WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Mary Watson (Dr. Watson's granddaughter) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- March 1987
- On sale
- December 2, 1986
- Pages
- 60
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #572 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.25 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$1.25 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893046503 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.75 CAD.
Barcode 0709893046503 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta, José Luis García-López, Alan Davis, Terry Beatty, Carmine Infantino, E. R. Cruz, Dick Spranginks: Michael Wm. Kaluta, Paul Neary, Alan Davis, Dick Giordano, Al Vey, E. R. Cruz, Dick Sprangcolors: Bob LeRose, Anthony Tollin, Adrienne Roy, Carl Gaffordscript: Mike W. Barrletters: John Workman, Todd Klein, Romeo Francisco
Stories
- Detective Comments · 1 pages
- The Doomsday Book · 1 pages
- Chapter One · 7 pages
- Chapter 2 · 8 pages
- Chapter 3: The Adventure of the Lost Adventure! · 7 pages
- [Chapter 4] The Adventure of the Red Leech · 15 pages
- Chapter Five: God Save the Kingdom! · 16 pages
Characters
Bruce WayneBatmanJason ToddSherlock HolmesRalph DibnyThe Elongated ManRobinDr. WatsonSlam BradleyShorty MorganQueen Elizabeth IIInspector LestradeMary Watson
Reprinted in
Legends of the Dark Knight: Alan Davis (2012), Batman: The Dark Knight Detective (2018), DC's Greatest Detective Stories Ever Told (2021), DC Finest: Batman: Year One & Two (2024)