Comic Title: Detective Comics #581
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: December 1987
On Sale Date: September 22, 1987 Newsstand Date September 22, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #43

Newsstand Date September 22, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #124

Shipping Date September 1, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #124

Shipping Date September 1, 1987
Source: Focus, #1, Page BC

Copyright Date August 10, 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 September 1, 1987
Source: Comic Shop News, #8

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

Title: "One Out of Two... Isn't Bad..."
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Mike W. Barr
Penciller: Jim Baikie
Inker: Pablo Marcos
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 1 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #580; next appearance in Outsiders #26)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #580; next appearance in Batman #415)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #580; next appearance in Batman #414)

Villain(s)

• Two-Face (last appearance in Detective Comics #580; next appearance in Secret Origins #23)
• Paul Sloane (last appearance in Detective Comics #580; no further appearances)
• Various henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Sloane (last appearance in Detective Comics #580; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Detective Comics #580.

Synopsis:
Batman, Robin, and Harvey Dent are tied inside a refrigerated rail car with a bomb inside. Batman is able to use the freon gas in the pipes to freeze the bomb. He then escapes. He makes a truce with Harvey to go after Paul Sloane, the phony Two-Face. However, Two-Face double-crosses him and both crooks escape.

Batman then sets a trap for Sloane. With the help of Sloane's wife, Batman is able to help Paul and convince him to stop his criminal activities. Sloane then assists Batman in setting a trap for Harvey. When Two-Face tries to steal the Constitution, Batman stops him. Paul then undergoes plastic surgery to repair the disfigurement to his face.