Comic Title: Detective Comics #618
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Late July 1990
On Sale Date: June 5, 1990 Shipping Date June 5, 1990
Source: Previews, #15

Shipping Date June 5, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #179

Copyright Date June 5, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Shipping Date June 7, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #17

Direct Market Date June 7, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #153

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

Title: "Shadow on the Sun"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Alan Grant
Penciller: Norm Breyfogle
Inker: Dick Giordano
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Robin:Tragedy and Triumph TPB (1993)
Robin:Reborn TPB (2016)
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 Ms. Tree Quarterly #1; next appearance in Detective Comics #619)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tim Drake (last appearance in Batman #450; next appearance in Detective Comics #619)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Ms. Tree Quarterly #1; next appearance in Detective Comics #619)

Villain(s)

• Obeah Man (a witch doctor; next appearance in Detective Comics #619)
• Willy the Hat and his gang (street criminals; no further appearances)
• Dunc Reynolds (a corrupt security guard; no further appearances)
• Members of the Obeah Man's crew (next appearance in Detective Comics #619)
• Moneyspider (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Detective Comics #609; next appearance in Detective Comics #620)
• Louis Dange (a member of the Obeah Man's crew; name revealed in Detective Comics #619; next appearance in Detective Comics #619)

Other Character(s)

• Jack Drake (first name revealed; last appearance in Batman #436; next appearance in Detective Comics #619)
• Janet Drake (first name revealed; last appearance in Batman #436; next appearance in Detective Comics #619)
• Jeremy (assistant to the Drakes; next appearance in Detective Comics #619)
• Goossens (a pilot; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Pierre (Louis's son; next appearance in Detective Comics #619)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Joker (in Tim Drake's thoughts)
• Penguin (in Tim Drake's thoughts)
• Croc (in Tim Drake's thoughts)

Comments:
"Rite of Passage Part One"

This story continues in Detective Comics #619.

Synopsis:
Tim Drake assists Batman to find a criminal using computers to steal from banks. The investigation leads to Dunc Reynolds, a corrupt security guard, who has been stealing from safe deposit boxes, but he is not the computer thief.

Elsewhere, a plane carrying Tim's parents is forced to land in Haiti. Jack and Janet Drake are then taken prisoner by a voodoo witch doctor known as the Obeah Man. The plane's disappearance is reported back in Gotham City. While Tim worries, Batman fails to stop the computer thief, identified as Moneyspider, from getting away with money from the WayneTech account.