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Issue: Batman #588

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Publication Date: April 2001

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Issues: #588 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 40

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 07098930430704

Price: $3.75 CAD
$2.25 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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2 Batman #588 [Direct Sales]

Batman #588 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (4 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Matches Malone

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Pages: 1

Close Before Striking: Act One

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; "Matches" Malone]; Nightwing [Batman; Dick Grayson]; Oracle; Ventriloquist; Scarface

First Line: Why so glum, sweetie?

Synopsis: Using the "Matches" Malone cover, Batman shuts down Ventriloquist's gun running operation. Ventriloquist puts out a contract on "Matches." Oracle calls the cave looking for Batman, surprised to see him there since "Matches" was just shot in a bar in Gotham.

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Pages: 22

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Craig Peltz, Jay K., Scott Findlay, John Knifley and Brendan Walsh.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Synopsis: [inside front] Snickers; [5] Oni (game); [6] Farscape (DVD); [9] Think Don't Smoke (PSA); [10] Tang; [14] Corn Nuts Sweepstakes entry form (1/3 page) & In house -- Green Arrow, Superboy's Legion (2/3 page); [15] Corn Nuts Sweepstakes; [18-19] Sim Coaster; [21] Twix; [23] Portal Runner; [27] Mario Tennis; [28] My Anti-Drug (PSA); [33] Paper Mario; [inside back] Skittles; [back] got chocolate milk

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Pages: 16