Detective Comics is an anthology comic featuring detective characters, both superhero and civilian. The longest-lasting character in Detective Comics was Batman: from the time of his debut (#27, May 1939), the Caped Crusader was almost always the star of the cover and lead story.
Detective Comics has remained in publication longer than any other DC Comics title, and indeed, the very name DC was taken from its initials. However, since Action Comics was published weekly for a short time in the 1980s, and Detective was bi-monthly for a period in the 1970's, Action had a higher issue count (until January 2020, when both titles were up to issue #1019). Nonetheless, in March 2019, Detective became only the third American comic book in history - after Action and the Four Color series of the 1930s-60s by Dell Comics - to publish a 1,000th issue. In 2011, as part of The New 52 reboot, Detective's numbering was reset to #1 and a "Volume 2" launched. However, in 2016 the legacy numbering was restored, allowing the comic to reach the milestone.
Issues
Detective Comics #100
Detective Comics #200
Detective Comics #300
Detective Comics #400
Detective Comics #500
Detective Comics #600
Detective Comics #700
Detective Comics #800
- 2011–2016: Publication of Detective Comics (Volume 2) is counted as issues 882-933
Detective Comics #934
Detective Comics #1000
Index of Features
Golden Age
- Air Wave: #60-137
- Batman/Batman and Robin: #27-224
- Boy Commandos: #64-150
- Bret Lawton, International Detective: #1-2
- Bruce Nelson: #1-36
- Buck Marshall, Range Detective: #1-5, #7-11, #13-17, #20-21, #23-25, #27-28, #30-36
- Captain Compass: #203-205, #207-224
- A Casebook Mystery: #152, #169
- Cliff Crosby, Young America's Hero: #37-63
- Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise: #1-20, #22-37
- The Crimson Avenger: #20-29, #37-89
- Doctor Fu Manchu: #17-28
- Dover and Clover: #158, #163, #165, #171
- Gumshoe Gus: #1-2, #6-7
- Hope Hazard, G-Woman: #3
- Impossible - But True/Roy Raymond, TV Detective: #153-211, #213-224
- Inspector Kent of Scotland Yard: #19, #22
- Larry Steele, Private Detective: #5-26, #29-33, #43-63
- Mr. Chang: #2, #4, #6
- Mysto, Magician Detective: #203-212
- Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman: #151-202
- Miscellaneous crime stories: #155, #157, #175
- Red Logan, Ace Reporter: #38-43
- Robotman: #138-153, #156-202
- Sierra Smith, Western Detective: #206
- Slam Bradley: #1-152
- Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator: #1, #3-58
- Spy: #1-77, #81-83
- Steve Malone, District Attorney: #18-19, #21, #26, #34-42, #45-59
- Super-Sleuth McFooey: #80, #146
- Three-Ring Binks: #72, #84-109, #111, #115-117, #121, #128, #132, #134
Silver Age
- Aquaman and Aqualad: #293-300
- Batman and Robin: #225-383
- Elongated Man: #327-330, #332-342, #344-383
- John Jones, Manhunter From Mars: #225-326
- Miscellaneous reprints: #372
- Roy Raymond, TV Detective: #225-292
Bronze Age
- The Atom: #432, #463, #489
- Bat-Mite: #482
- Batgirl: #384-385, #388-389, #392-393, #396-397, #404-424, #481-488, #490-499, #501-502, #505-506, #508-510, #512-519
- Batgirl and Robin: #400-401, #489
- Batman and Robin/Batman: #384-567
- Batman's Butler Alfred: #486, #489
- Black Canary: #464
- Black Lightning: #490-491, #494-495
- Catwoman: #520
- The Demon: #482-485
- Doctor Phosphorus: #469
- Elongated Man: #426, #429, #436, #444, #449, #453, #456-457, #462, #465, #488, #500
- Flash Force 2000: #544
- Green Arrow: #466, #521-525, #527-558, #560-567
- Hawkman: #428, #434, #446, #452, #454-455, #467, #479-480, #500
- The Human Target: #483-484, #486, #493
- Man-Bat: #458-459, #481, #485, #492
- Manhunter: #437-443
- The Master Crime-File of Jason Bard: #425, #427, #428, #430, #433, #435
- Masters of the Universe: #520
- Miscellaneous reprints: #396, #405, #414-423, #438-445
- The Odd Man: #487
- Red Tornado: #493
- Robin: #386, #390-391, #394-395, #398-399, #402-403, #445, #447, #450-451, #481-488, #490-495
- Roy Raymond, TV Detective: #487
- Slam Bradley: #500
- Tales of Gotham City: #488-495, #504, #507
- Tim Trench: #460-461
- Unsolved Cases of the Batman: #484
Post-Crisis
- Alfred Pennyworth: #806-807
- The Barker: #801-804
- Batman: #568-853 (including #0 and #1,000,000), #864-881
- Batwoman: #854-863
- Commissioner Gordon: #871-872
- The Crime File of Jason Bard: #818-820
- Elongated Man: #572
- The Jacobian: #746-757
- Michael Adkins: #758
- Josie Mac: #763-772, #784
- Killer Croc: #808-810
- Poison Ivy: #797-799
- The Question: #854-865
- Sherlock Holmes: #572
- Slam Bradley: #572, #759-762
- Super 8: #877
- Tales of Gotham: #773-775, #785-794
Post-Rebirth
Up to #1059
- Arkham Rising: #1044-1046
- Batman: #934 onward
- Batman and Superman: #1050
- Deb Donovan: #1037, #1041-1043
- Gotham Girl: #1059-1061
- Hue Vile: #1039
- The Huntress: #1035-1036
- Man-Bat: #1040
- The Penguin: #1038
- Robin: #1034
Annuals
- Detective Comics Annual #1 (1988)
- Detective Comics Annual #2 (1989)
- Detective Comics Annual #3 (1990)
- Detective Comics Annual #4 (1991)
- Detective Comics Annual #5 (1992)
- Detective Comics Annual #6 (1993)
- Detective Comics Annual #7 (1994)
- Detective Comics Annual #8 (1995)
- Detective Comics Annual #9 (1996)
- Detective Comics Annual #10 (1997)
- Detective Comics Annual #11 (2009)
- Detective Comics Annual #12 (2011)
- Detective Comics Annual #2018 (officially titled Detective Comics Annual #1) (2018)
- Detective Comics Annual #2019 (officially titled Detective Comics Annual #2) (2019)
- Detective Comics Annual #2020 (officially titled Detective Comics Annual #3) (2020)
- Detective Comics 2021 Annual #1 (2021)
- Detective Comics 2022 Annual #1 (2022)
Specials
- DC Silver Age Classics: Detective Comics #225 (1992)
- DC Silver Age Classics: Detective Comics #327 (1992)
- Millennium Edition: Detective Comics #1 (2001)
- Millennium Edition: Detective Comics #27 (2000)
- Millennium Edition: Detective Comics #38 (2000)
- Millennium Edition: Detective Comics #225 (2001)
- Millennium Edition: Detective Comics #327 (2000)
- Millennium Edition: Detective Comics #359 (2000)
- Millennium Edition: Detective Comics #395 (2000)
- Detective Comics #1000: Deluxe Edition (2019)
- Facsimile Edition: Detective Comics #359 (2020)
- Dollar Comics: Detective Comics #554 (2020)
Collections
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (2015)
ISBN: 978-1401260095 - Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 (2016)
ISBN: 978-1401263768 - Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 (2017)
ISBN: 978-1401269029 - Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4 (2017)
ISBN: 978-1401273590 - Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401278700 - Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401284381 - Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 7 (2019)
ISBN: 978-1401289652 - Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 8 (2020)
ISBN: 978-1401299682 - Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 9 (2021)
ISBN: 978-1779504456 - Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 10 (2023)
ISBN: 978-1779523099 - Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus, Vol. 1 (2017)
ISBN: 978-1401276409 - Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus, Vol. 2 (2019)
ISBN: 978-1401288419 - Batwoman by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III (2017)
ISBN: 978-1401274139 - Detective Comics: Rise of the Batmen (2017)
ISBN: 978-1401267995 - Detective Comics: The Victim Syndicate (2017)
ISBN: 978-1401268916 - Detective Comics: League of Shadows (2017)
ISBN: 978-1401276096 - Detective Comics: Deus Ex Machina (2017)
ISBN: 978-1401274979 - Detective Comics: A Lonely Place of Living (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401278229 - Detective Comics: Fall of the Batmen (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401281458 - Detective Comics: Batmen Eternal (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401284213 - Detective Comics: On The Outside (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401285289 - Detective Comics: Deface the Face (2019)
ISBN: 978-1401290641 - Batman: Detective Comics: Mythology (2019)
ISBN: 978-1401291693 - Batman: Detective Comics: Arkham Knight (2019)
ISBN: 978-1779501646 - Batman: The Rise and Fall of the Batmen Omnibus (2020)
ISBN: 978-1779506658 - Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Vol. 1 (2017)
ISBN: 978-1401272555 - Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Vol. 2 (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401281632 - Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Vol. 3 (2019)
ISBN: 978-1401292737 - Batman: The Golden Age Vol. 1 (2016)
ISBN: 978-1401263331 - Batman: The Golden Age Vol. 2 (2017)
ISBN: 978-1401268084 - Batman: The Golden Age Vol. 3 (2017)
ISBN: 978-1401271305 - Batman: The Golden Age Vol. 4 (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401277581 - Batman: The Golden Age Vol. 5 (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401284619 - Batman: The Golden Age Vol. 6 (2020)
ISBN: 978-1401294168 - Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman: The Deluxe Edition (2019)
ISBN: 978-1401285388 - Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 1 (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401271084 - Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 2 (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401284688 - Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 3 (2020)
ISBN: 978-1779501011 - Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 4 (2021)
ISBN: 978-1779507495 - Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 5 (2021)
ISBN: 978-1779509659 - Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 6 (2022)
ISBN: 978-1779513304 - Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 7 (2023)
ISBN: 978-1779515070 - Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle Vol. 1 (2015)
ISBN: 978-1401258986 - Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle Vol. 2 (2018)
ISBN: 978-1401285128 - Batman: The Hush Saga Omnibus (2023)
ISBN: 978-1779526229 - Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: The Neighborhood (2022)
ISBN: 9781779514226 - Batman: Detective Comics: Fear State (2022)
ISBN: 9781779515551 - Batman: Detective Comics: Arkham Rising (2022)
ISBN: 9781779518057 - Batman: Shadow of the Bat: The Tower (2023)
ISBN: 9781779517005 - Batman: Shadow of the Bat: House of Gotham (2023)
ISBN: 9781779517012
Notes
- "Batman" becomes "Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder" in #39. Starting with #372, the title begins alternating between "Batman and Robin" and simply "Batman", and reverts to "Batman" permanently with #394.
- "Impossible - But True" becomes "Roy Raymond, TV Detective" in #201.
See Also
- Cover Gallery: Detective Comics Vol 1
- Collections from Detective Comics Vol 1
- Images from Detective Comics Vol 1
- Textless Cover Art from Detective Comics Vol 1
- Variant Covers from Detective Comics Vol 1
- Knight Terrors: Detective Comics (Volume 1)
- Batman Recommended Reading
- Batwoman Recommended Reading
- Detective Comics (Volume 1)
- Batwoman (Volume 1)
- Batwoman (Volume 2)
- Batwoman (Volume 3)
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