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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

0–50

51–100

Detective Comics 100

Detective Comics #100

101–150

151–200

Detective Comics 200

Detective Comics #200

201–250

251–300

Detective Comics 300

Detective Comics #300

301–350

351–400

Detective Comics 400

Detective Comics #400

401–450

451–500

Detective Comics Vol 1 500

Detective Comics #500

501–550

551–600

Detective Comics 600

Detective Comics #600

601–650

651–700

Detective Comics 700

Detective Comics #700

701–750

751–800

Detective Comics 800

Detective Comics #800

801–850

851–881

Detective Comics Vol 1 934

Detective Comics #934

934–950

951–1000

Detective Comics Vol 1 1000

Detective Comics #1000

1001-1050

Detective Comics Vol 1 1050

Detective Comics #1050

1051-present

Index of Features

Golden Age

Silver Age

Bronze Age

Post-Crisis

Post-Rebirth

Up to #1059

Annuals

Specials

Collections

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.







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