CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #582

DC · Series began 1937 · January 1988

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Dates

Cover date: January 1988
On sale: October 6, 1987
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #582 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition75¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition75¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0709893046501 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

Barcode 0709893046501 · shared with another edition
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Story arc: Millennium

This is part 16 of 40. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Jerry Bingham, Norm Breyfogleinks: Jerry Bingham, Pablo Marcoscolors: Anthony Tollin, Adrienne Royscript: Jo Duffy, Jonathan Petersonletters: Todd Klein

Stories

Sole Survivor · 22 pages

Publisher’s description

An android has replaced the absent Commissioner Gordon. Can Batman and Robin expose the impostor and find the real Commissioner in time?

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanCommissioner James GordonAlfred PennyworthJason ToddJim CorriganRobinRonald ReaganJason WoodrueThe Floronic ManHerupa Hando HuNadia Safir

Reprinted in

Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle (2015), Batman: The Dark Knight Detective (2018), DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025), DC Finest: Batman: The Killing Joke and Other Stories (2025)