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Publishers / DC / Detective Comics (1937) / #590
590September 1988
$0.75; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP

Detective Comics #590

DC · September 1988 · on sale June 9, 1988

2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#590
Publication date
September 1988
Key date
September 1988
On-sale date
June 9, 1988
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.75; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Norm Breyfogle; inks: Norm Breyfogle; colors: Anthony TollinBatman [Bruce Wayne]
1An American Batman in Londoncomic story22script: John Wagner, Alan Grant; pencils: Norm Breyfogle; inks: Norm Breyfogle; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Todd KleinBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Zak Hoffer (FBI agent); Abu Hassan (villain, Syraqui diplomat, death); Faisal; Ayya; Branson (British police officer)
2-letters page2script: Dan Raspler; pencils: José Luis García-López

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.75 USD; barcode 07098930465909
Canadianprice 1.00 CAD; barcode 07098930465909

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-5898-6		2015On eBay ›
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-8468-8		2018On eBay ›

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Series context

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