Detective Comics #593 (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]
1	The Fear, Part Two: Diary of a Madman	comic story	22	script: Alan Grant, John Wagner; pencils: Norm Breyfogle; inks: Steve Mitchell; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Todd Klein	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Cornelius Stirk (villain); unnamed hobo (death); unnamed security guard; Thomas Wayne (flashback, death); Martha Wayne (flashback, death); unanamed doctor at Arkham Asylum
2	-	letters page	2	script: Dan Raspler

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; barcode 07098930465912

Collection	Year
Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-5898-6	2015	On eBay ›
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective #3 ISBN 978-1-77950-101-1	2020	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Batman: A Death in the Family #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-857-1	2026	On eBay ›

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