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DETECTIVE COMICS #598
Cover Date: March 1989
Cover Price: $2.95
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Denys B. Cowan (Signed)
Inks: Malcolm Jones III (signed)
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Chapter Two: The Kindness of Strangers
Chapter Three: The Price of Knowledge
Credits:
| Story | Sam Hamm |
| Pencils | Denys Cowan |
| Inks | Dick Giordano, Frank McLaughlin |
| Lettering | Todd Klein |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Assistant editing | Dan Raspler |
| Editing | Dennis O'Neil |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (last in Starman Vol. 1 #10)
Supporting Character(s):
- Alfred Pennyworth (last in Starman Vol. 1 #9)
- James Gordon (last, behind the scenes, in Starman Vol. 1 #9)
Villain(s):
- Mitchell Riordan (first appearance)
- "Bonecrusher" (Dr Kenneth Harbinger; first appearance)
- Kenneth Harbinger (first appearance)
- Theodore Lund (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- Jeannie Bowen (first appearance)
- Roy Kane (first appearance; Jeannie's brother)
- T-Bone (first appearance; a down-and-out)
- Nick Katsikis (first appearance; a security guard; deceased)
- Mr McAteer (first appearance; a member of Family Finders Inc.)
- Tommy (first appearance; a young boy)
Comment(s):
- Story continues in the next issue.
Synopsis: - While trying to help a young woman trace her long-lost brother, Bruce Wayne uncovers evidence of highly dubous human experimentation at Wayne Technologies. Those involved offer to cut him in on the deal, and when he refuses, they have him arrested as a communist spy.
| Feature: | "Tribute" | (16 Pages) |
Credits:
- Terry Gilliam and Mark Evanier and Thomas M. Disch and John Coyne and Ric Meyers and Harlan Ellison and Will Murray and Tom Fagan and Jim Shooter (script)
- Kevin Maguire and Jim Aparo and Norm Breyfogle and John Beatty and Norm Breyfogle and Howard Chaykin and Tim Truman (art)
- Gene Day and Carmine Infantino (pencils)
- Dan Day and David Day and Joe Rubinstein (inks)
Comment(s):
Text and art homages to Batman by Kevin Maguire, Terry Gilliam, Gene Day, Dan Day, David Day, Mark Evanier, Norm Breyfogle, Jim Aparo, Thomas M. Disch, Rick Meyers, Bob Kane, John Beatty, Harlon Ellison, Howard Chaykin, Will Murray, Carmine Infantino, Joe Rubinstein, Tom Fagan, Jim Shooter and Tim Truman.