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Batman: The Dark Knight Detective #2

DC · Series began 2018 · [December] 2018

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Dates

Cover date: [December] 2018
On sale: October 17, 2018
Pages: 284

Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 978140128468852999
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Creators

pencils: Mike Mignola, Norm Breyfogle, Dick Giordano, Jerry Bingham, Dean Haspiel, Klaus Janson, Tom Grindberg, Steve Rudeinks: Mike Mignola, Norm Breyfogle, Kim DeMulder, Dick Giordano, Steve Mitchell, Jerry Bingham, Ricardo Villagrán, Dean Haspiel, Denis Rodier, Klaus Janson, Tony DeZuniga, Tom Grindberg, Steve Rudecolors: Dave Stewart, Anthony Tollin, Adrienne Roy, Daniel Vozzo, Carl Gafford, Tom Ziuko, Tatjana Wood, Len Weinscript: Alan Grant, John Wagner, Steve Piersall, Lewis Klahr, Denny O'Neil, Peter Sanderson, Robert Greenberger, Paul Kupperberg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Greg Weisman, Barbara Kesel, Paul Levitz, Mike W. Barr, Todd Kleinletters: Todd Klein, Dan McKinnon

Stories

Fever · 22 pages
A deadly new drug called Fever hits the streets of Gotham, thanks to a gang run by Scarface/Ventriloquist.
Fever Break! · 22 pages
Batman breaks up Scarface's attempt to smuggle large quantities of the Fever drug into Gotham.
The Ratcatcher · 22 pages
While breaking up a weapons deal, Batman encounters a man who is attacked and killed by rats, which places him on the trail of the Ratcatcher.
Rat Trap · 22 pages
The Batman battles Ratcatcher and his rats in the sewers, where Ratcatcher has imprisoned those he feels were responsible for sending him to prison.
Night People · 22 pages
After midnight in Gotham, D.J. Dark hosts his nightly radio show, a hobo is killed, Batman pursues a cocaine smuggler, and police track a murderer, Deke Mitchel, who escaped from prison and is seeking someone named Kadaver. Mitchel hides from the police amongst hazardous waste, which ignites and explodes due to a random lightning strike. Mitchel is presumed dead...
Night People Part Two: The Corrosive Man · 22 pages
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.
Night People Part Three: The Burning Pit · 22 pages
Batman apprehends Webley after the murder of Dalton Walls, and learns that he was sent by Mr. Kadaver. Kadaver, who had been contracted by Hobart to kill Walls, learns that Walls was actually an eccentric millionaire living as a hobo, and that his nephew Hobart would inherit millions from Walls' death. Kadaver tortures Hobart until he agrees to pay Kadaver millions. As Batman arrives to apprehend Kadaver, the Corrosive Man also arrives seeking revenge on Kadaver.
For the Love of Ivy · 14 pages
Ivy is dying.
The Monkey Trap [Fables: Part One] · 38 pages
An American Batman in London · 22 pages
When American veterans are attacked and killed by foreign agents, Batman traces their leader to London, only to find he is planning an attack on the Houses of Parliament.
Aborigine! · 22 pages
An aborigine from the Australian Outback comes to Gotham seeking a sacred relic stolen from his land and death for those responsible.