Detective Comics
#578
[Newsstand]
(September 1987)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1987-06-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893046509
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil
Issue Notes
On-sale date from DC Releases #40.
This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #578 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #578 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
Batman Year Two Part 4
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Todd McFarlane (signed)
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos (signed)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
-
in Batman (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1987 series) #24 (Septiembre 26 de 1988) -
in Batman Album (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1989 series) #6 - Das zweite Jahr, Teil 2 (1990) -
in Batman: Year Two (DC, 1990 series) ([February] 1990) - in Batman Year Two: Fear the Reaper (DC, 2002 series) (2002 [January 2003])
- in Batman: Year Two - The 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([January] 2018), ([January] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin. Alfredo Alcala is incorrectly credited on the cover as the interior inker.
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Batman Year Two Chapter Four: "...So Shall Ye Reap..."
Batman / comic story / 23 pages
- Job Number
- G-3189
- 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 (Juniorpress, 1984 series) #16 (1988) -
in Batman (Zinco, 1987 series) #6 (Febrero 1988) -
in Batman (Editora Abril, 1987 series) #8 (abril de 1988) - in Batman (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1987 series) #24 (Septiembre 26 de 1988)
-
in DC presenterer (Semic, 1988 series) #5/1988 (uke 49 1988) - in Batman Album (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1989 series) #6 - Das zweite Jahr, Teil 2 (1990)
- in Batman: Year Two (DC, 1990 series) ([February] 1990)
- in Batman Year Two: Fear the Reaper (DC, 2002 series) (2002 [January 2003])
-
in Batman: Year Two (Semic S.A., 2003 series) (février 2003) - in Batman: Year Two - The 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([January] 2018)
-
[no title indexed]
Detective Comments / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Batman; Mime
Indexer Notes
Page only contains a preview of the cover to Batman (DC, 1940 series) #412.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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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 modified by
- Katie
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Steven Samuels
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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