Comic Title: Detective Comics #609
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1989
On Sale Date: October 24, 1989 Shipping Date October 24, 1989
Source: Previews, #8

Shipping Date October 24, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #172

Shipping Date October 26, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #10

Direct Market Date October 26, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #119

Copyright Date October 24, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

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

Title: "Facts About Bats"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

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

Reprinted In:
Batman:Anarky TPB (1999)
Legends of the Dark Knight:Norm Breyfogle Vol. 2 HC (2019)
Batman:The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 4 TPB (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #608; next appearance in Arkham Asylum HC)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #608; next appearance in Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in New Titans #61; next appearance in Arkham Asylum HC)

Villain(s)

• Anarky (last appearance in Detective Comics #608; next appearance in Detective Comics #618)
• A mugger (no further appearances)
• Two vandals (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mark, Tyrone, and Spider (students; no further appearances)
• Mike and Roxanne Machin (last appearance in Detective Comics #608; no further appearances)
• Lou (Mike's co-worker; no further appearances)
• A group of homeless men (Pete named; no further appearances)

Comments:
Anarky in Gotham City Part Two

This story is continued from Detective Comics #608.

Synopsis:
Batman and Commissioner Gordon attempt to stay ahead of the new vigilante Anarky by staking out two likely targets. However, Anarky strikes elsewhere. When Batman arrives on the scene, he finds the vigilante leading a group of homeless men in the destruction of a new construction site. Batman tangles with his masked foe, then chases him.

Batman tracks Anarky to an office building. An employee there, Mike Machin, confesses to being Anarky. However, while grappling with his opponent, Batman realized that Anarky was only a child. He finds Machin's son Lonnie, a twelve-year old boy, hiding. The fight injured Anarky, so Batman has Machin summon an ambulance while he takes the boy into custody.