Comic Title: Detective Comics #579
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: October 1987
On Sale Date: July 28, 1987 Newsstand Date July 28, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Newsstand Date July 28, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #121

Shipping Date July 7, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Shipping Date July 7, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #121

Shipping Date July 7, 1987
Source: Focus, #1, Page BC

Copyright Date July 7, 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

Shipping Date July 7, 1987
Source: Comic Shop News, #1

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

Title: "The Crime Doctor's Crimson Clinic"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Mike W. Barr
Artist: Norm Breyfogle
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Julianna Ferriter

Reprinted In:
Legends of the Dark Knight:Norm Breyfogle Vol. 1 HC (2015)
Batman:The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 1 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Booster Gold #22; next appearance in Outsiders #25)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #412; next appearance in Batman #413)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #4; next appearance in Detective Comics #580)
• Leslie Thompkins (last appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #1; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Crime Doctor (Dr. Thorne; first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• Two-Face (last appearance in Doctor Fate #2; next appearance in Swamp Thing #66)
• Big Moe McAllister and his gang (Herky named; no further appearances)
• Nurse Rench (Thorne's assistant; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Schuyler Reems (an ex-con; no further appearances)
• Patty and Polly (Schuyler's wife and daughter; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Batman breaks up a robbery at a blood bank by members of Big Moe McAllister's mob. He believes that the Crime Doctor was behind the theft. Batman determines that McAllister has a heart condition and is likely using the Crime Doctor to perform a transplant. Batman deduces that ex-con Schuyler Reems is a match for McAllister. When he visits Reems's home he finds only his worried wife and daughter.

Batman tracks down the Crime Doctor's secret hospital where the operation is to be performed. Rather than waiting for police backup, Batman and Robin enter the building and battle the crooks. Schuyler helps Batman by knocking out the doctor and smashing his hands with a fire extinguisher. When the police arrive, Batman vouches for Reems and offers him a job at the Wayne Foundation.