Comic Title: Detective Comics #623
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1990
On Sale Date: October 9, 1990 Shipping Date October 9, 1990
Source: Previews, #19

Shipping Date October 9, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #183

Direct Market Date October 11, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #174

Copyright Date October 9, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

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

Title: "Death of Innocence"
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 In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 6 TPB (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #622; next appearance in Detective Comics #624)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #622; next appearance in Detective Comics #624)

Villain(s)

• Clyde Harris (last appearance in Detective Comics #622; next appearance in Detective Comics #624)

Other Character(s)

• Tod Nathan Taylor (last appearance in Detective Comics #622; next appearance in Detective Comics #624)
• Jack Hemp (last appearance in Detective Comics #622; next appearance in Detective Comics #624)
• Fred Lasker (last appearance in Detective Comics #622; next appearance in Detective Comics #624)
• Ivor Hall (a coroner; no further appearances)
• Maria and Nelson (young lovers; die in this story; no further appearances)
• Ernie (last appearance in Detective Comics #622; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Simon Petrarch (in a comic book)
• Jeremy Standish (a comic book version of Robin)
• A comic book version of the Joker (in a comic book)

Comments:
This story is continued from Detective Comics #622 and continues in Detective Comics #624.

Synopsis:
The public continues to grow fearful of Batman when a killer using his name murders two young lovers. The real Batman investigates by examining the bodies at the morgue. Meanwhile, radio talk show host Jack Hemp interviews Tod Nathan Taylor and Fred Lasker, the publisher and creator of a Batman comic book which is inciting fear.