Detective Comics #595 [Direct]
([Holiday] 1988)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-11-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor); Dan Raspler (assistant)

Issue Notes

The publication month is absent from the cover and the indicia.
This issue has variants:

Invasion First Strike! Extra! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paris Cullins
Inks
Malcolm Jones III
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hawkmen
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Our Man in Havana (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Grant
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
G-4286
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Maxwell Lord (on computer screen); Commissioner James Gordon
Reprints
Keywords
Havana Cuba

Indexer Notes

Invasion tie-in. John Wagner credited as co-writer but not actually involved with this issue according to Alan Grant.

Invasion First Strike (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Bonus Book! No. 11 (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Roderick Delgado
Inks
Jerry Acerno
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mr. Freeze [Victor Fries]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

"Cover" for 16 page insert.

Cold Cuts (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff O'Hare
Pencils
Roderick Delgado
Inks
Jerry Acerno
Colors
Matt Webb
Letters
Helen Vesik
Editing
Joey Cavalieri (insert)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dr. Klyburn; Mr. Freeze [Victor Fries] (villain)
Synopsis
Batman battles Mr. Freeze at S.T.A.R. Labs.
Reprints
Keywords
industrial diamond; laser; S.T.A.R. Labs

Bonus Book Bios (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography

Indexer Notes

Short biographies on the Bonus Book creators: Writer - Jeff O'Hare; Penciller - Roderick Delgado; Inker - Jerry Acerno; and Colorist - Matt Webb.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Detective Comments / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dan Raspler
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-3520

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Patrick West, Larree Zalinne, Joseph Olszewski, Charles D. Brown, Robert Knuist, Lon Wolf and Freddie Treves.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Invasion First Strike! Extra!
    Batman
  2. 1. Our Man in Havana
    Batman
  3. 2. Invasion First Strike
    Daily Planet
  4. 3. Bonus Book! No. 11
    Batman
  5. 4. Cold Cuts
    Batman
  6. 5. Bonus Book Bios
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mike Quilligan
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore