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Detective Comics, #589 Newsstand

Published: August 1988

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Detective Comics #589

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Issue Contents:
The Burning Pit
1 page superhero
Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Night People, Part Three: The Burning Pit
Story 1 22 pages superhero

"A knife in the night. Once more, blood splashes the makeshift streets of Cardboard City."

Storyline

Batman apprehends Webley after the murder of Dalton Walls, and learns that he was sent by Mr. Kadaver. Kadaver, who had been contracted by Hobart to kill Walls, learns that Walls was actually an eccentric millionaire living as a hobo, and that his nephew Hobart would inherit millions from Walls' death. Kadaver tortures Hobart until he agrees to pay Kadaver millions. As Batman arrives to apprehend Kadaver, the Corrosive Man also arrives seeking revenge on Kadaver.

Characters
  • Batman (mainstream Universe)
  • Bruce Wayne (mainstream Universe)
  • The Corrosive Man [Derek Mitchel] (villain)
  • Mr. Kadaver (villain)
  • Webley
  • Phil Hobart
  • D.J. Dark
  • Babette
  • Harlan Woolf (death)
Credits
Bonus Book No. 5
Story 2 1 page superhero
Characters
Credits
Story Notes

"Cover" for 16 page insert.

For the Love of Ivy
Story 3 14 pages superhero

"That fellow looks either dazed or drunk. I'd better see if he's hurt."

Storyline

Ivy is dying.

Characters
Credits
Bonus Bios
Story 4 1 page
Story Notes

Short paragraphs on the creators of this Bonus Book - Lewis Klahr, Steve Piersall, Dean E. Haspiel, Denis Rodier, Dan McKinnon and Danny Vozzo.

Story 5 2 pages
Credits
Story Notes

Letters of comment from George Tremon, Malcolm Bourne, Dan Goodrich, Roger D. Case, Kevin Hall, kraM rernuT, Greg White and Mr. Arthur Salazar.