Comic Title: Batman:The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 6 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2022
On Sale Date: May 3, 2022 Direct Market Date May 3, 2022
Source: DC Connect, #20

Direct Market Date May 4, 2022
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Direct Market Date January 25, 2022
Source: Panels, November 2021

Cover Price: $24.99
Page Count: 320
Editor: Reza Lokman

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Dark Genesis"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: John Ostrander
Artist: Flint Henry
Penciller: Mike McKone
Inker: Jose F. Marzan, Jr.
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #622 (1990)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #457; next appearance in Detective Comics #623)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #457; next appearance in Detective Comics #624)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #456; next appearance in Detective Comics #623)

Villain(s)

• Clyde Harris (not named in this story; next appearance in Detective Comics #623)
• Billy Canfield (a small-time crook; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A mugger (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Fred Lasker (a comic book artist; next appearance in Detective Comics #623)
• Tod Nathan Taylor (a publisher; next appearance in Detective Comics #623)
• Jack Hemp (a radio host; next appearance in Detective Comics #623)
• Ernie (Hemp's producer; next appearance in Detective Comics #623)
• A mugging victim (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Simon Petrarch (a comic book version of Batman)
• God, the Devil, Sing-Cha, and an unnamed villain (characters in a comic book)

Comments:
This story continues in Detective Comics #623.

Synopsis:
Artist Fred Lasker creates a Batman comic book in which Batman is Simon Petrarch, a man possessed by the devil. When a murderer claims that he is Batman, honest citizens become afraid. Batman is forced to track down the artist for answers.