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Issue: Detective Comics #588
Publication Date: July 1988
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Issues: #588 of 883 Issues (1380 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: 04/05/1988
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 April 5, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), 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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Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
Indicia
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Corrosive Man [Derek Mitchel]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #72 published July 1990
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #17 published January 1991
as Nachtmenschen - Buch 1 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Night People, Part Two: The Corrosive Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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)
Synopsis: Rising from the explosion, Mitchel discovers he has the ability to burn through anything, and is dubbed "The Corrosive Man." Batman tries to stop Mitchel after he inadvertently kills a firefighter and burns 2 police officers, but Mitchel gets away. Blaming Kadaver for the circumstances which transformed him, Mitchel seeks him out to exact revenge. Meanwhile, Kadaver sends his aide Webley to kill a hobo named Dalton Walls.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #72 published July 1990
as El Hombre Corrosivo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1/1991 published January 1991
as Kapitel 2: Den förtjusande herr Kadaver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Sonderband #17 published January 1991
as Säure-Mann [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3755
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Job Number: L-3212
Disclose Notes: Includes letters of comment from Dale Coe, Randolph Furan, Paul Carbonaro, Jimmy Fears, Russ Bedell, Jeff Mitchell and Todd Beard. Replies by Dan Raspler.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From the Den
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Editorial column.

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