Batman #588 [Direct Sales]
(April 2001)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
2.25 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2001-02-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200057 58811
Editing
Bob Schreck (credited) (editor); Michael Wright (credited) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Scott McDaniel (signed)
Inks
Scott McDaniel (signed)
Colors
Patrick Martin

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Matches Malone
Reprints

Close Before Striking: Act One (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Brian K. Vaughan (credited)
Pencils
Scott McDaniel (credited)
Inks
Karl Story (credited)
Colors
Roberta Tewes (credited); Wildstorm FX (credited) (separations)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why so glum, sweetie?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne; "Matches" Malone]; Nightwing [Batman; Dick Grayson]; Oracle; Ventriloquist; Scarface
Synopsis
Using the "Matches" Malone cover, Batman shuts down Ventriloquist's gun running operation. Ventriloquist puts out a contract on "Matches." Oracle calls the cave looking for Batman, surprised to see him there since "Matches" was just shot in a bar in Gotham.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bat-Signals / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michael Wright
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Craig Peltz, Jay K., Scott Findlay, John Knifley and Brendan Walsh.

[various] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 16 pages (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. Close Before Striking: Act One
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
  4. 3. [various]
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  • Katie
  • Erik Braley
  • John Greb
  • Del Gruber
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Matthew Peets
  • Mark Q
  • Jim Van Dore