Comic Title: Detective Comics #576
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: July 1987
On Sale Date: April 21, 1987 Newsstand Date April 21, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #38

Newsstand Date April 23, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #114

Shipping Date March 31, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #114

Copyright Date March 31, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Newsstand Date April 23, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #694, #696

Shipping Date March 31, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #694, #696

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "Deal with the Devil"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Mike W. Barr
Penciller: Todd McFarlane
Inker: Alfredo P. Alcala
Letterer: Agustin Mas
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Batman:Year Two TPB (1990)
Batman Year Two:Fear the Reaper TPB (2003)
Batman:Year Two – The 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #575; next appearance in Detective Comics #577)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #575; next appearance in Detective Comics #577)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #575; next appearance in Detective Comics #577)
• Leslie Thompkins (last appearance in Detective Comics #575; next appearance in Detective Comics #577)

Villain(s)

• Reaper (first name Judson revealed; last appearance in Detective Comics #575; next appearance in Detective Comics #577)
• Joe Chill (last appearance in Batman #404; next appearance in Detective Comics #577)
• Big Willie Golonka (a crime lord; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A group of Gotham City crime lords (Johnny Heymer named; next appearance in Detective Comics #577)

Other Character(s)

• Rachel Caspian (last appearance in Detective Comics #575; next appearance in Detective Comics #577)
• Greta (last appearance in Detective Comics #575; no further appearances)
• Several police officers (Franklin and Lewis named; no further appearances)
• Mary Rachel Caspian (Rachel's mother; dies in flashback; no further appearances)
• Bukowski (a police lieutenant; next appearance in Detective Comics #577)

Comments:
"Year Two" Part 2

Batman encounters Joe Chill, the man who murdered his parents, for the first time in this story.

This story is continued from Detective Comics #575 and continues in Detective Comics #577.

Synopsis:
The Reaper manages to kill convicted crime lord Willie Golonka despite an armed police escort protecting him. Batman who has been training with a gun, informs Commissioner Gordon that he has a plan for dealing with the Reaper, but Gordon will hate him for it. When the Reaper attempts to kill mob boss Johnny Heymer, Batman intervenes and takes Heymer away. The Dark Knight brings Heymer to a council meeting with Gotham's underground leaders. He then offers to team up with them in order to stop the Reaper. The mob leaders then ask Batman to work with hired gun Joe Chill, the man who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne.