Detective Comics
#578
[Direct]
(September 1987)
- Price:
- 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Editing:
- Denny O'Neil
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age US; Standard Silver Age US; Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint; Glossy
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched; Squarebound
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Batman Year Two Part 4
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Todd McFarlane (signed)
- Inks:
- Pablo Marcos (signed)
- Colors:
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints:
-
in Batman (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1987 series) #24 (Septiembre 26 de 1988) -
in Batman: Year Two (DC, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990) - in Batman Year Two: Fear the Reaper (DC, 2002 series) #[nn] ([November] 2002)
-
Indexer Notes
Alfredo Alcala is incorrectly credited on the cover as the interior inker.
Color credits confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
![Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #578 [Direct]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/5/w200/5683.jpg?5767558948402809120)
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Batman Year Two Chapter Four: "...So Shall Ye Reap..."
Batman / comic story / 23 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mike W. Barr
- Pencils:
- Todd McFarlane
- Inks:
- Todd McFarlane
- Colors:
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters:
- Todd Klein
- Job Number:
- G-3189
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joe Chill; Mr. Morritz; Reaper [Judson Caspian]; Blinky Sutton; Leslie Thompkins; Alfred Pennyworth; Rachel Caspian; Commissioner James Gordon; Bukowski; Thomas Wayne (cameo flashback)
- Synopsis:
- While Bruce proposes to Rachel, the Reaper attacks the gathered mob bosses. Batman arrives late to the fight, and the Reaper escapes again, while Joe Chill is knocked unconscious. When Chill comes to, Batman takes the thug to the alley where he killed the Waynes and reveals their connection. But before Batman can complete his revenge, the Reaper kills Joe Chill. Batman and the Reaper fight one final time and the Reaper falls to his death. Later, Batman disposes of Joe Chill's gun in the base of the Wayne Foundation Building and Rachel enters the convent to atone for the sins of her father.
- Reprints:
-
in Batman (Editora Abril, 1987 series) #8 (Abril 1988) - in Batman (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1987 series) #24 (Septiembre 26 de 1988)
- in Batman: Year Two (DC, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990)
- in Batman Year Two: Fear the Reaper (DC, 2002 series) #[nn] ([November] 2002)
-
[no title indexed]
Detective Comments / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Kevin Nowlan
- Inks:
- Kevin Nowlan
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Batman; Mime
Indexer Notes
Page only contains a preview of the cover to Batman (DC, 1940 series) #412.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Batman Year Two Part 4
Batman -
1.
Batman Year Two Chapter Four: "...So Shall Ye Reap..."
Batman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Detective Comments
This issue was most recently modified by:
- R. J. Roper
- Lou Mazzella
- Jerry Hillegas
- Peter Croome
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Bob Klein
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Jerry Bails (R.I.P.)
- Carl Gafford
- John Greb
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Jeremy Heier
- Chris Launder
- Terry Vraspir
- Craig Delich
- Mike Bowen
- Gregory Fischer
- Dwayne Best
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Gordon
- Max Capp
- Ed Boner
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