Batman #589 [Newsstand]
(May 2001)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
2.25 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
070989304307 05
Editing
Bob Schreck (editor); Michael Wright (associate editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #589 [Direct Sales].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Scott McDaniel
Inks
Scott McDaniel
Colors
Patrick Martin
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne; "Matches" Malone]
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Close Before Striking: Act Two (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
Batman, wait!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne; "Matches" Malone]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Ventriloquist; Scarface
Synopsis
Batman reveals he "borrowed" the "Matches" ID from a supposedly dead arsonist. Finding the dying "Matches" at the bar, Batman slips into that persona and sets out to "get" Ventriloquist.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Michael Wright
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Rule, Tim Leighton and Scott Breese.

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

advertisement / 12 pages (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. Close Before Striking: Act Two
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
  4. 3. [various]
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