graffiti
Batman #664	Pg 11, panel 1 Pg 12, panel 1 Pg 13, panel 3 Pg 14, panel 1, 4, 5	Graffiti
Batman #672	Pg 19, panel 3 Pg 21, panel 4	Written "hallucination"
Batman #676	Pg 22	"Next in" section
Batman #677	Pg 18, panel 1 Pg 19, panel 2	Graffiti viewed via Batcomputer monitors Dialogue (Jezebel Jet)

References