Comic Title: Detective Comics #574
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: May 1987
On Sale Date: February 26, 1987 Newsstand Date February 26, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Newsstand Date February 26, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #110

Shipping Date February 3, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Shipping Date February 3, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #110

Shipping Date February 3, 1987
Source: Comics Journal, #113

Copyright Date February 3, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Newsstand Date February 26, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690, #692

Shipping Date February 3, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690, #692

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dennis J. O'Neil

Title: "...My Beginning... and My Probable End"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Batman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Mike W. Barr
Penciller: Alan Davis
Inker: Paul Neary
Letterer: Richard Starkings
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 1 TPB (2005)
Legends of the Dark Knight:Alan Davis HC (2012)
Batman:A Celebration of 75 Years HC (2014)
Batman:The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 1 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #573; next appearance in Justice League #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #573; next appearance in Batman Annual #13)
• Leslie Thompkins (first appearance; last appearance in Detective Comics #578; next appearance in Legends of the Dark Knight #1)
• Alfred Pennyworth (in flashback to Bruce's childhood; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Detective Comics #614)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Bruce Wayne (last appearance in Batman #404; next appearance in Detective Comics #614)
• Leslie Thompkins (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Detective Comics #575)

Comments:
This story retells the origin of Batman with new details. In the post-Crisis universe, Bruce Wayne was taken in my Leslie Thompkins after his parents were killed. Leslie now works as a doctor at a Wayne Foundation clinic and has knowledge of Batman's secret identity.

This story is continued from Detective Comics #573.

Synopsis:
When Robin is accidentally shot by the Mad Hatter, Batman rushes him to Leslie Thompkins. While Leslie operates on Jason, Batman reflects on his childhood after his parents were murdered. Leslie took him in and raised him. From the time of the murder, Bruce was driven to teach himself how to fight crime. Leslie worries about bringing Jason into the fight, but Batman feels that he is given the boy an outlet which he never had in hopes that Jason won't live his life as Bruce has. Leslie's operation is a success, and Jason recovers from his injuries.