Unofficial Detective Comics Index |
DETECTIVE COMICS #643
Cover Date: April 1992
Cover Price: $1.00
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Cover Credits:
Art: Denys Cowan
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Credits:
Story | Peter Milligan |
Art | Jim Aparo |
Colors | Adrienne Roy |
Lettering | Jim Aparo |
Editing | Scott Peterson, Dennis O'Neil |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (in between Batman Vol. 1 #476 and #477)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Stanislaus Johns (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- John Watkins (first appearance; a psychologist; dies)
- Mike Smith and Wilma Smith (first appearance; a married couple; die)
- Jacko (first appearance; a police officer)
- Jenny Holding (first appearance; a librarian)
Synopsis: - Batman enlists the help of a librarian to help him solve the case of a serial killer who is killing people and arranging them according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system. The killer is given away by a quirk in his 'system', refusing to follow Dewey with regard to the arts, and is brought to justice.