Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Detective Comics" in English language version.
I understand that for one month all the original new 52 books will be numbered #0 instead of being #13. And that their #13s will run in October instead.
Released over two years before Batman's debut, this issue (marred by its grotesquely racist cover) [...]
Action Comics numbering will pick up with #957 and Detective will be at #934. Both series will be released on twice-monthly schedule, at a $2.99 price.
DC Comics President and Publisher Paul Levitz accepted an award on behalf of DC from the Guinness World Records, recognizing Detective Comics as the longest-running comic book periodical in the United States of America.
Tony was so busy on so many different fronts that we thought it could be really fun for us to collaborate, with him handling the art and me handling the story on this one. And so we just jumped in.
Perhaps the most daunting task was given to Brad Meltzer and Bryan Hitch, who have created what DC is calling a 'modern-day retelling' of the first Batman story – the one in the original Detective Comics #27.
Even though their Batman run was only six issues, the three laid the foundation for later Batman comics. Their stories include the classic 'Laughing Fish' (in which the Joker's face appeared on fish); they were adapted for Batman: The Animated Series in the 1990s. Earlier drafts of the 1989 Batman movie with Michael Keaton as the Dark Knight were based heavily on their work.
Hindsight is 20/20, [...] and being published in 1937, there's a fair bit of racism and xenophobia as is clearly shown by the cover.
Prior to Batman's arrival, stars of the book included [...] Ching Lung (a "yellow peril" villain...and yes, it's every bit as racist/cringeworthy as it sounds)
DC Comics President and Publisher Paul Levitz accepted an award on behalf of DC from the Guinness World Records, recognizing Detective Comics as the longest-running comic book periodical in the United States of America.
Hindsight is 20/20, [...] and being published in 1937, there's a fair bit of racism and xenophobia as is clearly shown by the cover.
Even though their Batman run was only six issues, the three laid the foundation for later Batman comics. Their stories include the classic 'Laughing Fish' (in which the Joker's face appeared on fish); they were adapted for Batman: The Animated Series in the 1990s. Earlier drafts of the 1989 Batman movie with Michael Keaton as the Dark Knight were based heavily on their work.
I understand that for one month all the original new 52 books will be numbered #0 instead of being #13. And that their #13s will run in October instead.
Tony was so busy on so many different fronts that we thought it could be really fun for us to collaborate, with him handling the art and me handling the story on this one. And so we just jumped in.
Perhaps the most daunting task was given to Brad Meltzer and Bryan Hitch, who have created what DC is calling a 'modern-day retelling' of the first Batman story – the one in the original Detective Comics #27.
Action Comics numbering will pick up with #957 and Detective will be at #934. Both series will be released on twice-monthly schedule, at a $2.99 price.
