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Issue: Detective Comics #589

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Publication Date: August 1988

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Issues: #589 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 05/26/1988

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 07098930465908

Price: $0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #138.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

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

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Variants3

Detective Comics #589 [Direct]

Detective Comics #589 [Canadian]

Detective Comics #589 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (6 total)

The Burning Pit

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Corrosive Man [Derek Mitchel]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Night People, Part Three: The Burning Pit

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Corrosive Man [Derek Mitchel] (villain); Mr. Kadaver (villain); Webley; Phil Hobart; D.J. Dark; Babette; Harlan Woolf (death)

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.

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Pages: 22

Job Number: G-3768

Bonus Book No. 5

Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Simon Buckley

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Pages: 1

Notes: "Cover" for 16 page insert.

For the Love of Ivy

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (villain); Simon Buckley; Dr. O'Dell

Synopsis: Ivy is dying.

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Pages: 14

Job Number: G-3527

Bonus Bios

Text Article on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Short paragraphs on the creators of this Bonus Book - Lewis Klahr, Steve Piersall, Dean E. Haspiel, Denis Rodier, Dan McKinnon and Danny Vozzo.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 2

Job Number: L-3246

Notes: Letters of comment from George Tremon, Malcolm Bourne, Dan Goodrich, Roger D. Case, Kevin Hall, kraM rernuT, Greg White and Mr. Arthur Salazar.