Dates
- Cover date
- Late July 1990
- On sale
- June 7, 1990
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #618 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 07098930465931
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- Rite of Passage Part One: Shadow on the Sun · 22 pages
The Obeah Man forces Janet and Jack Drake's plane to land in the jungles of Haiti, takes them prisoner and then makes the plane appear to have crashed.
Publisher’s description
Tim got a post card from his parents, they were on a trip in the Caribbean. Unknown to him, their plane was forced down and they were captured by a local tribe. Their pilot was killed immediately to show them they were serious. A man calling himself the Obeath Man held them. The news reached Gotham City; Tim was devastated.
Reprinted in
Robin: Tragedy and Triumph (1993), Robin (2015), Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle (2015), Batman: The Dark Knight Detective (2018), Robin: Tim Drake Compendium (2024)