Dates
- Cover date
- August 1988
- On sale
- May 3, 1988
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #589 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 07098930465908 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.
Barcode 07098930465908 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- 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.
- Bonus Bios · 1 pages
Characters
Reprinted in
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective (2018), DC Finest: Batman: The Killing Joke and Other Stories (2025), Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle (2015)