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Issue: Detective Comics #589
Publication Date: August 1988
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Issues: #589 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: 05/03/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Direct Currents #3, confirmed from copyright registration.
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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:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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The Burning Pit

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Corrosive Man [Derek Mitchel]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #73 published July 1990
as El Pozo Ardiente [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Night People, Part Three: The Burning Pit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Corrosive Man [Derek Mitchel] (villain); Mr. Kadaver (villain); Webley; Phil Hobart; D.J. Dark; Babette; Harlan Woolf (death)
First Line: A knife in the night. Once more, blood splashes the makeshift streets of Cardboard City.
Synopsis: Batman apprehends Webley after the murder of Dalton Walls, and learns that he was sent by Mr. Kadaver. Kadaver, who had been contracted by Hobart to kill Walls, learns that Walls was actually an eccentric millionaire living as a hobo, and that his nephew Hobart would inherit millions from Walls' death. Kadaver tortures Hobart until he agrees to pay Kadaver millions. As Batman arrives to apprehend Kadaver, the Corrosive Man also arrives seeking revenge on Kadaver.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #73 published July 1990
as El Pozo Ardiente [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #18 published January 1991
as Nachtmenschen, Teil 3: Die Flammengrube [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1/1991 published January 1991
as Kapitel 3: Den brinnande mannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3768
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Bonus Book No. 5

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Simon Buckley
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #46 published July 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]bonus book "cover"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Cover" for 16 page insert.
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For the Love of Ivy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Simon Buckley; Dr. O'Dell
First Line: That fellow looks either dazed or drunk. I'd better see if he's hurt.
Synopsis: Ivy is dying.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #46 published July 1989
as Por Amor a Hiedra [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: G-3527
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Bonus Bios

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Short paragraphs on the creators of this Bonus Book - Lewis Klahr, Steve Piersall, Dean E. Haspiel, Denis Rodier, Dan McKinnon and Danny Vozzo.
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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-3246
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from George Tremon, Malcolm Bourne, Dan Goodrich, Roger D. Case, Kevin Hall, kraM rernuT, Greg White and Mr. Arthur Salazar.

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