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Detective Comics #598

DC · Series began 1937 · March 1989

Dates

Cover date
March 1989
On sale
February 9, 1989
Pages
84

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #598 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 07098930465903

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Denys Cowan, David Mazzucchelli, Kevin Maguire, Gene Day, David Day, Dan Day, Norm Breyfogle, Jim Aparo, George Pratt, Bob Kane, John Beatty, Todd McFarlane, Howard Chaykin, Carmine Infantino, Timothy Trumaninks: Malcolm Jones III, Dick Giordano, Frank McLaughlin, David Mazzucchelli, Kevin Maguire, David Day, Dan Day, Gene Day, Norm Breyfogle, Jim Aparo, George Pratt, Bob Kane, John Beatty, Todd McFarlane, Howard Chaykin, Joe Rubinstein, Timothy Trumanscript: Sam Hamm, Terry Gilliam, Mark Evanier, Thomas Michael Disch, John Coyne, Ric Meyers, Harlan Ellison, Will Murray, Tom Fagan, Jim Shootercolors: Adrienne Royletters: Todd Klein

Stories

  • Chapter One: The Sleep of Reason [Blind Justice] · 24 pages
  • Chapter Two: The Kindness of Strangers [Blind Justice] · 22 pages
  • Chapter Three: The Price of Knowledge [Blind Justice] · 15 pages
  • Filmaker Terry Gilliam · 1 pages
  • Writer Mark Evanier · 1 pages
  • Poet and Novelist Thomas M. Disch; Writer John Coyne · 1 pages
  • Writer Ric Meyers · 1 pages
  • Novelist and Critic Harlan Ellison · 1 pages
  • Writer Will Murray · 1 pages
  • Chief Batmanian Tom Fagan; Writer Jim Shooter · 1 pages

Reprinted in

Batman: Blind Justice (1992), Batman: The Dark Knight Detective (2018)

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