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.
Appearing in "Night People - Part Two: The Corrosive Man"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Legs
- Gotham City Police Department
- Willy (Final appearance)
- Gotham Fire Department
- Da Vinci (Single appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Derek Mitchell (First appearance as Corrosive Man)
- Mortimer Kadaver (First appearance)
- Webley (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- DJ Dark
- Dalton "California" Walls (Dies)
- Billy (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Gotham City
- Cardboard City
- WGCR Radio
Items:
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle Vol. 1 and in Batman: The Dark Knight Detective, Vol. 2.
Trivia
- The hideout of Kadaver, features the famous painting by Edvard Munch called The Scream.
See Also
Recommended Reading
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- Batman (Volume 1)
- Batman (Volume 2)
- Batman (Volume 3)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 1)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 2)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 3)
- Batman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Batman: Gotham Knights (Volume 1)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat (Volume 1)
- Batman: Streets of Gotham (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 2)
- The Brave and the Bold (Volume 1)
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- World's Finest (Volume 1)
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