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"Night People - Part Two: The Corrosive Man": Derek Mitchell rises from the chemical fire, alive but now mutated into a hideous creature whose skin is perpetually coated with a layer of powerful acid. Angry and confused, Mitchell horribly wounds several of the fire

Quote1 Monster stalks the city -- call in the Batman! Terrorists shoot up City Hall -- call in the Batman! Some rich dame stubs her toe -- call in the lousy Batman! Some maniac carves up poor Rossi, an' nobody wants to know! Why don't they send the Batman to us, eh? Quote2
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Detective Comics #588 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1988. It was published on April 5, 1988.

Synopsis for "Night People - Part Two: The Corrosive Man"

Derek Mitchell rises from the chemical fire, alive but now mutated into a hideous creature whose skin is perpetually coated with a layer of powerful acid. Angry and confused, Mitchell horribly wounds several of the firefighters and policemen on the scene, attracting Batman's attention. Mitchell eventually overpowers Batman as well, then flees the scene in a stolen truck, still looking for revenge on Kadaver.

"Kadaver" is in fact Mortimer Kadaver, a melodramatic but ruthless crime boss whose flunky, Webley, had committed the Cardboard City murder. Kadaver is furious, however, when he learns that Webley had killed the wrong vagrant; the true target was to be Dalton "California" Walls, whose death had been contracted for a fortune.

A reluctant Webley is sent back to Cardboard City, where he successfully murders Walls. Unfortunately, Batman, passing by the area in pursuit of Mitchell, catches him right in the act.

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