Detective Comics #593 [Direct]
(December 1988)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-09-15
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

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Norm Breyfogle (signed)
Inks
Norm Breyfogle (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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The Fear, Part Two: Diary of a Madman (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Grant (credited); John Wagner (credited)
Pencils
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Inks
Steve Mitchell (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)
Job Number
G-3992
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Cornelius Stirk (villain); unnamed hobo (death); unnamed security guard; Thomas Wayne (flashback, death); Martha Wayne (flashback, death); unanamed doctor at Arkham Asylum
Synopsis
Batman confronts Cornelius Stirk, who uses his psi-powers to induce fear in others, including the Caped Crusader.
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Indexer Notes

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

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

Detective Comments / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Raspler
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3424

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Kip Talbot, Donnie Mathews, Matthew, D. Spatola, , Joseph Olszewski, Jericho Wilson and Sean Olschowka.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. The Fear, Part Two: Diary of a Madman
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
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  • John Monagle
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