Writer Mike W. Barr and artists Alan Davis and Todd McFarlane crafted the "" storyline in "Detective Comics" #575–578 which followed up on Frank Miller's "". Writer Alan Grant and artist Norm Breyfogle introduced the Ventriloquist in their first Batman story together and the Ratcatcher in their third (#585). Sam Hamm, who wrote the screenplay for Tim Burton's "Batman", wrote the "Blind Justice" story in "Detective Comics" issues #598–600. Chuck Dixon became the writer of the series with issue #644 (May 1992). He and Tom Lyle co-created the Electrocutioner in "Detective Comics" #644 (May 1992) and Stephanie Brown in "Detective Comics" #647 (August 1992).