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So in Detective Comics by  Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora, he did what any rich man on the skids does when he has lost access to his wine cellar. He finds a sewer and decides to build himself a new one A number of new ones That's what we saw in Detective Comics #1034. A number of[...]

Doing the diligence for this post, I was utterly shocked to find that the classic DC Comics character Catwoman only had about 15 appearances in the Golden Age.  By way of comparison, the Joker had over 60 appearances in the same time frame.  Green Lantern antagonist Harlequin had eight appearances in the span of a[...]

In the last issue of Detective Comics, we met the new Psycho Pirate But the old Psycho Pirate is in need of a rescue in this preview of Detective Comics #1058, in stores on Tuesday from DC Comics Hasn't the Penguin gotten the message? Are you telling us The Penguin doesn't read Bleeding Cool?! Is[...]

Batman heard there were mental patients that needed a beating, so he's back as the star of Detective Comics #1057, in stores on Tuesday Thank goodness! We were starting to worry there might only be six or seven Batman comics on the stands each week Crisis averted! Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1057 DC Comics 0122DC029 0122DC030[...]

In today's Detective Comics #1055, Gotham notices that Batman just isn't around as much anymore, as riots break out in Arkham Tower in the centre of Gotham City And those overnight town planners are staring down at their shoes. Detective Comics #1055 While in Batman #121, Batman also notices he is missing. Batman #121 Almost as if people ate[...]

Stephanie Brown thinks the Bat-metaphor may have gone too far in this preview of Detective Comics #1054, in stores Tuesday from DC But seriously, Steph, hanging out in a cave is what you take issue with? The bat-obsession went off the rails long before that Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1054 DC Comics 1221DC014 1221DC015 – DETECTIVE[...]

Everyone is out to get Doctor Wear in this preview of Detective Comics #1053, in stores Tuesday from DC Is it a drug deal gone wrong? Or vaccine mandates at Arkham Tower? You never know these days Even the criminal underworld has its fair share of anti-vaxxers, and it's been worse than ever since The[...]

Things are back to normal as the denizens of Arkham Tower get their fix of Psycho Pirate again in this preview of Detective Comics #1052… but for how long? Probably a while… this book is weekly and they've got to stretch this story out for another seven issues before Batman comes back to the main[...]

However a flash-forward shows that it ends in an armed siege featuring some of the patients who had seemed to have been most successfully treated. Detective Comics #1051 Detective Comics #1050 revealed that Psycho Pirate was a patient in the new Arkham Tower And now Detective Comics #1051 reveals the two may not be entirely unconnected The[...]

Following the shocking reveal last issue, see what Psycho Pirate's been up to in this preview of Detective Comics #1051 Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1051 DC Comics 1221DC005 1221DC006 – DETECTIVE COMICS #1051 CVR B LEE BERMEJO CARD STOCK VAR – $5.99 (W) Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg (A) Max Raynor, Fernando Blanco (CA) Irvin Rodriguez Psycho-Pirate! Qu'est-ce que[...]

Welcome to Saturday Night Previews, where we attach snarky headlines to previews of next week's comics and call it "journalism." Preview the milestone Detective Comics #1050, in stores on Tuesday from DC Comics and featuring the debut of a new World's Finest Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1050 DC Comics 1121DC010 1121DC011 – DETECTIVE COMICS #1050 CVR[...]

That happened today to me in Detective Comics #1049 It's not a big storytelling reveal, it's not a dazzling action scene, it's not anything that's so clever it wears its Acme Novelty Library on its sleeve There are far splashier pages that are also very inventive throughout the story – and issue It's just another[...]

Batmam doesn't take kindly to attempts to heal mentally ill criminals instead of beating the crap out of them in Detective Comics #1049 Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1049 DC Comics 1121DC007 1121DC008 – DETECTIVE COMICS #1049 CVR B LEE BERMEJO CARD STOCK VAR – $5.99 (W) Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg (A) Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Fernando Blanco[...]

This is Bernard Dowd, Tim Drake's boyfriend, a young man who is handy enough with his fists to stand alongside Robin, even if he occasionally gets kidnapped. And occasionally plays dumb, for the cameras, and for Tim Drake. In today's Detective Comics #1047, we meet another Dowd Roy Dowd Who also goes by another name. Which saw him[...]

In this Detective Comics #1047 preview, Arkham Tower aims to rehabilitate Gotham's mentally ill criminals instead of dressing like a bat and beating the crap out of them Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1047 DC Comics 1021DC021 1021DC022 – DETECTIVE COMICS #1047 CVR B LEE BERMEJO CARD STOCK VAR – $5.99 (W) Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg (A) Ivan[...]

So there I am reading Detective Comics #1046, drawn by Dan Mora, and published by DC Comics today And who do we see walking through the snowy streets of Gotham? Well, it is Christmas… … look there, it's Bridgette McGuire You know, Bridgette McGuire from Once & Future, published by Boom Studios, also drawn by Dan[...]

Instead, he will leave Gotham in Detective Comics #1046 Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1046 DC Comics 1021DC009 1021DC010 – DETECTIVE COMICS #1046 CVR B LEE BERMEJO CARD STOCK VAR – $5.99 (W) Mariko Tamaki, Stephanie Phillips (A) Dan Mora, David Lapham (CA) Dan Mora "Fear State" aftermath! Bloody, broken, and beaten…Batman had a mission after The Joker War[...]

And ComicConnect is auctioning the original artwork from two pages from his Batman runs, one from Batman #14 from 1942, currently at over $19,000, and one from Detective Comics #79 from 1943, currently at $6,000 with both going under the hammer today. Jerry Robinson Original Batman Artwork From 1942 and 1943 At Auction Robinson, Jerry – BATMAN[...]

Shadows of the Bat kicks off in Detective Comics 2021 Annual #1, in stores on Tuesday from DC Comics, and we've got a preview below, which somehow finds a way to add even more trauma to Batman's childhood Check it out below. DETECTIVE COMICS 2021 ANNUAL #1 (ONE SHOT) DC Comics 0921DC073 0921DC074 – DETECTIVE COMICS 2021 ANNUAL #1[...]

How has your Gotham Gossip been of late? Officer Nakano first appeared in Detective Comics #1027 in a story by Mariko Tamaki, Dan Mora and Tamra Bonvillain Things did not go well for him under attack from the Joker Batman saved his life – but not that of his partner And Nakano was injured in the process. Detective Comics #1027[...]

Joker has had many versions of his origin story told over the years, but none is better than the one told in Detective Comics #168 from 1951 I have always loved this look for Red Hood, with apologies to Jason Todd Nothing beats the look of a suited villain with a giant red hood on[...]

Bleeding Cool told you all the gossip we had about the events leading up to the establishment of Arkham Tower, the backdrop to Detective Comics going weekly from January 2022 from DC Comics Now in February 2022, there is even more to learn with the solicitations for the Shadows Of The Bat event and a[...]

I recall being very excited about this story and there was even a new villain in it, and Ryan's pages for the issue were the best. Bid On Ed Brubaker Unpublished Batman Comic (Because He Was Fired) The comic was meant to be Detective Comics #797, which ended up as a fill-in issue from the drawer by[...]

Detective Comics #1043 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, continuing the Fear State Bat-crossover event and setting up Task Force Z next issues But first, police reform has come to Gotham City, the only place in the country where outsourcing it to a nebulous private security firm is actually an ethical upgrade Check[...]

Check out the multi-colored Batman down below. Detective Comics Rainbow Batman CGC Credit Heritage Auctions I Think Batman Looks Best In Pink "Detective Comics #241 (DC, 1957) CGC FN+ 6.5 Cream to off-white pages Featuring "The Rainbow Batman" and Robin Sheldon Moldoff cover and art Ruben Moreira art Overstreet 2021 FN 6.0 value = $387; VF 8.0 value[...]

All this time, Batman has been wearing the mask on the wrong part of his face, and it's finally come back to haunt him! In this preview of Detective Comics #1042, Batman has become infected by a Vile virus, and now he's going on a super-spreading rampage in Gotham City! Check out a preview of[...]

Here are a few solicited plot points of note, cut and shunted around. Batman #117 On leaving Gotham: BATMAN #117: The shocking conclusion to "Fear State" is here…Will Batman ever be the same? BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS #10: Tim Drake goes to make peace with Batman before he leaves Gotham. BATMAN: FEAR STATE: OMEGA #1: As Gotham's Fear State comes to[...]

But in Detective Comics #1041, the tables have turned, and its mentally ill criminals who will exercise vigilante justice on Batman, according to the solicit, at least Check out the preview below. DETECTIVE COMICS #1041 DC Comics 0621DC101 0621DC102 – DETECTIVE COMICS #1041 CVR B LEE BERMEJO CARD STOCK VAR – $5.99 (W) Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg (A) Dan Mora,[...]

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How many people know that Bruce Wayne is Batman? Not as many know Clark Kent is Superman these days since he told the world, but it seems that Bruce is getting more and more careless.  Today's Detective Comics #1040 by Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora adds another to the list of villains from Ra's Al[...]