Price: 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1988-05-03
Editing: Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Dan Raspler (credited) (assistant editor)
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The Burning Pit
(Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Corrosive Man [Derek Mitchel]
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Direct Currents #3, confirmed from copyright registration.

Night People, Part Three: The Burning Pit
(Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
John Wagner (credited)
Alan Grant (credited)
Pencils:
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Inks:
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
Todd Klein (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-3768
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A knife in the night. Once more, blood splashes the makeshift streets of Cardboard City.
Characters:
The Corrosive Man [Derek Mitchel] (villain); Mr. Kadaver (villain); Webley; Phil Hobart; D.J. Dark; Babette; Harlan Woolf (death)
Synopsis:
Batman apprehends Webley after the murder of Dalton Walls, and learns that he was sent by Mr. Kadaver. Kadaver, who had been contracted by Hobart to kill Walls, learns that Walls was actually an eccentric millionaire living as a hobo, and that his nephew Hobart would inherit millions from Walls' death. Kadaver tortures Hobart until he agrees to pay Kadaver millions. As Batman arrives to apprehend Kadaver, the Corrosive Man also arrives seeking revenge on Kadaver.
Reprints (8)

Bonus Book No. 5
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
Dean Haspiel (signed as Haspiel)
Inks:
Dean Haspiel (signed as Haspiel)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Simon Buckley
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

"Cover" for 16 page insert.

For the Love of Ivy
(Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / comic story / 14 pages

Script:
Lewis Klahr (credited)
Steve Piersall (credited)
Pencils:
Dean Haspiel (credited)
Inks:
Denis Rodier (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Dan McKinnon (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-3527
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That fellow looks either dazed or drunk. I'd better see if he's hurt.
Characters:
Simon Buckley; Dr. O'Dell
Synopsis:
Ivy is dying.
Reprints (3)

Bonus Bios
(Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Short paragraphs on the creators of this Bonus Book - Lewis Klahr, Steve Piersall, Dean E. Haspiel, Denis Rodier, Dan McKinnon and Danny Vozzo.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Detective Comments / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
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?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-3246

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from George Tremon, Malcolm Bourne, Dan Goodrich, Roger D. Case, Kevin Hall, kraM rernuT, Greg White and Mr. Arthur Salazar.

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    Table of Contents
  1. The Burning Pit
    Batman
  2. Night People, Part Three: The Burning Pit
    Batman
  3. Bonus Book No. 5
    Batman
  4. For the Love of Ivy
    Batman
  5. Bonus Bios
  6. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
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