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Detective Comics 586

DETECTIVE COMICS #586

Cover Date: May 1988
Cover Price: $0.75

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Cover Credits:
Art: Norm Breyfogle (signed)


Story: "Rat Trap" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Wagner, Alan Grant
ArtNorm Breyfogle
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsAdrienne Roy
EditingDennis O'Neil

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

James Gordon (in between Batman Vol. 1 #420 and #421)

Villain(s):

Ratcatcher (next in issue #679)

Other Character(s):

Stanley Konik (dies)
Sam Bellow
Cornelius Budd (dies)
Officer Straub
Nat Devino (from Gotham sanitation; dies)
Mr. Woller (head of Gotham sanitation)

Synopsis:

Both Batman and the police close in on the Ratcatcher, discovering him to be an ex-convict who has captured the judge, chief witness, arresting officer and prison warder whom he blames for his captivity. As they get closer, he begins to kill his prisoners, so that only Sergeant Sam Bellow survives.


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