Detective Comics

E101348

DC Comics title comic book issue comic book series

Detective Comics is a long-running American comic book series best known for introducing Batman and helping define the superhero and crime genres.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Detective Comics canonical	11
Detective Comics #27	8
Detective Comics #33	2
Detective Comics #58	2
Batman #16	1
Detective Comics #140	1
Detective Comics #233	1
Detective Comics #300	1
Detective Comics #359	1
Detective Comics #411	1
Detective Comics #64	1
Detective Comics #66	1
Detective Comics #83	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	DC Comics title ⓘ comic book issue ⓘ comic book series ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
feature	first appearance of Batman ⓘ
firstAppearanceOf	Batman ⓘ
firstIssueNumber	1 ⓘ
firstIssuePublicationDate	1937-03 ⓘ
format	ongoing series ⓘ
genre	crime comics ⓘ detective fiction ⓘ superhero comics ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Batgirl ⓘ Batman ⓘ Batwoman ⓘ James Gordon ⓘ surface form: Commissioner James Gordon Robin ⓘ
influenced	crime comics genre ⓘ superhero genre ⓘ
introducedCharacter	Batgirl ⓘ Batman ⓘ Batwoman ⓘ Cassandra Cain ⓘ Clayface ⓘ James Gordon ⓘ surface form: Commissioner James Gordon Hugo Strange ⓘ Kate Kane ⓘ Man-Bat ⓘ Martian Manhunter (DCAU) ⓘ surface form: Martian Manhunter Red Robin ⓘ Robin ⓘ The Riddler ⓘ Two-Face ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
laterFocus	Batman-centered superhero stories ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
notableArtist	Bob Kane ⓘ J.H. Williams III ⓘ Jim Aparo ⓘ Neal Adams ⓘ Tony Daniel ⓘ
notableIssue	Detective Comics self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Detective Comics #27
notableWriter	Bill Finger ⓘ Denny O'Neil ⓘ Frank Miller ⓘ Grant Morrison ⓘ Scott Snyder ⓘ
originalFocus	detective and crime stories ⓘ
originalPublisherName	DC Comics ⓘ surface form: National Comics Publications
partOf	DC Universe ⓘ
periodicity	monthly ⓘ
publisher	DC Comics ⓘ
setting	Gotham City ⓘ
targetAudience	general comics readership ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DC Comics → abbreviationMeaning → Detective Comics ⓘ

Batman → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #27

Detective Comics → notableIssue → Detective Comics self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #27

Alfred Pennyworth → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Batman #16

Bob Kane → signatureWork → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #27

Harvey Dent → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #66

Talia al Ghul → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #411

Talia al Ghul → appearsIn → Detective Comics ⓘ

Bill Finger → wroteForSeries → Detective Comics ⓘ

James Gordon → appearsIn → Detective Comics ⓘ

James Gordon → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #27

Gotham City → appearsIn → Detective Comics ⓘ

Gotham City → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #27

Thomas Wayne → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #33

Gerry Conway (comics writer) → wroteForSeries → Detective Comics ⓘ

subject surface form: Gerry Conway

Polka-Dot Man → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #300

Polka-Dot Man → appearsIn → Detective Comics ⓘ

The Boy Commandos → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #64

The Boy Commandos → appearedInSeries → Detective Comics ⓘ

Sam Hamm → wroteFor → Detective Comics ⓘ

Oswald Cobblepot → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #58

Batwoman → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #233

Batwoman → appearsIn → Detective Comics ⓘ

Bruce Wayne → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #27

Batcave → firstAppearanceWork → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #83

Wayne Manor → firstAppearanceWork → Detective Comics ⓘ

Batsuit → firstAppearanceWork → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #27

Batmobile → firstAppearanceWork → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #27

Martha Wayne → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #33

Batgirl → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #359

Penguin → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #58

Riddler → firstAppearance → Detective Comics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Detective Comics #140