Comic Title: Batman:The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 5 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2021
On Sale Date: May 25, 2021 Direct Market Date May 26, 2021
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Direct Market Date May 25, 2021
Source: DC Connect, #9

Cover Price: $24.99
Page Count: 280
Editor: Reza Lokman

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

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 From:
Detective Comics #618 (1990)

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.