Detective Comics #587
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After midnight in Gotham, D.J. Dark hosts his nightly radio show, a hobo is killed, Batman pursues a cocaine smuggler, and police track a murderer, Deke Mitchel, who escaped from prison and is seeking someone named Kadaver. Mitchel hides from the police amongst hazardous waste, which ignites and explodes due to a random lightning strike. Mitchel is presumed dead...
Cover Date
June 1, 1988
On Sale Date
March 8, 1988
Pages
36
Cover Price
$0.75 / CA$1.00 / £0.40
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Editor
Dennis O'Neil
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Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; D.J. Dark (radio DJ); Michael Rossi (hobo, death); Billy (hobo); Legs (hobo); The Corrosive Man [Derek \"Deke\" Mitchel] (introduction, villain, prison escapee, murderer); Willy (police officer); unnamed female police officer; Harlan Woolf (cocaine smuggler); Bannen (Woolf's associate); Floyd (Woolf's associate); Babette (radio newscaster)
