Bond Villain Stupidity: In issue #833, the Joker shot Zatanna in the throat so she couldn't recite a spell to save her, then locked her in a tank of water while strapping Batman in an electric chair.Barehanded Blade Block: In issue #589, Batman does this with a battleaxe.Asian Speekee Engrish: In issue #27, Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise investigates a mystery in Chinatown cue people remarking that it's a "velly nice day" and saying things like "me have fliend, he have nice loom for lent".Later runs have attempted to mitigate this by having issues be titled under Batman: Detective Comics.
Downplayed as the series does still contain elements of mystery and crime drama, on top of Batman being a detective himself.
Detective Comics #766-775: Bruce Wayne: Fugitive (*).Detective Comics #730-741: No Mans Land (*).Detective Comics #654-682: Knightfall (*).Detective Comics #567: The Night of Thanks, But No Thanks!.Detective Comics #508-510: The Attack of the Annihilator.Detective Comics #38: Robin, the Boy Wonder.Detective Comics #33: The Batman Wars Against The Dirigible Of Doom.Detective Comics #29-30: The Batman Meets Dr.Detective Comics #27: The Case Of The Chemical Syndicate.With the DC Infinite Frontier relaunch in 2021, as of issue #1034 the series is written by Mariko Tamaki.ĭetective Comics story arcs with their own pages include: The series has since returned to mainly focusing on Batman himself. Later, a five-issue arc called "On the Outside" written by Bryan Hill acted as a soft-launch for Hill's new Batman and the Outsiders ongoing series. Over issues #934-981 the series became a Batfamily team book, which has its own page. After issue #52, as part of the DC Rebirth initiative, the old numbering resumed with #934. The book reached issue #881 before being renumbered with a new #1 for DC's 2011 New 52 relaunch. He still shows up in DC Comics from time to time, usually when a writer wants to make a point about how comics have changed over the years. Slam Bradley, one of the title's early stars, was created (from an initial character outline by the editor, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson) by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, not yet famous as the creators of Superman. The first issue introduced a mix of two-fisted sleuths with names like "Slam" Bradley and "Speed" Saunders as well as more exotic detectives like "Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise". The comic started out as an anthology comic with each issue containing several unrelated adventures. It is published by DC Comics (and is the origin of the "DC" in the company's name), and is best known for telling the adventures of Batman, who debuted in issue #27 with the story "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate". note Action Comics had higher issue numbers because it went weekly for a while, but started a few months later. Detective Comics debuted in 1937 and is the longest continually published comic book in the United States.