Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Detective Comics" in Indonesian language version.
Released over two years before Batman's debut, this issue (marred by its grotesquely racist cover) [...]
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.
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.
