CATALOG RECORD

Batman #590

DC · Series began 1940 · June 2001

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Dates

Cover date: June 2001
On sale: April 11, 2001
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #590 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct Sales

Barcode 76194120005759011
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07098930430706
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Creators

pencils: Scott McDanielinks: Scott McDaniel, Karl Storycolors: Patrick Martin, Roberta Tewes, Wildstorm FXscript: Brian K. Vaughan, Michael Wrightletters: John Costanza

Stories

Close Before Striking: Act Three · 22 pages
Batman tracks the Ventriloquist, intent on killing him. As the physical conflict goes on, he fights an inner battle between his persona and "Matches". In the end he is able to shrug off the "Matches" persona and just take Ventriloquist into custody.

Reprinted in

Batman: False Faces (2008), Batman: False Faces (2009), Batman by Brian K. Vaughan (2017)