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Detective Comics #1040 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, and in this preview, we find Bruce Wayne thrown in the drunk tank at a Gotham City police station No, DC isn't doing their own version of Demon in a Bottle Bruce needs to clear his name so he can get back to the[...]

 There are more details about that background in a previous post regarding this incredible collection of comic books.  And over the course of a few dozen articles in this new series of posts, we will also be revealing the complete listing of the collection. Detective Comics #44 from the Promise Collection, DC Comics, 1940. This collection began[...]

Detective Comics #1039 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, and the solicit promises a SHOCKING CHARACTER DEATH,  which just happens to be one of Joe Quesada's famous "22 Cheap Sales-Boosting Gimmicks That Always Work" (every good comics editor keeps a copy of the listicle pinned in their cubicle) But who will it be?[...]

Notably, the likes of Detective Comics topped DC's event #1 comic book this week And a second printing, courtesy of a digital code, also made it in… Spawn Universe #1 Detective Comics #1038 Infinite Frontier #1 Wolverine #13 Amazing Spider-Man #69 Darth Vader #3 Robin #3 Way Of X #3 Batman Fortnite Zero Point (2nd printing) #3 Heroes Return #1 Thanks to the following Bleeding Cool Bestseller List[...]

And in today in Detective Comics #1038, Meghan Fitzmartin, Karl Moster and Jodie Bellaire have their fishcake and eat it, firstly having Penguin being treated as a nuisance, not even worthy of Batman. While a big crime boss is blowing up downtown Gotham, the Penguin is literally relegated to the back-up strip, and even his own[...]

It's the eternal question rarely asked in the Batman comic books, who would live in Gotham? This week's Detective Comics #1038 published by DC Comics underlines the unlikeliness of people not just moving out Whether that's the Riddler lockdown, No Man's Land, the recent A-Day terrorist attacks, and the encroaching fascist police state, today seems[...]

Today sees the release of Batman: Urban Legends, Detective Comics, and Future State: Gotham, all with various takes on the current Batman gallery in Gotham – and what's to come So in Future State Gotham, we have Jason Todd in his new future role as Peacekeeper Red… Certainly, in Batman: Urban Legends, we get to see[...]

So while the regular Batman comic sees Bruce Wayne dealing with the idea of a Scarecrow attack being as terrifying as an actual one, Detective Comics sees Batman and the Batfamily dealing with parasites turning folk into rage monsters… Urban Legends has another drug, similar to the Scarecrow toxins but going the other way, Cheerdrops[...]

Things are looking pretty grim for Bruce Wayne in this preview of Detective Comics #1037 Bruce is now a suspect in not one but two murders And arriving home early in the morning looking like he hasn't showered in a week is unlikely to do much to prove his innocence In this preview, we also[...]

Detective Comics #27, featuring the first appearance of Batman, as depicted by Bob Kane. But the scene on the cover doesn't actually play out in the comic. But in today's Batman Black And White #6, a story by Scott Snyder, John Romita and Klaus Janson goes back to that cover, and gives it a backstory. The Detective Comics[...]

Today's Detective Comics #1036 has Huntress make the case against that. Huntress Back-Up Strip in Detective Comics #1035 In the previous issue, Detective Comcis #1035, the Huntress back-up strip had Huntress dealing with the fact that Mary Knox, one of the people she cared for in the Narrows – and had an occasionally fractious relationship with – [...]

Time to start counting again! It looks like DC Comics will be reunumbering their collections for Action Comics and Detective Comics from Vol 1 again, for the post Future State/Infinite Frontier semi-relaunch Which means that the Phillip Kennedy Johnson-written Action Comics run which began with Action Comics #1030 will be collected in a new Volume[...]

Of course, we can see in this preview of Detective Comics #1036 that it's actually Clayface How will Bruce get out of this one? Find out on the next episode of Three's Company! Wait, no, we mean in Detective Comics #1036, in stores on Tuesday from DC Comics. DETECTIVE COMICS #1036 DC Comics 0321DC057 0321DC058 – DETECTIVE COMICS #1036[...]

Today's Detective Comics #1035 sees Huntress take to the streets with some sage advice for self-defence Especially when compared to motherly advice. Holding keys does feel like it should make a difference, with keys jutting out between the knuckles, if anyone were to try something… but Huntress knows the score From those who know, you may[...]

ComicConnect Sponsored Post Dick Grayson, Robin, first appeared in 1940 alongside Batman in Detective Comics #38 Even then, they were appealing to speculators on the cover And for once, they were right Even if the comic was kept in the very worst condition, it still sells for tens of thousands Detective Comics #38 in CGC 1.5[...]

Detective Comics #365 features a cover with Batman and Robin trying to enter "the house the Joker built," a giant Clown Prince of Crime head with henchman firing shots out of his eyes and mouth I don't know what it is about this one, but it freaks me out On auction at Heritage Auctions right[...]

PrintWatch: DC Comics is sending Nightwing #78 and Detective Comics #1034 back for a second printing That's what happens when you throw in an unsolicited cameo appearance of Flatline… and a dog With new covers by Bryan Hitch and Bryan Redondo. NIGHTWING #78 Second Printing (W) Tom Taylor (A/CA) Bruno Redondo Nightwing is back—and his drive to keep[...]

Detective Comics #1034 out yesterday did plenty for Gotham, Mayor Nakano – and the Green Arrow – But in the back-up Robin strip, there is a glimpse of the other members of the Legion of Lazarus. New Robin Character Flatline Cameo In Detective Comics #1034 Which makes Detective Comics #1034 the first cameo appearance of Flatline –[...]

Big spoiler image time. The Future Of Connor Hawke In The DC Universe (Spoilers) Because, leaked to Bleeding Cool, is this word from this week's upcoming Detective Comics #1034 Which has the second part of the Robin story that saw Damian Wayne confront his mother Talia Al Ghul – who, of course, is involved with the Lazarus[...]

It has been quite some time since DC Comics released the milestone of Batman with Detective Comics #1000 However, that is not stopping Prime 1 Studio as they reveal their new DC Comics 1/3 Scale Batman Concept Statue Design by Jason Fabok The statue is standing at a massive 41" tall and features the Dark[...]

The hardboiled private detective was the lead character in Detective Comics #1, created by Superman's creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, back in 1937, and published two years before Batman came along But he is also notable for a number of blatantly racist stories back in the day, so much so that DC Comics had to cancel[...]

Throughout all of Batman's history since the character's debut in Detective Comics #27 in 1939, the era of the late 1950s is unique.  Batman and Robin had gone from fighting criminal gangs and supervillains to finding aliens and UFOs in the environs of Gotham.  There are some very interesting reasons behind this bizarre shift, and[...]

This unusual state demonstrates just how popular Last Rites and Death Metal are doing right now – and Detective Comics is getting a boost courtesy of Detective Nakano. Amazing Spider-Man #54 Death Metal Last Stories DC Universe #1 Sword #1 Detective Comics #1,032 Batman Black & White #1 Crossover #2 Marauders #16 Avengers #39 Venom #31 Tales from the Dark Multiverse Flashpoint #1 Thanks to the[...]

With the news of the new Detective Comics creative team of Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora for March 2021, current Detective Comics artist Brad Walker posted to Facebook, about his work with Pete Tomasi on the title, DC has announced a new creative team for Detective Comics after Future State, so I can safely post that[...]

It's Detective Comics time… Today, there have been more CCXP announcements from DC Comics regarding their March titles The DC Omniverse DC 2021 Whatever you wish to call it And you know the drill Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora will be the creators on Detective Comics from #1034 in March, after their two-issue stint on[...]

Yesterday's Detective Comics #1031 saw The Mirror take to the streets of Gotham, riling up the locals and seeing people protest against mask use With No More Bats signs on their shirts, the message was clear, as was The Mirror's funding of soon-to-be- Mayor Nakano ajnd his anti-mask campaign It has been a protest that[...]

Detective Nakano? Or Mayor Nakano? Today sees the publication of Detective Comics #1031 and the DC Future State Preview book In which we learn that the Dark Detective Future State series will be set in 2027 And, in seven years time, Detective Nakano will be Mayor of the city on an anti-vigilante platform In Detective[...]

For instance: how many of you had no idea that his first appearance was in Detective Comics #225? I bet a good chunk of you This first appearance of Martian Manhunter, a graded copy on auction today at Heritage Auctions, part of lot #7236, is an underappreciated key book CGC graded 5.0, it has a[...]

Today sees the publication of Detective Comics #1030 and Punchline Special #1 from DC Comics, both see the people of Gotham tacking to the streets in a rather disturbing fashion While Batgirl #50 has a group of marchers against the violence of the Joker War and asking for help repairing their city… Batgirl #50 artwork. In Detective[...]

And within a week it looks like Harvey Bullock is back in his position, in Detective Comics #1028 by Peter Tomasi, Nicola Scott, Trish Mulvihill and Rob Leigh, published today. Harvey Bullock Art from Detective Comics #1028. If there any chance this could be set out of current continuity, maybe ignore the events of The Joker War[...]