Detective Comics #579 (1987) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Norm Breyfogle; inks: Norm Breyfogle; colors: Anthony Tollin	Batman, The Crime Doctor, Dr. Bradford Thorne, Bruce Wayne
1	The Crime Doctor's Crimson Clinic	comic story	22	script: Mike W. Barr; pencils: Norm Breyfogle; inks: Norm Breyfogle; colors: Julianna Ferriter; letters: John Costanza	Batman, The Crime Doctor, Harvey Dent, Commissioner James Gordon, Robin, Leslie Thompkins, Dr. Bradford Thorne, Jason Todd, Two-Face, Bruce Wayne
2	-	letters page	2	script: Jonathan Peterson, Denny O'Neil; pencils: José Luis García-López

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893046510
Canadian	price 1.00 CAD; barcode 0709893046510

Collection	Year
Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-5898-6	2015	On eBay ›
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7108-4	2018	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Batman: Year One & Two #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-835-3	2025	On eBay ›

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