Detective Comics #588 (1988) 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 [Bruce Wayne]; The Corrosive Man [Derek Mitchel]
1	Night People, Part Two: The Corrosive Man	comic story	22	script: John Wagner, Alan Grant; pencils: Norm Breyfogle; inks: Norm Breyfogle; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: Todd Klein	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)
2	-	letters page	1.67	script: Dan Raspler; pencils: José Luis García-López
3	From the Den	text article	0.33	script: Denny O'Neil

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 07098930465907
Canadian	price 1.00 CAD; barcode 07098930465907

Collection	Year
Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-5898-6	2015	On eBay ›
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-8468-8	2018	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Batman: The Killing Joke and Other Stories #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-145-9	2025	On eBay ›

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