Comic Title: Detective Comics #606
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1989
On Sale Date: August 22, 1989 Shipping Date August 22, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #169

Shipping Date August 22, 1989
Source: Previews, #6

Shipping Date August 24, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #8

Direct Market Date August 24, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #110, #112, #113

Copyright Date August 22, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "Killer Clay"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Alan Grant
Penciller: Norm Breyfogle
Inker: Steve Mitchell
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Legends of the Dark Knight:Norm Breyfogle Vol. 1 HC (2015)
Batman:The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 4 TPB (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #605; next appearance in Detective Comics #607)

Guest Star(s)

• Looker (last appearance in Detective Comics #605; next appearance in Detective Comics #606)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #605; next appearance in Captain Atom #33)
• Lt. Kitch (last appearance in Detective Comics #605; next appearance in Batman #448)

Villain(s)

• Clayface I (Basil Karlo; last appearance in Detective Comics #605; next appearance in Detective Comics #607)
• Clayface II (Matthew Hagen; as lifeless clay; last appearance in Detective Comics #605; next appearance in Detective Comics #607)
• Clayface III (Preston Payne; last appearance in Detective Comics #605; next appearance in Detective Comics #607)
• Clayface IV (Sondra Fuller; last appearance in Detective Comics #605; next appearance in Detective Comics #607)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Robin (in Batman's nightmare)
• Barbara Gordon (in Batman's nightmare)
• Joker (in Batman's nightmare)
• Penguin (in Batman's nightmare)
• Riddler (in Batman's nightmare)
• Ra's Al Ghul (in Batman's nightmare)
• Two-Face (in Batman's nightmare)
• Scarecrow (in Batman's nightmare)
• Deadshot (in Batman's nightmare)
• Croc (in Batman's nightmare)
• Ratcatcher (in Batman's nightmare)
• Black Spider (in Batman's nightmare)

Comments:
The Mud Pack Part Three

This story is continued from Detective Comics #605 and continues in Detective Comics #607.

Synopsis:
Batman battle Preston Payne and Lady Clayface at a charity event. Lady Clayface takes the form of Robin which surprises Batman. He is caught off balance, and Payne knocks him out. The female Clayface has to stop Payne from killing him. She then brings both her partner and Batman to Basil Karlo.

Karlo has Lady Clayface become Looker again in order to hypnotize Batman. Karlo then forces Batman to watch a movie, which combined with the hypnosis, causes him to experience his worst fears. The original Clayface then drugs Lady Clayface and steals a sample of her blood and that of Payne. When Lady Clayface recovers, Karlo is gone. She confesses to Payne that she hypnotized him. Despite her duplicity, Clayface falls in love with her in her clay form.

Meanwhile, the real Looker has come to Gotham to help Batman. She tracks him to the theater which Karlo was using. She finds Batman inside, but his mind has been damaged by the torture Clayface used against him.