Comic Title: Detective Comics #622
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1990
On Sale Date: August 28, 1990 Shipping Date August 28, 1990
Source: Previews, #18

Shipping Date August 28, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #182

Copyright Date August 28, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Direct Market Date August 30, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #162

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

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 In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 6 TPB (2022)

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.