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Detective Comics#589
Cover: Norm Breyfogle & Norm Breyfogle

Detective Comics #589

Aug 1988 · DC · 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
“Night People, Part Three: The Burning Pit”

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.

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writer John Wagner · writer Alan Grant · artist Norm Breyfogle · colorist Adrienne Roy · letterer Todd Klein · inker Norm Breyfogle · cover Norm BreyfogleNorm Breyfogle

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writer Alan Grant
colorist Adrienne Roy
letterer Todd Klein
cover pencils Norm Breyfogle
cover inks Norm Breyfogle

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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.

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