Dates
- Cover date
- May 1988
- On sale
- February 2, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #586 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition75¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893046505 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.
Barcode 0709893046505 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Norm Breyfogle, José Luis García-Lópezinks: Norm Breyfoglecolors: Anthony Tollin, Adrienne Royscript: John Wagner, Alan Grant, Dan Rasplerletters: Todd Klein
Stories
- 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.
Reprinted in
Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle (2015), Batman: The Dark Knight Detective (2018), DC Finest: Batman: The Killing Joke and Other Stories (2025)