Comic Title: Detective Comics #613
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1990
On Sale Date: March 6, 1990 Shipping Date March 6, 1990
Source: Previews, #12

Shipping Date March 6, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #177

Shipping Date March 8, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #14

Copyright Date March 6, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

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

Title: "Trash"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

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

Reprinted In:
DC Retroactive:Batman – The '90s #1 (2011)
Legends of the Dark Knight:Norm Breyfogle Vol. 2 HC (2019)
Batman:The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 5 TPB (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #612; next appearance in Mister Miracle #16)

Supporting Character(s)

• Vicki Vale (last appearance in Batman #447; next appearance in Batman #450)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #445; next appearance in Batman #448)

Villain(s)

• Tony Kruden (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Two Krudco garbage men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mike Dell (a student; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Harv and Jane Dell (Mike's parents; no further appearances)
• Roy and Chally (garbage men; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne witnesses a garbage man Harv Dell assaulted by two men working for a rival company. That night he follows the garbage men to the dump. The head of the rival company once again threatens Harv. Mike Dell, Harv's son has followed his dad in order to write a school report about trash. When the mobsters see him they shoot. Batman is too late to stop them. He fights the crooks. During the fight Tony Kruden, the mob boss falls into a compactor and is killed. Harv survives to mourn the loss of his son.