Detective Comics #586 (1988) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Norm Breyfogle; inks: Norm Breyfogle; colors: Anthony Tollin	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ratcatcher [Otis Flannegan]
1	Rat Trap	comic story	22	script: John Wagner, Alan Grant; pencils: Norm Breyfogle; inks: Norm Breyfogle; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Todd Klein	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ratcatcher [Otis Flannegan]; Commissioner James Gordon; Officer Straub; Nat Devino (sanitation worker, death); Mr. Woller (sanitation department night supervisor); Stanley Konik (prison guard); Sergeant Sam Bellow; Cornelius Budd (death)
2	-	letters page	1.75	script: Dan Raspler; pencils: José Luis García-López
3	-	statement of ownership	0.25	letters: typeset

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893046505
Canadian	price 1.00 CAD; barcode 0709893046505

Collection	Year
Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-5898-6	2015	On eBay ›
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-8468-8	2018	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Batman: The Killing Joke and Other Stories #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-145-9	2025	On eBay ›

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