Detective Comics, #588 Newsstand
Published: July 1988
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- The Corrosive Man [Derek Mitchel]
Credits
- Pencils: Norm Breyfogle
- Inks: Norm Breyfogle
- Colors: Anthony Tollin
Story Notes
Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
Night People, Part Two: The Corrosive Man
Storyline
Rising from the explosion, Mitchel discovers he has the ability to burn through anything, and is dubbed "The Corrosive Man." Batman tries to stop Mitchel after he inadvertently kills a firefighter and burns 2 police officers, but Mitchel gets away. Blaming Kadaver for the circumstances which transformed him, Mitchel seeks him out to exact revenge. Meanwhile, Kadaver sends his aide Webley to kill a hobo named Dalton Walls.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- D. J. Dark
- The Corrosive Man [Derek Mitchel] (villain)
- Da Vinci (firefighter, death)
- Willy (police officer)
- unnamed female police officer
- Mr. Kadaver (villain)
- Webley
- Legs (hobo)
- Billy (hobo)
- California [Dalton Walls] (hobo, death)
Credits
- Script: John Wagner
- Script: Alan Grant
- Pencils: Norm Breyfogle
- Inks: Norm Breyfogle
- Colors: Anthony Tollin
- Letters: Todd Klein
Credits
- Script: Dan Raspler
- Pencils: José Luis García-López
Story Notes
Includes letters of comment from Dale Coe, Randolph Furan, Paul Carbonaro, Jimmy Fears, Russ Bedell, Jeff Mitchell and Todd Beard. Replies by Dan Raspler.