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Issue: Detective Comics #587
Publication Date: June 1988
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Issues: #587 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/08/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Shipping date of February 9, 1988 per Direct Currents #1 (January 1988). Corrected shipping date of March 8, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration.
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Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants3
Disclose Reprinted In7
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #71 published June 1990
as Gente Nocturna [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #36 published August 1990
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1/1991 published January 1991
as Mannen från soptippen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color credits confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Night People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; D.J. Dark (radio DJ); Michael Rossi (hobo, death); Billy (hobo); Legs (hobo); The Corrosive Man [Derek "Deke" Mitchel] (introduction, villain, prison escapee, murderer); Willy (police officer); unnamed female police officer; Harlan Woolf (cocaine smuggler); Bannen (Woolf's associate); Floyd (Woolf's associate); Babette (radio newscaster)
Synopsis: After midnight in Gotham, D.J. Dark hosts his nightly radio show, a hobo is killed, Batman pursues a cocaine smuggler, and police track a murderer, Deke Mitchel, who escaped from prison and is seeking someone named Kadaver. Mitchel hides from the police amongst hazardous waste, which ignites and explodes due to a random lightning strike. Mitchel is presumed dead...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #71 published June 1990
as Gente Nocturna [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #36 published August 1990
as Gente de Noche [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1/1991 published January 1991
as Lång natts färd [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #17 published January 1991
as Nachtmenschen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3673
Disclose Notes: John Wagner credited with co-scripting, but not actually involved with this issue according to Alan Grant.

Mitchel is transformed into the Corrosive Man by the explosion at the end of the story, but is not actually referred to as the Corrosive Man until the next issue.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3159
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Chris Shields, Chris Khalaf, Bill Schietroma, Chris Romano and Dorman Earl A. Larr.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes DC List.

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