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Detective Comics is an American comic book
American comic book

An American comic book is a small magazine originating in the United States and containing a narrative in the form of comics. The standard dimensions are 17 x 26 cm , although they were larger in the past....
 published monthly by DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
 since 1937, best-known for introducing the iconic superhero
Superhero

A superhero is a Character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to act of derring-do in the public interest". Since the debut of the prototype superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes?ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas?have dominated American comic books and crossed over into other mass...
 Batman
Batman

Batman is a Character , a comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger , appearing in publications by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939....
. It is, along with Action Comics
Action Comics

Action Comics is an USA comic book series which first appearance Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined....
, the book that launched with the debut of Superman
Superman

Superman is a Character , a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, and sold to DC Comics in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics Action Comics 1 and subseque...
, one of the medium's signature series, and the source of its company's name. With 852 monthly issues published as of March 2009, it is the longest continuously published comic book in the United States.

etective Comics was the final publication of the entrepreneur Major
Major

In many European languages, the term Major refers to a military rank, denoting seniority at one of usually various levels of rank, for example: "Sergeant-Major" denoting the most senior ranking sergeant of a large military unit; "Captain-Major", denoting a mid-level command status Officer ...
 Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was an United States pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips....
, whose comics company, National Allied Publications, would evolve into DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
, one of the world's two largest comic book publishers, though long after its founder had left it.






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Detective Comics is an American comic book
American comic book

An American comic book is a small magazine originating in the United States and containing a narrative in the form of comics. The standard dimensions are 17 x 26 cm , although they were larger in the past....
 published monthly by DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
 since 1937, best-known for introducing the iconic superhero
Superhero

A superhero is a Character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to act of derring-do in the public interest". Since the debut of the prototype superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes?ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas?have dominated American comic books and crossed over into other mass...
 Batman
Batman

Batman is a Character , a comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger , appearing in publications by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939....
. It is, along with Action Comics
Action Comics

Action Comics is an USA comic book series which first appearance Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined....
, the book that launched with the debut of Superman
Superman

Superman is a Character , a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, and sold to DC Comics in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics Action Comics 1 and subseque...
, one of the medium's signature series, and the source of its company's name. With 852 monthly issues published as of March 2009, it is the longest continuously published comic book in the United States.

Publication history

Detective Comics was the final publication of the entrepreneur Major
Major

In many European languages, the term Major refers to a military rank, denoting seniority at one of usually various levels of rank, for example: "Sergeant-Major" denoting the most senior ranking sergeant of a large military unit; "Captain-Major", denoting a mid-level command status Officer ...
 Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was an United States pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips....
, whose comics company, National Allied Publications, would evolve into DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
, one of the world's two largest comic book publishers, though long after its founder had left it. Wheeler-Nicholson's first two titles were the landmark New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine #1 (Feb. 1935), colloquially called New Fun Comics #1 and the first such early comic book to contain all-original content, rather than a mix of newspaper
Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
 comic strips and comic-strip-style new material. His second effort, New Comics #1, would be retitled twice to become Adventure Comics
Adventure Comics

Adventure Comics is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. It ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman and Batman ....
, another seminal series that ran for decades until issue #503 in 1983.

The third and final title published under his aegis would be Detective Comics, advertised with a cover illustration dated Dec. 1936, but eventually premiering three months late, with a March 1937 cover date. In 1937, however, Wheeler-Nicholson was in debt to printing-plant owner and magazine distributor Harry Donenfeld
Harry Donenfeld

Harry Donenfeld , was an American publisher who is known primarily for being the owner of National Allied Publications, which distributed Detective Comics and Action Comics, the originator publications for the superhero characters Batman and Superman....
, who was as well a pulp-magazine
Pulp magazine

Pulp magazines were inexpensive fiction magazines. They were widely published from the 1920s through the 1950s. The term pulp fiction can also refer to mass market paperbacks since the 1950s....
 publisher and a principal in the magazine distributorship Independent News. Wheeler-Nicholson took Donenfeld on as a partner in order to publish Detective Comics #1 through the newly formed Detective Comics, Inc., with Wheeler-Nicholson and Jack S. Liebowitz
Jack Liebowitz

Jacob "Jack" S. Liebowitz , was an United States accountant and publisher, known primarily as the co-owner with Harry Donenfeld of National Allied Publications , the publishing company whose titles include Detective Comics and Action Comics, starring Batman and Superman, respectively....
, Donenfeld's accountant
Accountant

An accountant is a practitioner of accountancy, which is the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers, investors, tax authorities and other decision makers make resource allocation decisions....
, listed as owners. Wheeler-Nicholson was forced out a year later.

Originally an anthology
Anthology

An anthology, literally a "garland" or "collection of flowers", is a collection of literary works, originally of poems. In genre fiction and especially science fiction, anthology is used to categorize collections of shorter works such as short story and short novels, usually collected into a single volume for publication....
 comic, in the manner of the times, Detective Comics #1 (March 1937) featured stories in the "hard-boiled detective" genre popular, with such stars as Ching Lung (a Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu

Dr. Fu Manchu is a fictional character first featured in a series of novels by English author Sax Rohmer during the first half of the 20th century....
-style "yellow peril
Yellow Peril

Yellow Peril was a color terminology for race that originated in the late nineteenth century with immigration of China laborers to various Western countries, notably the United States, and later associated with the Japanese during the mid 20th century, due to Japanese military expansion....
" villain); Slam Bradley
Slam Bradley

Samuel Emerson "Slam" Bradley is a fictional character that has appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. He is a private detective who exists in DC's main shared universe, known as the DC Universe....
 (created by Jerry Siegel
Jerry Siegel

Jerome "Jerry" Siegel , who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter, Jerry Ess, and Herbert S. Fine, was the American co-creator of Superman , the first of the great comic book superheroes and one of the most recognizable fictional characters of the 20th century....
 and Joe Shuster
Joe Shuster

Joseph "Joe" Shuster was a Canada-born American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics fictional character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, first published in Action Comics #1 ....
 before their character Superman saw print two years later); and Speed Saunders
Speed Saunders

Cyrill "Speed" Saunders is a DC Comics fictional character who first appeared in Detective Comics #1 . He was an adventurer and detective whose occupation was for a long time never specified....
, among others. Its first editor, Vin Sullivan
Vin Sullivan

Vincent "Vin" Sullivan was a pioneering United States comic book editing, artist and publisher.As an editor for DC Comics,, the future DC Comics, he was responsible for buying Superman from creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and edited that archetypcal superhero in his first appearance, in Action Comics #1 , and in the following ye...
, also drew the debut issue's cover.

Batman

. Cover art by Bob Kane
Bob Kane

Bob Kane was a Jewish American comic book artist and writer, credited as the creator of the DC Comics superhero Batman....
.]] Detective Comics #27 (May 1939) featured the first appearance
First appearance

In comic books and other stories with a long history, first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Character ....
 of Batman
Batman

Batman is a Character , a comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger , appearing in publications by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939....
 (as "The Bat-Man"). That superhero
Superhero

A superhero is a Character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to act of derring-do in the public interest". Since the debut of the prototype superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes?ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas?have dominated American comic books and crossed over into other mass...
 would eventually become the star of the title, the cover logo of which is often written as "Detective Comics featuring Batman".

Issue #38 (April 1940) introduced Batman's sidekick
Sidekick

A sidekick is a stock character, a close companion who assists a partner in a superior position. Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, and Batman's companion Robin are some well-known sidekicks in fiction....
 Robin
Robin (comics)

Robin is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero Batman....
 (billed as "The Sensational Character Find of 1940" on the cover). Robin's appearance and the subsequent increase in sales of the book soon led to the trend of superheroes and young sidekicks that characterize the era fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books
Golden Age of Comic Books

The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s....
.

In addition to the Batman stories, the comic also had numerous back up strips such as "Martian Manhunter
Martian Manhunter

Martian Manhunter , also known as John Jones or the Manhunter from Mars, a fictional character, is an extraterrestrials in fiction superhero in the ....
" which was introduced in Detective Comics #225.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the magazine adopted the expanded format used by the cancelled Batman Family
Batman Family

The Batman Family was a DC Comics comic book series which ran from 1975 to 1978, primarily featuring stories starring List of Batman supporting characters....
, adding solo features including "Robin: the Teen Wonder", "Batgirl
Batgirl

Batgirl is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics -- the most popular of which is Barbara Gordon -- depicted as female counterparts to the superhero Batman....
", "The Human Target" and the anthology called "Tales of Gotham City", which featured the stories of the ordinary people of Gotham City
Gotham City

Gotham City is a fictional city appearing in DC Comics, and is best known as the home of Batman. Batman's place of residence was first identified as Gotham City in Batman #4 ....
. This was done in part to boost sales, as at the time "Batman Family" outsold Detective Comics, putting Detective Comics in peril of cancellation following 1978's DC Implosion
DC Implosion

The DC Implosion is the popular label for the sudden cancellation of more than two dozen ongoing and planned DC Comics series in 1978. The name is a sardonic reference to the "DC Explosion," a then-recent marketing campaign in which DC began publishing more monthly titles and increased the number of story pages in all of its titles, accompani...
.

Another sales ploy of the 1980s was the use of serialization of the main Batman story, as stories from "Detective Comics" and "Batman" directly flowed from one book to another, with cliffhangers at the end of each book's monthly story that would be resolved in the other title of that month. A single writer handled both books during that time beginning with Gerry Conway
Gerry Conway

Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway is an United States writer of comic books and television shows. He is best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man....
 and followed up by Doug Moench
Doug Moench

Douglas "Doug" Moench is an United States comic book writer, probably best known for his Batman work....
.

In 2008, DC announced that Detective Comics will be going "on hiatus" in 2009 as part of a planned reorganization of the Batman universe. The title will return in June and will feature the new Batwoman.

Awards

The "Manhunter
Manhunter (comics)

Manhunter is the name given to several different DC Comics superheroes/antiheroes, as well as the Manhunters , an entire race of androids created by the Guardians of the Universe as a forerunner to the Green Lantern Corps....
" series that ran as a backup in "Detective Comics" from 1973 to 1974 won the Shazam Award for Best Individual Short Story (Dramatic) in 1974 for "Cathedral Perilous" in issue 441 (with Archie Goodwin
Archie Goodwin (comics)

Archie Goodwin was an United States comic book writer, editor, and artist. He worked on a number of comic strips in addition to comic books, and is best known for his Warren Publishing and Marvel Comics work....
 and Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson

Walter "Walt" Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist. After studying geology at Amherst College, he transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1972....
).

Character debuts

Character Issue Number Month/Year
Slam Bradley
Slam Bradley

Samuel Emerson "Slam" Bradley is a fictional character that has appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. He is a private detective who exists in DC's main shared universe, known as the DC Universe....
 		 #1 March 1937
Crimson Avenger #20 Oct. 1938
Batman
Batman

Batman is a Character , a comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger , appearing in publications by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939....
 		 #27 May 1939
Commissioner James Gordon
James Gordon (comics)

James Worthington "Jim" Gordon is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane....
 		 #27 May 1939
Joe Chill
Joe Chill

Joe Chill is a fictional character in the DC Comics Batman series. He is most infamous for murdering young Bruce Wayne's parents , thus making him indirectly responsible for Batman's existence....
 		 #33 Nov. 1939
Hugo Strange
Hugo Strange

Professor Hugo Strange is a Character , a comic book supervillain in the DC Comics DC Universe. He first appeared in Detective Comics #36 and is one of the first recurring villains Batman ever faced....
 		 #36 Feb. 1940
Robin
Dick Grayson

Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a fictional character superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and illustrator Jerry Robinson, he first appears as Robin in Detective Comics #38 ....
 		 #38 April 1940
Clayface
Clayface

Clayface is a name used by several DC Comics fictional characters, most of them possessing clay-like bodies and shapeshifting abilities. All of them have been supervillain of Batman....
 (Basil Karlo) 		#40 June 1940
Penguin
Penguin (comics)

The Penguin , a DC Comics supervillain, was introduced by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, making his debut in Detective Comics #58 ....
 		 #58 Dec. 1941
Two-Face
Two-Face

Two-Face is a fictional comic book supervillain that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #66 , and was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger....
 		 #66 Aug. 1942
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Tweedledum and Tweedledee (DC comics)

Tweedledum and Tweedledee are fictional supervillains that appears in comic books published by DC Comics, primarily as enemies of Batman. The characters first appeared in Detective Comics #74 , and were created by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson and Don Cameron....
 		 #74 April 1943
Riddler
Riddler

The Riddler is a Character , a comic book character published by DC Comics and an enemy of Batman. Created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang, the character first appeared in Detective Comics #140 ....
 		 #140 Oct. 1948
Red Hood
Red Hood

Red Hood is the alias used by several fictional characters, usually antagonists for Batman in the DC Universe....
 		 #168 Feb. 1951
Firefly
Firefly (comics)

Firefly is a fictional character in DC Comics created by France Herron and Dick Sprang. He first appeared in Detective Comics #184 and is an enemy of Batman....
 		 #184 June 1952
Batmen of All Nations
Batmen of All Nations

The Batmen of All Nations were a group of superheroes who were inspired by Batman to fight crime in their countries. The group first appeared in Detective Comics #215....
 		 #215 Jan. 1955
Martian Manhunter
Martian Manhunter

Martian Manhunter , also known as John Jones or the Manhunter from Mars, a fictional character, is an extraterrestrials in fiction superhero in the ....
 		 #225 Nov. 1955
Batwoman
Batwoman

Batwoman is a fictional character and female counterpart to the superhero Batman, created by Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff. This character appears in publications produced by DC Comics and related media....
 		 #233 July 1956
Calendar Man
Calendar Man

Calendar Man is a fictional comic book supervillain, and an enemy of Batman, who appeared in books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Detective Comics #259 ....
 		 #259 Sep. 1958
Bat-Mite
Bat-Mite

Bat-Mite is a character appearing in stories published by DC Comics. Bat-Mite is an Imp similar to the Superman villain Mister Mxyzptlk. Appearing as a small childlike man in an ill-fitting costume, Bat-Mite possesses what appears to be near-infinite magical power, but in reality is highly advanced technology from the fifth-dimension that ca...
 		 #267 May 1959
Clayface (Matt Hagen) #298 Dec. 1961
Catman
Catman (comics)

Catman is a modern version of a fictional character in comic books published by DC Comics, who appeared in Blackhawk #141. The modern incarnation was initially a supervillain and foe of Batman, although in recent years has developed into a more capable and anti-heroic figure....
 		 #311 Jan. 1963
Blockbuster
Blockbuster (comics)

Blockbuster is the name of three fictional characters in the DC Comics DC Universe. The first one was primarily a foe of Batman and Dick Grayson, while the second frequently fought Dick Grayson, formerly Robin....
 		 #345 Nov. 1965
Cluemaster
Cluemaster

The Cluemaster is a fictional character, a DC Comics supervillain and enemy of Batman. A failed game show host, he became a criminal who left clues to his crimes, though unlike the Riddler's, they were not riddles....
 		 #351 May. 1966
Batgirl
Batgirl

Batgirl is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics -- the most popular of which is Barbara Gordon -- depicted as female counterparts to the superhero Batman....
 (Barbara Gordon
Barbara Gordon

Barbara "Babs" Gordon is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and in related media, created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino....
) 		#359 Jan. 1967
Jason Bard
Jason Bard

Jason Bard is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He first appeared in Detective Comics #392, which was published in 1969. He appeared in several back-up stories throughout the 1970s and 1980s in Detective Comics....
 		 #392 Oct. 1969
Man-Bat
Man-Bat

Man-Bat is a fictional character, a supervillain in the DC Comics DC Universe. He first appeared in Detective Comics #400 and was created by Frank Robbins and Neal Adams....
 		 #400 June 1970
Talia al Ghul
Talia al Ghul

Talia al Ghul is a fictional character in the DC Comics DC Universe, the now-estranged daughter of the supervillain Ra's al Ghul, and a romantic interest of Batman....
 		 #411 May 1971
Harvey Bullock
Harvey Bullock (comics)

This article is about the DC Comics character. For the real life TV-movie writer, please see Harvey Bullock .Harvey Bullock is a fictional character from DC Comics' Batman titles....
 		 #441 July 1974
Leslie Thompkins
Leslie Thompkins

Dr. Leslie Thompkins is a fictional character from the Batman mythos. Created by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Dick Giordano, she first appeared in Detective Comics #457 ....
 		 #457 March 1976
The Calculator
Calculator (comics)

The Calculator is a fictional supervillain published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Detective Comics #463 , and he was created by Bob Rozakis and Mike Grell....
 		 #463 Sept. 1976
Silver St. Cloud
Silver St. Cloud

Silver St. Cloud is a fictional character who appears in Batman comics set in the . She made her debut in Detective Comics #470, written by Steve Englehart....
 		 #470 June 1977
Clayface (Preston Payne) #478 July 1978
Maxie Zeus
Maxie Zeus

Maximillian "Maxie" Zeus is a fictional character in the DC Comics DC Universe. He is a criminal mastermind who believes that he is the deity Zeus from Greek mythology....
 		 #483 May 1979
Killer Croc
Killer Croc

Killer Croc is a fictional character in the DC universe, an supervillain of Batman. Created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Gene Colan, he first appeared in Detective Comics #523 ....
 		 #523 Feb. 1983
Jason Todd
Jason Todd

Jason Peter Todd is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Jason Todd first appeared in Batman #357 and became the new Robin , sidekick to the superhero Batman, when the previous Robin Dick Grayson went on to star in The New Teen Titans under the moniker of Nightwing....
 		 #524 March 1983
Onyx
Onyx (comics)

Onyx is a DC Comics fictional character. She is a superhero based in Gotham City and an Batman supporting characters of Batman. She is highly trained in martial arts and serves as a member of the League of Assassins before reforming and becoming a vigilante....
 		 #546 Jan. 1985
Ventriloquist
Ventriloquist (comics)

The Ventriloquist is a fictional character, a supervillain and enemy of Batman in the . The Ventriloquist first appears in Detective Comics #583 and was created by Alan Grant , John Wagner and Norm Breyfogle....
 (Arnold Wesker) 		#583 Feb. 1988
Anarky
Anarky

Anarky is a fictional character in the . Co-created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle, he first appeared in Detective Comics #608 as an adversary of Batman....
 		 #608 Nov. 1989
Renee Montoya
Renee Montoya

Renee Montoya is a fictional comic book character published by DC Comics. The character was initially created for Batman: The Animated Series, and was preemptively introduced into mainstream comics before the airing of her animated debut in 1992....
 		 #642 March 1992
Spoiler
Spoiler (comics)

Spoiler is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics DC Universe. She also appeared as the fourth Robin . The character first appeared in Detective Comics #647, and was created by Chuck Dixon and Tom Lyle....
 		 #647 Aug. 1992
Crispus Allen
Crispus Allen

Crispus Allen is a fictional character in the DC Comics fictional universe. Greg Rucka and Shawn Martinbrough created the character in Detective Comics #742 , but Allen later went on to be one of the main characters in Gotham Central....
 		 #742 March 2000
Sasha Bordeaux
Sasha Bordeaux

Sasha Bordeaux is a fictional character in the DC Universe. She was at first primarily associated with Batman, and has subsequently evolved an association with Checkmate in two of its incarnations....
 		 #751 Dec. 2000
Ventriloquist (Peyton Reilly) #827 March 2007


Collected editions

  • Batman Archives
    DC Archive Editions

    DC Archive Editions, collect early, sometimes rare, comic books published by DC and other publishers into a permanent hardcover series. With more than 100 titles, this series began in 1989 with Superman Archives Vol....
     (seven volumes): Collects Batman stories issues from #27-154
  • Batman Chronicles
    The Batman Chronicles (trade paperback)

    The Batman Chronicles is a series of trade paperback from DC Comics, intended to reprint all Batman stories chronologically , starting with his earliest appearances....
     (six volumes): Includes Batman stories from #27-66
  • Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives
    DC Archive Editions

    DC Archive Editions, collect early, sometimes rare, comic books published by DC and other publishers into a permanent hardcover series. With more than 100 titles, this series began in 1989 with Superman Archives Vol....
     (two volumes): Collects #327-339 (1964-1965)
  • Showcase Presents
    Showcase presents

    Showcase Presents is a line of black and white paperback books published by DC Comics at an average rate of two per month. Created to effectively be DC's version of Marvel Comics's Essential Marvel Comics volumes, each book includes 500+ pages of reprints, primarily from the Silver Age of Comic Books....
    : Batman (three volumes)    : Collects #327-375
  • Manhunter: The Special Edition: Collects Manhunter backup from #437-442, and the Batman/Manhunter crossover in #443
  • Batman: Strange Apparitions: Collects #469-476, 478-479 ISBN 1-56389-500-5
  • Batman: Year Two
    Batman: Year Two

    Batman: Year Two is the title of a four part story arc featuring Batman written by Mike W. Barr and illustrated by Alan Davis, Paul Neary, Alfredo Alcala, Mark Farmer and Todd McFarlane....
    : Collects #575-578
  • Batman: Blind Justice: Collects #598-600
  • Batman: Anarky
    Batman: Anarky

    Batman: Anarky is a 1999 in comics trade paperback published by DC Comics. The book collects prominent appearances of Anarky, a comic book character created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle....
    : Collects #608-609
  • Batman: Evolution: Collects #743-750
  • Batman: The Man Who Laughs: Collects #784-786
  • Batman: War Drums: Collects #790-796
  • Batman: City of Crime: Collects #800-808, 811-814
  • Batman: Detective: Collects #821-826
  • Batman: Death and the City: Collects #827-834
  • Batman: Private Casebook: Collects #840-845


Detective Comics stories also appear in other Batman
Batman (comic book)

Batman is an ongoing comic book series featuring the DC Comics hero of the Batman. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27, published in May 1939....
 collections.

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