Dates
- Cover date
- January 1989
- On sale
- December 15, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #596 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098930465901
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Norm Breyfogle, Eduardo Barretoinks: Norm Breyfogle, Steve Mitchellcolors: Anthony Tollin, Adrienne Royscript: Alan Grant, Dan Raspler, Denny O'Neilletters: Todd Klein
Stories
- Video Nasties · 22 pages
Businessman Milton Sladek hires amateur film maker Oscar Lampet to capture physical abuse on film and make so-called "snuff movies". Batman tracks down Lampet and tries to stop yet another assault. Unbeknownst to Batman, Lampet brought backup in the shape of oversized thug Tonka. Now Batman becomes the subject of a new snuff movie...
Characters
Bruce WayneBatman
Reprinted in
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective (2018)