Dates
- Cover date
- July 1988
- On sale
- April 5, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #588 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 07098930465907 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.
Barcode 07098930465907 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- 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.
- From the Den · 0.33 pages
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)