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| image = Detective Comics 27 (May 1939).png
| caption = [[Detective Comics 27|''Detective Comics'' #27]] (May 1939), art by Bob Kane 
| schedule = {{collapsible list|Monthly:<br>#1–434, #446–466, #489–811<br>Eight times a year:<br>#469–474<br>Bimonthly:<br>#435–445, #467–468, #475–488<br>Twice-monthly<br>#934–current<br>Weekly<br>#1047–1058 }}
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| publisher = [[Detective Comics, Inc.]]: #1–119<br>[[National Comics Publications]]: #120–296<br>[[National Periodical Publications]]: #297–467<br>[[DC Comics]]: #468–current
| date = {{collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br>March 1937&nbsp;– October 2011<br>'''(vol. 2)'''<br>November 2011&nbsp;– July 2016<br>'''(vol. 1 cont.)'''<br>August 2016–present}}
| issues = {{collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)''': 883 (#1–881, plus issues numbered #[[Zero Hour: Crisis in Time|0]] and #[[DC One Million|1,000,000]]) and 12 ''Annuals''<br>'''(vol. 2)''': 57 (#1–52, plus issues numbered #0 and #[[Forever Evil#"Villains Month" titles|23.1 through 23.4]]) and 3 ''Annuals''<br>'''(vol. 1 cont.)''': 142 (#934–1075) and 5 ''Annuals'' (as of December 2023 [[cover date]])<!--Use cover date rather than on-sale date-->}}
| main_char_team = {{collapsible list|[[Batman]] (since #27)<br>'''Other characters:'''<br>[[Slam Bradley]]<br>the [[Elongated Man]]<br>[[Batgirl]]<br>[[Dick Grayson|Robin]]<br>the [[Manhunter (comics)#1970s revival|Manhunter]]<br>the [[Man-Bat]]<br>the [[Green Arrow]]<br>the [[Human Target]]<br>[[Batwoman]]}}
| writers = {{Collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br>[[Bill Finger]]<br>[[Dennis O'Neil]]<br>[[Frank Robbins]]<br>[[Gerry Conway]]<br>[[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]]<br>[[Steve Englehart]]<br>[[David Vern Reed|David V. Reed]]<br>[[Chuck Dixon]]<br>[[Ed Brubaker]]<br>[[Greg Rucka]]<br>[[Scott Snyder]]<br>[[Paul Dini]]<br>'''(vol. 2)'''<br>[[Tony Daniel]]<br>Derek Fridolfs<br>[[Gregg Hurwitz]]<br>[[Matt Kindt]]<br>[[John Layman]]<br>[[Frank Tieri (writer)|Frank Tieri]]<br>[[Peter J. Tomasi]]<br>[[Francis Manapul]]<br>Brian Buccellato<br>[[Benjamin Percy]]<br>Ray Fawkes<br>'''(vol. 1 cont.)'''<br>[[James Tynion IV]]<br>[[Michael Moreci]]<br>[[Bryan Edward Hill|Bryan Hill]]<br>[[James Robinson (writer)|James Robinson]]<br>[[Peter J. Tomasi]]<br>[[Mariko Tamaki]]<br>[[Ram V]]}}
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| pencillers = {{Collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br>[[Bob Kane]]<br>[[Dick Sprang]]<br>[[Sheldon Moldoff]]<br>[[Carmine Infantino]]<br>[[Gil Kane]]<br>[[Neal Adams]]<br>[[Irv Novick]]<br>[[Jim Aparo]]<br>[[Walt Simonson]]<br>[[Ernie Chan]]<br>[[Marshall Rogers]]<br>[[Gene Colan]]<br>[[Alan Davis]]<br>[[Tom Mandrake]]<br>[[Don Newton]]<br>[[J. H. Williams III]], [[Pete Woods]]<br>'''(vol. 2)'''<br>[[Ed Benes]], [[Andy Clarke (comics)|Andy Clarke]], [[Tony Daniel]]<br>[[Scot Eaton]]<br>Jason Fabok<br>Mikel Janin<br>Syzmon Kudranski<br>Eduardo Pansica<br>Javier Pina }}
| inkers = {{Collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br>[[Jerry Robinson]]<br>[[Charles Paris]]<br>[[Murphy Anderson]]<br>[[Joe Giella]]<br>[[Sid Greene]]<br>[[Dick Giordano]]<br>[[Terry Austin (comics)|Terry Austin]]<br>[[Alfredo Alcala]]}}
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| colorists = {{collapsible list|[[Adrienne Roy]]}}
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'''''Detective Comics''''' (later retitled as '''''Batman Detective Comics''''') is an [[American comic book]] series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to [[DC Comics]]. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is best known for introducing the [[superhero]] [[Batman]] in [[Detective Comics 27|''Detective Comics'' #27]] ([[Cover date|cover-date]]d May 1939).

A second series of the same title was launched in September 2011, but in 2016, reverted to the original volume numbering. The series is the source of its publishing company's name, and—along with ''[[Action Comics]]'', the series that launched with the debut of [[Superman]]—one of the [[Mass medium|medium]]'s signature series. Between 1937 and 2011, there were 881 issues of the series. It is the longest-running comic book series in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2009/07/25/detective-comics-recognized-by-guinness-world-records-as-longest-running-comic-book-periodical |title=''Detective Comics'' recognized by Guinness World Records as longest-running comic book periodical |date=July 25, 2009 |publisher=DC Comics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724014827/http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2009/07/25/detective-comics-recognized-by-guinness-world-records-as-longest-running-comic-book-periodical |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 22, 2012 |quote=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. }}</ref>{{refn|''Action Comics'' amassed more individual issues, 904 in total, despite launching a year after ''Detective'' due to 42 issues (#601–642) in 1988–89 that were published weekly, and because of ''Detective Comics''{{'}} bimonthly run from 1973 to 1975. The American record-holder for most issues published is [[Dell Comics]]' ''[[Four Color]]'' series, which amassed more than 1,300 issues over a 23-year run.|group=Note|name=note}}

==Publication history==
[[File:DetectiveComics1.jpg|thumb|right|''Detective Comics'' #1 (March 1937). Art by [[Vin Sullivan]].]]
''Detective Comics'' was the final publication of the entrepreneur [[Major (United States)|Major]] [[Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson]], whose comics company, National Allied Publications, would evolve into [[DC Comics]], one of the world's two largest comic book publishers, though long after its founder had left it. Wheeler-Nicholson's first two titles were the landmark ''[[New Fun Comics|New Fun: The Big Comic-Magazine]]'' #1 ([[cover-dated]] Feb. 1935), colloquially called ''New Fun Comics'' #1 and the first such early comic book to contain all-original content, rather than a mix of [[newspaper]] [[comic strips]] and comic-strip-style new material. His second effort, ''New Comics'' #1, would be retitled twice to become ''[[Adventure Comics]]'', another seminal series that ran for decades until issue #503 in 1983, and was later [[Adventure Comics#Revival|revived]] in 2009.

The third and final title published under his aegis would be ''Detective Comics'', advertised with a cover illustration dated December 1936, but eventually premiering three months later, with a March 1937 cover date.  Wheeler-Nicholson was in debt to printing-plant owner and magazine distributor [[Harry Donenfeld]], who was, as well, a [[Pulp magazine|pulp-magazine]] [[publisher]] and a principal in the magazine distributorship [[Independent News]]. Wheeler-Nicholson took Donenfeld on as a partner in order to publish ''Detective Comics'' #1 through the newly formed Detective Comics, Inc., with Wheeler-Nicholson and [[Jack Liebowitz|Jack S. Liebowitz]], Donenfeld's [[accountant]], listed as owners.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wallace|first1= Daniel|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah|chapter= 1930s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|date= 2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 17 |quote = The launch of ''Detective Comics'' defined [Malcolm] Wheeler-Nicholson's young comics company and set it on an ascendant path within the industry...His smart business decision to partner with businessmen Harry Donenfeld and Jack Liebowitz on ''Detective Comics'' guaranteed that his company's third title would at least be solvent.}}</ref> Wheeler-Nicholson was forced out a year later.

Originally an [[anthology comic]], in the manner of the times, ''Detective Comics'' #1 (March 1937) featured stories in the "[[hard-boiled detective]]" genre, with such stars as Ching Lung (a [[Fu Manchu]]-style "[[Yellow Peril]]" villain); [[Slam Bradley]] (created by [[Jerry Siegel]] and [[Joe Shuster]] before their character ''Superman'' saw print two years later); and [[Speed Saunders]], among others. Its first editor, [[Vin Sullivan]], also drew the debut issue's cover.  The [[Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)|Crimson Avenger]] debuted in issue #20 (October 1938).<ref>Wallace "1930s" in Dolan, p. 21: "Alongside more typical fare...came the debut of the Crimson Avenger, the first masked crime fighter in comics."</ref>

Early issues of the series have been criticized for their racism and xenophobia.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cronin |first1=Brian |title=The 25 Most Important "Detective Comics" Issues Ever Published |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-25-most-important-detective-comics-issues-ever-published/ |website=CBR |date=13 June 2016|quote=Released over two years before Batman's debut, this issue (marred by its grotesquely racist cover) [...]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Funk |first1=Matthew |title=Before Batman: looking back at Detective Comics #1 80 years later |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/detective-comics-issue-1-retrospective |website=SYFY WIRE |date=2 March 2017 |quote=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. |access-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106105830/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/detective-comics-issue-1-retrospective |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dong |first1=Lan |title=The Oxford handbook of children's literature |publisher=Oxford University Press | date=2011 | isbn=978-0-19-537978-5 |pages=241 & 248 | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HnBnDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA241| chapter=Reimagining the Monkey King in Comics: Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McCool |first1=Ben |title=Exploring The Forgotten Back-Up Stories In Batman, Superman And Spider-Man's First Appearances |url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/77838/20150819/exploring-the-forgotten-back-up-stories-in-batman-superman-and-spider-mans-first-appearances.htm |website=Tech Times |language=en |date=19 August 2015 |quote=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)}}</ref>

===Batman / Bruce Wayne===
[[File:Detective140.JPG|thumb|right|Cover of ''Detective Comics'' #140 (October [[1948 in comics|1948]]), the first appearance of the Riddler. Art by [[Win Mortimer]].]]

[[Detective Comics 27|''Detective Comics'' #27]] (March 1939 with a printed date of May 1939) marked the [[first appearance]] of [[Batman]].<ref>Wallace "1930s" in Dolan, p. 24: "DC's second superstar debuted in the lead story of this issue, written by Bill Finger and drawn by Bob Kane, though the character was missing many of the elements that would make him a legend."</ref> This [[superhero]] would eventually become the star of the title, the cover logo of which is often written as "Detective Comics featuring Batman". Because of its significance, issue #27 is widely considered one of the most valuable comic books in existence, with one copy selling for $1,075,000 in a February 2010 auction.<ref>{{cite news
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Batman's origin is first revealed in a two-page story in issue #33 (Nov. 1939).<ref>Wallace "1930s" in Dolan, p. 25: "In November's ''Detective Comics'' #33, a two-page story titled 'The Batman and How He Came to Be' recounted the Dark Knight's tragic and driven origin."</ref> Batman became the main cover feature of the title beginning with issue #35 (Jan. 1940).<ref>{{cite book|last = Desris|first = Joe|chapter= Cops, Crooks, and Creeps|title = The Golden Age of Batman The Greatest Covers of Detective Comics From the '30s to the '50s|publisher = [[Abbeville Publishing Group|Artabras]]|date= 1994|location= New York, New York|page = 11|isbn = 0896600467|quote = Gotham City's most famous detective ultimately usurped the coveted cover position with issue 35.}}</ref> Issue #38 (April 1940) introduced Batman's [[sidekick]] [[Robin (character)|Robin]], billed as "The Sensational Character Find of 1940" on the cover and the first of several characters that would make up the "Batman Family."<ref>Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 31: "Writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane justified any hyperbole in this issue, for with the introduction of Robin, Batman's world changed forever."</ref> Robin's appearance and the subsequent increase in sales of the book soon led to the trend of superheroes and young sidekicks that characterize the era that fans and historians call the "[[Golden Age of Comic Books]]." Several of Batman's best known villains debuted in the pages of ''Detective Comics'' during this era, including the [[Penguin (character)|Penguin]] in issue #58,<ref>Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 37: "One of Batman's most peculiar foes first appeared in this issue, and naturally he brought his trademark umbrella with him.  The Penguin was a squat dandy with a beaked nose and a tuxedo."</ref> [[Two-Face]] in issue #66,<ref>Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 41: "The nightmarish Two-Face debuted as Batman's antagonist in this story by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane."</ref> and the [[Riddler]] in issue #140.<ref>Wallace, Daniel "1940s" in Dolan, p. 59: "The Riddler debuted as a perplexing foe of Batman in a story by writer Bill Finger and artist Dick Sprang."</ref>

[[Batwoman (Kathy Kane)|Batwoman]] first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #233 (July 1956).<ref>[[Alexander C. Irvine|Irvine, Alex]] "1950s" in Dolan, p. 80: "In the story 'The Batwoman' by writer Edmond Hamilton and penciller Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane), Bruce Wayne took notice of a young admirer who...was fighting crime while wearing a bat-costume."</ref> Since the family formula had proven very successful for the [[Superman]] franchise, editor Jack Schiff suggested to Batman co-creator Bob Kane that he create one for the Batman. A female was chosen first, to offset the charges made by [[Fredric Wertham]] that Batman and Robin were homosexual.<ref name="Batman: The Complete History">{{cite book|last= Daniels|first= Les|author-link= Les Daniels|title= Batman: The Complete History|publisher= [[Chronicle Books]]|date= 2004|location= San Francisco, California|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=73wknu2cVIkC|isbn= 0-8118-4232-0}}</ref> Writer [[Bill Finger]] and artist [[Sheldon Moldoff]] introduced [[Bat-Mite]] in issue #267 (May 1959)<ref>Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 94: "The impish Bat-Mite made his first appearance in ''Detective Comics'' #267, care of writer Bill Finger and artist Sheldon Moldoff."</ref> and [[Clayface#Matt Hagen|Clayface]] in #298 (Dec. 1961).<ref>McAvennie, Michael "1960s" in Dolan, p. 103: "Scribe Bill Finger and artist Sheldon Moldoff reshaped the face of evil with the second – and perhaps most recognized – Clayface ever to challenge the Dark Knight."</ref>

In 1964, [[Julius Schwartz]] was made responsible for reviving the fading Batman titles.<ref name="GCD-Schwartz">{{cite web|url= http://www.comics.org/search/advanced/process/?ind_pub_notes=&reprint_notes=&letters=&series=Detective+Comics&series_notes=&issue_notes=&synopsis=&colors=&keywords=&isbn=&tracking_notes=&job_number=&issues=&issue_date=&issue_reprinted=None&title=&is_comics=None&variant_name=&brand=&feature=&indicia_publisher=&pub_name=DC&is_indexed=None&start_date=1963&pub_notes=&inks=&issue_title=&end_date=1980&format=&brand_notes=&price=&barcode=&volume=&pages=&characters=&genre=&issue_pages=&order2=date&order3=&order1=series&pencils=&target=issue&story_editing=Julius+Schwartz&notes=&is_surrogate=None&issue_count=&issue_editing=Julius+Schwartz&method=icontains&script=&logic=True&indicia_frequency=&story_reprinted=None&page=1|title= Julius Schwartz' run on ''Detective Comics''|publisher= Grand Comics Database}}</ref> Writer [[John Broome (writer)|John Broome]] and artist [[Carmine Infantino]] jettisoned the sillier aspects that had crept into the franchise, such as [[Ace the Bathound]] and Bat-Mite and gave the character a [[Batman#"New Look" Batman and camp|"New Look"]] that premiered in ''Detective Comics'' #327 (May 1964).<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 110: "The Dark Knight received a much-needed facelift from new Batman editor Julius Schwartz, writer John Broome, and artist Carmine Infantino.  With sales at an all-time low and threatening the cancelation of one of DC's flagship titles, their overhaul was a lifesaving success for DC and its beloved Batman."</ref> Schwartz, [[Gardner Fox]], and Infantino introduced, from the [[William Dozier]] produced TV series, [[Barbara Gordon]] as a new version of [[Batgirl]] in a story titled "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!" in issue #359 (Jan. 1967).<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 122 "Nine months before making her debut on ''Batman'', a new Batgirl appeared in the pages of ''Detective Comics''...Yet the idea for the debut of Barbara Gordon, according to editor Julius Schwartz, was attributed to the television series executives' desire to have a character that would appeal to a female audience and for this character to originate in the comics.  Hence, writer Gardner Fox and artist Carmine Infantino collaborated on 'The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!'"</ref> [[Mike Friedrich]] wrote the 30th anniversary Batman story in ''Detective Comics'' #387 (May 1969) which was drawn by [[Bob Brown (comics)|Bob Brown]].<ref>{{cite book|last1= Forbeck|first1= Matt|author-link1= Matt Forbeck|last2=Dougall|first2=Alastair|chapter= 1960s|title= Batman: A Visual History|publisher= [[Dorling Kindersley]]|date= 2014|location= London, United Kingdom|page= 101|isbn= 978-1465424563|quote= The main story, written by Mike Friedrich and drawn by Bob Brown, celebrated Batman's 30th anniversary by updating the first Batman story [from ''Detective Comics'' #27].}}</ref>

Writer [[Dennis O'Neil]] and artist [[Neal Adams]] had their first collaboration on Batman on the story  "The Secret of the Waiting Graves" in issue #395 (Jan. 1970).<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 143: "Artist Neal Adams and writer Denny O'Neil rescued Batman from the cozy, campy cul-de-sac he had been consigned to in the 1960s and returned the Dark Knight to his roots as a haunted crime fighter. The cover of their first collaboration, "The Secret of the Waiting Graves", was typical of Adams' edgy, spooky style."</ref>  The duo, under the direction of Schwartz,<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Greenberger|first1 = Robert|author-link = Robert Greenberger|last2 = Manning| first2 = Matthew K.|title = The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the Batcave|publisher = [[Running Press]]|date= 2009|location= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|isbn = 978-0-7624-3663-7|page= 26 |quote = Editor Julius Schwartz had decided to darken the character's world to further distance him from the camp environment created by the 1966 ABC show.  Bringing in the talented O'Neil as well as the innovative Frank Robbins and showcasing the art of rising star Neal Adams...Schwartz pointed Batman in a new and darker direction, a path the character still continues on to this day.}}</ref> would revitalize the character with a series of noteworthy stories reestablishing Batman's dark, brooding nature and taking the books away from the [[Camp (style)|campy]] look and feel of the 1966–68 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[Batman (TV series)|TV series]].<ref name=goulart297>[[Ron Goulart|Goulart, Ron]], ''Ron Goulart's Great History of Comic Books'' (Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1986) {{ISBN|978-0-8092-5045-5}}, p. 297</ref> Comics historian [[Les Daniels]] observed that "O'Neil's interpretation of Batman as a vengeful obsessive-compulsive, which he modestly describes as a return to the roots, was actually an act of creative imagination that has influenced every subsequent version of the Dark Knight."<ref>{{cite book|last = Daniels|first = Les|author-link = Les Daniels|title = DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes|chapter= Revamping the Classics The Old Guard Gets a New Look|publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company|Bulfinch Press]]|date= 1995|location= New York, New York|page = 157|isbn = 0821220764}}</ref> Adams introduced the [[Man-Bat]] with writer [[Frank Robbins]] in ''Detective Comics'' #400 (June 1970).<ref>Greenberger and Manning, p. 177 "Adams helped darken Gotham City in the 1970s [and] the scene was set for a new host of major villains.  One of the first was Man-Bat, who debuted in the pages of 1970's ''Detective Comics'' #400."</ref> O'Neil and artist Bob Brown crafted Batman's first encounter with the [[League of Assassins]] in ''Detective Comics'' #405 (Nov. 1970)<ref>Manning, Matthew K. "1970s" in Dougall, p. 109: "Batman had his first brush with the mysterious League of Assassins in this issue written by Dennis O'Neil and illustrated by Bob Brown."</ref> and created [[Talia al Ghul]] in issue #411 (May 1971).<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 145 "Before Batman first encountered one of his greatest adversaries, Ra's al Ghul, he met his daughter, the lovely but lethal Talia [in a story by] writer Denny O'Neil and artist Bob Brown."</ref>

After publishing on a monthly schedule throughout its run, ''Detective Comics'' became a bi-monthly book from issues #435 (June–July 1973) to #445 (Feb.-March 1975). Issues #438 (Dec. 1973-Jan. 1974) to #445 (Feb.–March 1975) of the series were in the [[DC 100 Page Super Spectacular|100 Page Super Spectacular]] format.<ref>{{cite journal|last= Eury|first= Michael|author-link= Michael Eury|title= A Look at DC's Super Specs|journal= [[Back Issue!]]|issue= #81|pages= 23–24|publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date= July 2015|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> O'Neil and artist [[Dick Giordano]] created the Batman supporting character [[Leslie Thompkins]] in the story "There Is No Hope in Crime Alley" appearing in issue #457 (March 1976).<ref>Greenberger and Manning, p. 30: "It was Dick Giordano who, among many other similar feats, drew the March 1976 fan-favorite issue #457 of ''Detective Comics'' to illustrate the fabled Denny O'Neil yarn 'There is No Hope in Crime Alley'."</ref> Writer [[Steve Englehart]] and artist [[Marshall Rogers]] produced an acclaimed run of Batman stories in ''Detective Comics'' #471–476 (Aug. 1977 – April 1978),<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 174: "...first-time collaborators Steve Englehart and artist Marshall Rogers firmly entrenched Batman in his dark, pulp roots."</ref> and provided one of the definitive interpretations that influenced the 1989 ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' film and would be adapted for the 1990s [[Batman: The Animated Series|animated series]].<ref name=scifi>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709051154/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=5&id=40748  |publisher=SciFi Wire, Syfy.com| date=March 28, 2007|archive-date=July 9, 2007|title= Batman Artist Rogers is Dead|url-status=dead|quote= 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. |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=5&id=40748}}</ref> The Englehart and Rogers pairing, was described in 2009 by comics writer and historian [[Robert Greenberger]] as "one of the greatest" creative teams to work on the Batman character.<ref>Greenberger and Manning, p. 27: "Batman was now a true creature of the night,  and every artist and writer team worth their creative salt wanted a piece of him.  One of the greatest of such pairs consisted of writer Steve Englehart and artist Marshall Rogers...when Rogers joined Englehart in ''Detective Comics'' issue #471 (August 1977), their styles meshed with such ease that the result gave the impression of years' worth of collaboration."</ref> In their story "The Laughing Fish", the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]] is brazen enough to disfigure fish with a rictus grin, then expects to be granted a federal [[trademark]] on them, only to start killing the bureaucrats who try to explain to him that obtaining such a claim on a natural resource is legally impossible.<ref>Greenberger and Manning, p. 163: "In this fondly remembered tale that was later adapted into an episode of the 1990s cartoon ''Batman: The Animated Series'', the Joker poisoned the harbors of Gotham so that the fish would all bear his signature grin, a look the Joker then tried to trademark in order to collect royalties."</ref> 
Writer [[Len Wein]] and Rogers co-created the third version of the supervillain [[Clayface#Preston Payne|Clayface]] in ''Detective Comics'' #478 (July–Aug. 1978).<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 179: "Writer Len Wein and artist Marshall Rogers vividly depicted Batman's battle with a third Clayface."</ref> From issue #481 (Dec. 1978 – Jan. 1979) through #495 (Oct. 1980), the magazine adopted the expanded [[Dollar Comics]] format used by the canceled ''[[Batman Family]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|last = Romero|first = Max|title = I'll Buy That For a Dollar! DC Comics' Dollar Comics|journal = Back Issue!|issue = #57|pages = 39–41|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = July 2012|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> adding solo features including "Robin: the Teen Wonder", "Batgirl", the "[[Human Target]]" and the anthology "Tales of [[Gotham City]]", which featured stories of the city's ordinary people. Julius Schwartz, who had edited the title for most of its run since 1964, left the series as of issue #484 (June–July 1979)<ref name="GCD-Schwartz" /> The original [[Batwoman|Katherine Kane also known as "Batwoman"]] was killed in the lead story in issue #485 (Aug.–Sept. 1979) by the [[League of Assassins]].<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 183: "September's ''Detective Comics'' #485 featured...the League of Assassins' murder of Kathy (Batwoman) Kane [an event] that sent Batman out for revenge in a story by scripter Denny O'Neil and artist Don Newton."</ref>
    
The title's 500th issue (March 1981) featured stories by several well-known creators including television writer [[Alan Brennert]] and [[Walter B. Gibson]] best known for his work on the [[Pulp magazine|pulp fiction]] character ''[[The Shadow]]''.<ref>Manning, Matthew K. "1980s" in Dolan, p. 193: "The comic responsible for DC's name reached its 500th issue with the help of a variety of talented comic book icons...In a dimension-spanning story by writer Alan Brennert and fan-favorite artist Dick Giordano, Batman traveled to an alternate Earth to save the parents of a young Bruce Wayne...Writer of pulp icon the Shadow, Walter Gibson, spun a prose story of the Dark Knight, illustrated by Tom Yeates."</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last = Greenberger|first = Robert|title = Memories of ''Detective Comics'' #500|journal = Back Issue!|issue = #69|pages = 54–57|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = December 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> Also used during the 1980s was the use of serialization of the main Batman story, with stories from ''Detective Comics'' and ''Batman'' directly flowing from one book to another, with cliffhangers at the end of each book's monthly story that would be resolved in the other title of that month. A single writer handled both books during that time beginning with [[Gerry Conway]] and followed up by [[Doug Moench]]. The supervillain [[Killer Croc]] made a shadowy cameo in issue #523 (Feb. 1983).<ref name="Manning-Croc">Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 200: "Killer Croc made his mysterious debut in the pages of ''Detective Comics'' #523, written by Gerry Conway, with art by Gene Colan...Croc would soon become a major player in Gotham's underworld."</ref> Noted author [[Harlan Ellison]] wrote the Batman story in issue #567.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Harlan Ellison|Ellison, Harlan]] | penciller= [[Gene Colan|Colan, Gene]] | inker= [[Bob Smith (comics)|Smith, Bob]]| story= The Night of Thanks, But No Thanks!| title= Detective Comics| issue= #567| date= October 1986}}</ref>

Writer [[Mike W. Barr]] and artists [[Alan Davis]] and [[Todd McFarlane]] crafted the "[[Batman: Year Two]]" storyline in ''Detective Comics'' #575–578 which followed up on [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller's]] "[[Batman: Year One]]".<ref>Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 229: "In 'Year Two', a four-part sequel [to "Batman: Year One"] set in Batman's second year as a crime fighter, writer Mike W. Barr and artists Alan Davis and Todd McFarlane challenged the Caped Crusader with the threat of the Reaper."</ref> Writer [[Alan Grant (writer)|Alan Grant]] and artist [[Norm Breyfogle]] introduced the [[Ventriloquist (comics)|Ventriloquist]] in their first Batman story together<ref>Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 235: "In February [1988], the Batman crossed paths with Scarface and the Ventriloquist in ''Detective Comics'' #583 by writer John Wagner and Alan Grant and artist Norm Breyfogle."</ref> and the [[Ratcatcher (comics)|Ratcatcher]] in their third (#585).<ref>Manning "1980s" in Dougall, p. 171: "Writers John Wagner and Alan Grant and artist Norm Breyfogle introduced the Ratcatcher in this two-part story."</ref> [[Sam Hamm]], who wrote the screenplay for [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'',  wrote the "Blind Justice" story in ''Detective Comics'' issues #598–600.<ref>Greenberger and Manning, p. 41: "In the pages of ''Detective Comics'', ''Batman'' screenwriter Sam Hamm took advantage of that year's ongoing writers' strike to write a three-issue story entitled "Blind Justice", which culminated in that title's 600th issue."</ref> [[Chuck Dixon]] became the writer of the series with issue #644 (May 1992).<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dougall, p. 195: "Chuck Dixon became the new writer on Detective Comics, starting with this issue with the help of the pencils of Tom Lyle and the inks of Scott Hanna."</ref> He and [[Tom Lyle]] co-created the [[Electrocutioner]] in ''Detective Comics'' #644 (May 1992)<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dougall, p. 195</ref> and [[Stephanie Brown (comics)|Stephanie Brown]] in ''Detective Comics'' #647 (August 1992).<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dougall, p. 196</ref>

The "[[Batman: Legacy]]" storyline began in issue #700 (August 1996).<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 274: "['Legacy'] kicked into full speed in the anniversary issue of ''Detective Comics'' (#700), which came with a unique envelope wrapping."</ref>  The "[[No Man's Land (comics)|No Man's Land]]" storyline crossed over into ''Detective Comics'' in issues #730–741. Writer [[Greg Rucka]] and artist [[Shawn Martinbrough]] became the creative team as of issue #742 (March 2000)<ref>Manning "2000s" in Dougall, p. 246: "Greg Rucka was handed the reins of ''Detective Comics'', alongside artist Shawn Martinbrough...To visually distinguish the title from other Batman books, Martinbrough employed a minimal color palette, using shades of only one or two colors per issue."</ref> and created the [[Sasha Bordeaux]] character in issue #751 (Dec. 2000).<ref>Manning "2000s" in Dougall, p. 252: "Greg Rucka and artist Shawn Martinbrough debuted a major new character and love interest into the life of Batman: Sasha Bordeaux."</ref> Issue #800 (Jan. 2005) was written by [[Andersen Gabrych]] and drawn by [[Pete Woods]].<ref>Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 318: "''Detective Comics'' ' 800th issue was extra large to celebrate the comic's anniversary and set up a new direction for the Dark Knight...Scripted by Andersen Gabrych and pencilled by Pet Woods, the issue took Batman back to basics."</ref> Paul Dini became the writer of the series as of issue #821 (Sept. 2006)<ref>Manning "2000s" in Dougall, p. 290: "Paul Dini came aboard ''Detective Comics'' as its new ongoing writer as of this issue."</ref> and created a new version of the [[Ventriloquist (comics)|Ventriloquist]] in #827 (March 2007).<ref>Manning "2000s" in Dougall, p. 293: "Paul Dini and artist Don Kramer introduced a new Ventriloquist in this self-contained issue."</ref> [[Scott Snyder]] became the writer of ''Detective Comics'' with issue #871 (Jan. 2011).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27172 |title= Snyder Goes Exclusive With ''Detective Comics'' |first= Kiel |last= Phegley |date= July 14, 2012 |website= [[Comic Book Resources]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100718094008/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27172 |archive-date=July 18, 2010 |url-status= live |access-date= April 1, 2012}}</ref>

===Back-up features===
In addition to the Batman stories, the title has had numerous back-up strips. The [[Boy Commandos]] by [[Joe Simon]] and [[Jack Kirby]] debuted in ''Detective Comics'' #64 (June 1942) and were then soon spun off into their own title.<ref>Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 41:  "The inaugural issue of ''Boy Commandos'' represented Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's first original title since they started at DC though the characters had debuted earlier that year in ''Detective Comics'' #64."</ref>  The character [[Roy Raymond (character)|Roy Raymond]] first appeared in issue #153 (Nov. 1949).<ref>Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 61: "Television was a new medium in 1949, and this issue saw the debut of Roy Raymond, adventurer and star of the fictional TV program 'Impossible _ But True!'"</ref> The [[Martian Manhunter]] was created by writer [[Joseph Samachson]] and artist Joe Certa in the back-up story "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel" in ''Detective Comics'' #225 (Nov. 1955).<ref>Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 77: "The Martian called J'onn J'onzz debuted as a regular feature in ''Detective Comics'' #225. 'The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel', by writer Joe Samachson and artist Joe Certa, gave the origin for the lonely Martian Manhunter."</ref> After issue #326 (April 1964), the Martian Manhunter was moved to ''[[House of Mystery]]'' and in issue #327 the [[Elongated Man]] and his wife, now remodeled after [[Dashiell Hammett]]'s [[The Thin Man|Nick and Nora Charles]], took over. The characters crossed over with Batman three times. The Elongated Man run lasted until issue #383 (Jan. 1969) and his feature returned sporadically 15 times until issue #572, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the title by teaming him up with Batman, Robin, Slam Bradley and [[Sherlock Holmes]] against Edgar Moriarty, the great-grandnephew of [[Professor Moriarty]]. After the Elongated Man back-up feature ended, Batgirl held the role until issue #424. She returned from issues 481–519 after being moved to Batman Family. [[Jason Bard]] appeared as the backup feature in the odd-numbered issues of ''Detective'' from #425–435.<ref>{{cite journal|last = Wells|first = John|title = The Master Crime-File of Jason Bard|journal = Back Issue!|issue = #64|pages = 39–43|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = May 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> The [[Manhunter (Paul Kirk)|Manhunter]] was resurrected in a story by [[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]] and [[Walt Simonson]] in issue #437 (Oct.-Nov. 1973).<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 157: "Together with exciting new artist Walt Simonson, [Archie] Goodwin executed seven flawless tales that chronicled Paul Kirk's hunt for the world's deadliest game...Manhunter's award-winning revival earned undying acclaim for its talented storytellers."</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last = Boney|first = Alex|title = Hunting the Hunters: Manhunter and the Most Dangerous Game|journal = Back Issue!|issue = #64|pages = 44–50|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = May 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> With the last episode of the series, Manhunter moved to the front of the book in a full-length team-up with Batman. The [[Green Arrow]] became the back-up feature starting with issue #521 (Dec. 1982)<ref>Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 199: "Green Arrow netted the coveted position as backup story to the Dark Knight's adventures in ''Detective Comics''. Written by Joey Cavalieri, with art by Trevor Von Eeden, the new feature saw Star City's renowned archer renew his war on crime."</ref> and running until #567 (Oct. 1986).<ref>{{cite journal|last = Kingman|first = Jim|title = The Ballad of Ollie and Dinah|journal = Back Issue!|issue = #64|pages = 10–21|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = May 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> The [[Black Canary]] received a new costume in the back-up story in issue #554 (Sept. 1985).<ref>Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 214: "Dinah Lance adopted a new costume tailor-made for the 1980s in the pages of this issue's 'Green Arrow' back-up feature."</ref> ''[[DC Comics Bonus Book]]''s were included in issues #589 (August 1988)<ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/44861/ ''Detective Comics'' #589] at the Grand Comics Database</ref> and 595 (Jan. 1989).<ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/45673/ ''Detective Comics'' #595] at the Grand Comics Database</ref>

After a lengthy absence, the backup features returned for issues #746–810.  These were more closed-ended stories featuring new and established characters in the Batman mythos.  The first was "The Jacobian" in issues #746–757, followed by a one-issue Batman story in #758.  The following issues, #759–762, featured [[Slam Bradley]] and were a lead-in to the 2002 ''Catwoman'' series.  Issues #763–772 featured Josephine "Josie Mac" MacDonald, a Gotham police detective.  Issues #773–775 were titled "Tales of Gotham" and feature Detectives Crispus Allen and Renee Montoya.  Batman starred in "Spore" from issues #776–780.  #781 featured a special ''[[Elseworlds]]'' tale, while #782 featured a Batman solo tale. Issue #783 featured a prelude to the "Death and the Maidens" miniseries, and issue #784 featured a Josie Mac tale.  The "Tales of Gotham" stories resumed in issues #785–788 with "The Dogcatcher", and #789–794 featured "The Tailor". "Polished Stone", featuring the [[Green Arrow]] and [[List of minor DC Comics character#Onyx|Onyx]], ran in issues #795–796. "Low", featuring the Riddler and Poison Ivy, ran from issues #797–799. ''Under the title "Tales of Gotham," Detective Comics #800 had a short Batman back-up story.'' A four-issue (#801–805) story featuring the Barker entitled "When You're Strange" was next and "Mud" in issue #805. The last back-up was a three-issue (#808–810) story about Killer Croc. It came after a two-issue (#806–807) story about Alfred.

The "[[Manhunter (Paul Kirk)|Manhunter]]" series that ran as a backup in ''Detective Comics'' from 1973 to 1974 won the [[Shazam Award]] for "Best Individual Short Story (Dramatic)" in 1974 for the story "Cathedral Perilous" in issue #441, written by [[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]] and [[Walt Simonson]].

===Batwoman===
{{Main|Batwoman: Elegy}}
In 2009, as part of a planned reorganization of the Batman universe due to the events shown in ''[[Batman R.I.P.]]'' and ''[[Final Crisis]]'', ''Detective Comics'' went on hiatus for three months while DC Comics published the ''[[Battle for the Cowl]]'' miniseries. Upon its return, the series featured the newly reintroduced (in ''[[52 (comics)|52]]'') [[Batwoman]] as the new star of the book, as well as a 10-page back-up feature starring [[Renee Montoya]] as the new Question.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14269.html |title=Batwoman takes over ''Detective'' |work=ICv2 |date=February 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927162925/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14269.html |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 21, 2012 }}</ref> The series returned Batman to a starring role in early 2010.

===The New 52===
DC Comics relaunched ''Detective Comics'' with issue #1 in September 2011, as part of an initiative called [[The New 52]].<ref>Manning "2010s" in Dougall, p. 319: "For the first time, Batman starred in a first issue of ''Detective Comics'' as the title was restarted to reflect the revised continuity of DC Comics' New 52 universe."</ref> The series was written and drawn by [[Tony Daniel]] until the 12th issue, with the team of John Layman and Jason Fabok beginning with issue #13.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/06/06/new-dcu-batman-detective-batgirl |title=Batman Relaunch: New #1s for ''Batgirl'', ''Batman'', ''Detective'', ''Catwoman'', ''Birds of Prey'' |first=Andy |last=Khouri |work=[[ComicsAlliance]] |date=June 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517130014/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/06/06/new-dcu-batman-detective-batgirl/ |archive-date=May 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 21, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Brian  |last=Truitt  |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-09-05/Tony-Daniel-makes-history-with-Detective-Comics-No-1/50263336/1  |title=Tony Daniel makes history with ''Detective Comics'' No. 1  |work=[[USA Today]]  |date=September 5, 2011 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629093851/http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2011-09-05/Tony-Daniel-makes-history-with-Detective-Comics-No-1/50263336/1  |archive-date=June 29, 2012 |url-status=dead  |access-date=April 21, 2012 }}</ref>

The first issue of the relaunched ''Detective Comics'' has received six printings, second only to the relaunched ''[[Justice League]]'' which had seven printings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sciencefiction.com/2012/02/28/action-comics-batman-the-dark-knight-and-detective-comics-getting-reprints/ |title=Holy Sales, Batman! ''Action Comics'', ''Batman'', ''Batman: The Dark Knight'', and ''Detective Comics'' #1s Getting Reprints |first=Scott |last=West |date=February 28, 2012 |publisher=ScienceFiction.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415055946/http://sciencefiction.com/2012/02/28/action-comics-batman-the-dark-knight-and-detective-comics-getting-reprints/ |archive-date=April 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 15, 2012 }}</ref> The series' 7th issue was also DC Comic's 6th highest selling digital comic, ranking above many other series in the Batman category.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38026|title= Exclusive: DC Execs On Sales In Digital, Print & New 52 Wave Two|first= Kiel|last= Phegley|date= April 6, 2012|website= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120410010106/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38026|archive-date= April 10, 2012|url-status= dead|access-date= April 15, 2012}}</ref> Scott West of Sciencefiction.com gave the series' third arc a positive review, stating that "After last month's disappointing 'Night of the Owls' tie-in issue, it's nice to see 'Detective Comics' getting back to where it should be...good detective stories."<ref>{{cite web| last = West| first = Scott | title = Comic Book Review: ''Detective Comics'' #10| publisher = Sciencefiction.com| date = June 10, 2012| url = http://sciencefiction.com/2012/06/10/comic-book-review-detective-comics-10/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141120063118/http://sciencefiction.com/2012/06/10/comic-book-review-detective-comics-10/|archive-date= November 20, 2014|url-status= live}}</ref> The relaunched ''Detective Comics'' received the award for "Best Series" at the 2012 Stan Lee Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.digitalspy.com/comics/news/a382520/detective-comics-batman-arkham-city-win-stan-lee-awards.html|title= ''Detective Comics'', ''Batman: Arkham City'' win Stan Lee Awards|first= Mark|last= Langshaw|date= May 19, 2012|website= Digital Spy|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120624152532/http://www.digitalspy.com/comics/news/a382520/detective-comics-batman-arkham-city-win-stan-lee-awards.html|archive-date=June 24, 2012 |url-status= live|access-date= June 10, 2012}}</ref> The series' first collected edition would reach the number 1 spot on ''[[The New York Times]]'' Best Seller list in the category of "Hardcover Graphic Books".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2012-07-01/hardcover-graphic-books/list.html |title=Best Sellers Hardcover Graphic Books |date=July 1, 2012 |work=[[The New York Times Best Seller list]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628045801/http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2012-07-01/hardcover-graphic-books/list.html |archive-date=June 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 2, 2012 }}</ref>

Daniel wrote and penciled the series until the ''[[Night of the Owls]]'' crossover, at which point [[Ed Benes]], [[Julio Ferreira]], and Eduardo Pansica began drawing the series for a three-issue arc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/03/08/guest-artists-join-batwoman-and-detective-comics |title=Guest Artists Join ''Batwoman'' and ''Detective Comics'' |first=Josh |last=Kushins |date=March 8, 2012 |publisher=DC Comics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512005911/http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/03/08/guest-artists-join-batwoman-and-detective-comics |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 21, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=46772 |title=Exclusive DC Sneak Peek: ''Detective Comics'' #11 |date=June 29, 2012 |work=[[Newsarama]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704090711/http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=46772 |archive-date=July 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 2, 2012 }}</ref> The price of ''Detective Comics'' was increased due to the addition of a backup feature starring Batman villain [[Two-Face]], which was written by Daniel and illustrated by Syzmon Kudranski, this followed a similar backup featuring [[Hugo Strange|Professor Hugo Strange]].<ref>{{cite news
 |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/detective-comics-two-face-back-up-120110.html  |title=DC Announces ''Detective Comics'' Two-Face Back-Up Feature  |date=January 10, 2012  |work=Newsarama  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517144801/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/detective-comics-two-face-back-up-120110.html
 |archive-date=May 17, 2012 |url-status=dead  |access-date=April 21, 2012 }}</ref> Daniel left the series with issue #12 being his last as writer and the "0" issue his last as penciller.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/comics-news/20137-tony-daniel-off-detective-comics.html |title=Tony Daniel Off ''Detective Comics'' |last=Zechs |date=June 29, 2012 |publisher=Theouthousers.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702060608/http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/comics-news/20137-tony-daniel-off-detective-comics.html |archive-date=July 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 2, 2012 }}</ref>

DC celebrated the first anniversary of The New 52 in September 2012 by publishing a number "0" of each original ''New 52'' title which act as prequels to the series and reveal previously unexplained plot elements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/04/19/dc-comics-launch-zero-issues-for-september/ |title=DC Comics To Launch Zero Issues For The New 52 In September |first=Rich |last=Johnston |author-link=Rich Johnston |date=April 19, 2012 |publisher=BleedingCool.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421190316/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/04/19/dc-comics-launch-zero-issues-for-september/ |archive-date=April 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 21, 2012 |quote=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. }}</ref> [[Gregg Hurwitz]] wrote the "0" issue.<ref>{{cite news | title = DC's September 2012 Solicits Preview: ''Batman''| work = Newsarama| date = June 11, 2012| url = http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=4321&page=4|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120615174201/http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=4321&page=4|archive-date= June 15, 2012|url-status= dead| access-date = June 12, 2012}}</ref> Hurwitz was approached by Daniel to write the "0" issue due to Daniel's busy schedule.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Gregg-Hurwitz-batman-dark-knight-detective-zero-issues.html |title=Origin, Early Years Expanded In ''Detective'', ''Dark Knight'' #0's |first=Vaneta |last=Rogers |date=June 26, 2012 |work=Newsarama |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629050924/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Gregg-Hurwitz-batman-dark-knight-detective-zero-issues.html |archive-date=June 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 2, 2012 |quote=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. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Several 'Zero Month' Creative Changes One-Time Confirms DC| work = Newsarama| date = June 12, 2012| url = http://www.newsarama.com/comics/dc-zero-month-creative-changes.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140913014100/http://www.newsarama.com/9656-several-zero-month-creative-changes-one-time-confirms-dc.html|archive-date= September 13, 2014|url-status= live|access-date = June 12, 2012}}</ref> To follow up on the ''Night of the Owls'' elements in ''Detective Comics'', Daniel wrote ''Detective Comics Annual'' #1, which was pencilled by Romano Molenaar and inked by Sandu Florea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/05/07/announcing-detective-comics-annual-1 |title=Announcing ''Detective Comics Annual'' #1 |first=Alex |last=Nagorski |date=May 7, 2012 |publisher=DC Comics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517005951/http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/05/07/announcing-detective-comics-annual-1 |archive-date=May 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 12, 2012 }}</ref>

Following Daniel's tenure on the series, [[John Layman]] became the new writer and Jason Fabok the new artist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/07/05/announcing-a-new-writer-and-artist-for-detective-comics |title=Announcing a New Writer and Artist for ''Detective Comics'' |first=Alex |last=Nagorski |date=July 5, 2012 |publisher=DC Comics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815140912/http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/07/05/announcing-a-new-writer-and-artist-for-detective-comics |archive-date=August 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 19, 2012 }}</ref> with [[James Tynion IV]] writing the backup features and Syzmon Kudranski remaining as artist for Tynion's first feature. With issue #19 of ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2, released on April 3, 2013, the series reached 900 issues as combined with the first volume of the series, and was a special oversized celebratory issue. Under Layman, the series featured its first crossover, ''Gothtopia'' after which Layman and Fabok moved to the ''[[Batman Eternal]]'' series and ''Detective Comics'' was taken over by Brain Buccalleto and [[Francis Manapul]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.newsarama.com/19499-new-detective-comics-creative-team-bring-unique-visual-style-to-batman.html|title= New ''Detective Comics'' Creative Team Bring Unique Visual Style to Batman|first= Vaneta|last= Rogers|date= November 6, 2013|work= Newsarama|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131212105352/http://www.newsarama.com/19499-new-detective-comics-creative-team-bring-unique-visual-style-to-batman.html|archive-date= December 12, 2013|url-status= live|access-date=  December 8, 2013}}</ref>

In commemoration of the second anniversary of The New 52, DC Comics announced "[[Villains Month]]" with ''Detective Comics'' getting four issues. The issues starred [[Poison Ivy (character)|Poison Ivy]], [[Harley Quinn]], the [[Scarecrow (DC Comics)|Scarecrow]], and the [[Man-Bat]], and, respectively, being numbered #23.1, #23.2, #23.3, and #23.4, by an ensemble of writers and artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/comics/previews/511477-exclusive-dcs-villains-month-solicits-for-the-detective-comics-group |title=Exclusive: DC's ''Detective Comics'' Group Solicits for Villains Month |first=Andy |last=Hunsaker |date=June 3, 2013 |publisher=[[CraveOnline]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610033059/http://www.craveonline.com/comics/previews/511477-exclusive-dcs-villains-month-solicits-for-the-detective-comics-group |archive-date=June 10, 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=July 7, 2013 }}</ref>

For the 75th anniversary of Batman, issue #27 was a larger-sized issue featuring new stories by [[Brad Meltzer]] and [[Bryan Hitch]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsarama.com/19954-brad-meltzer-honors-modernizes-batman-s-first-appearance-in-detective-comics-27.html|title= Brad Meltzer Honors, Modernizes Batman's First Appearance in ''Detective Comics'' #27|first= Vaneta|last= Rogers|date= January 6, 2014|publisher= Newsarama.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140521030112/http://www.newsarama.com/19954-brad-meltzer-honors-modernizes-batman-s-first-appearance-in-detective-comics-27.html|archive-date=May 21, 2014 |url-status= live|quote= 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.}}</ref> [[Scott Snyder]] and [[Sean Murphy (artist)|Sean Murphy]], [[Peter Tomasi]] and Ian Bertram, John Layman and Jason Fabok, [[Gregg Hurwitz]] and [[Neal Adams]], [[Mike W. Barr]] and Guillem March, and one written and drawn by [[Francesco Francavilla]]. In addition, variant covers to the issue were by [[Greg Capullo]], [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]], [[Chris Burnham]], [[Jim Lee]], Jason Fabok, and [[Tony Daniel]]. Single page artwork included work by [[Kelley Jones]], [[Mike Allred]], [[Patrick Gleason (artist)|Patrick Gleason]], and [[Jock (artist)|Jock]].

===2016–present===
[[File:3.27.19PeterTomasiByLuigiNovi25.jpg|thumb|left|Writer [[Peter Tomasi]] at a 2019 signing for the series' 1,000th issue at [[Midtown Comics]] in Manhattan]]
In February 2016, DC Comics announced that as part of the company's continuity relaunch called [[DC Rebirth]], ''Detective Comics'' would resume its original numbering system with June 2016's issue #934. The 52 issues of ''Detective Comics'' volume 2 (2011–2016) were added to the original count of 881 issues from ''Detective Comics'' volume 1 (1937–2011), making ''Detective Comics'' #934 the premier issue following the end of the DC Rebirth initiative. The series was published twice-monthly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/action-comics-detective-comics-return-original-numbering-rebirth |title=''Action'', ''Detective Comics'' Return To Original Numbering For ''Rebirth'' |first=Brett |last=White |date=February 18, 2016 |publisher=[[CBR.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303012943/http://www.cbr.com/exclusive-action-detective-comics-return-to-original-numbering-for-rebirth/ |archive-date=March 3, 2017 |url-status=live |quote=''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. }}</ref>

The creative team beginning with issue #934 included writer [[James Tynion IV]] and artists [[Eddy Barrows]] and Alvaro Martinez.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsarama.com/28578-dc-comics-rebirth-recap.html|title=DC Comics ''Rebirth'' Recap – Creative Teams, Schedule & a Few New Details|last=Marston|first=George|work=[[Newsarama]]|date=March 26, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161011165142/http://www.newsarama.com/28578-dc-comics-rebirth-recap.html|archive-date= October 11, 2016|url-status= live|access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> The series featured a team led by Batman and [[Batwoman]] (Kate Kane), operating out of a secondary base in the heart of Gotham known as the Belfry. Team members initially included Red Robin ([[Tim Drake]]), Spoiler ([[Stephanie Brown (comics)|Stephanie Brown]]), Orphan ([[Cassandra Cain]]) and [[Clayface]] (Basil Karlo), with [[Batwing (DC Comics)|Batwing]] (Luke Fox) and [[Azrael (comics)|Azrael]] (Jean-Paul Valley) later recruited as new members.<ref>''Detective Comics'' #944 DC Comics ([[Burbank, California]]).</ref> [[Zatanna]] also briefly joins the team as a guest star in several issues. This status quo ended with the conclusion of Tynion's run on the series in issue #981, published May 2018. During the interim period without a permanent writer, Bryan Edward Hill wrote the story arc "On the Outside" starring Batman, Orphan, [[Duke Thomas (character)|Signal]], [[Katana (DC Comics)|Katana]] and [[Black Lightning]] over issues #983–987 as a prelude to his ongoing series ''[[Outsiders (comics)|Batman and the Outsiders]]''. The next regular writer, [[Peter Tomasi]], began on the series with issue #994, published December 2018. Tomasi's run as writer continued for two years until issue #1033, published December 2020.

On March 27, 2019, DC Comics released the series' 1,000th issue,<ref name="DC1000">{{cite web|author=Jackson, Matthew|date=February 15, 2019|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/detective-comics-1000-batman-tmnt-team-up-again|title=COMICS: DETECTIVE COMICS #1000 FULL LINEUP REVEALED, BATMAN AND TMNT TEAM UP AGAIN, MARVEL LAUNCHES AVENGERS: NO ROAD HOME|publisher=[[SyFy Wire]]|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411152612/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/detective-comics-1000-batman-tmnt-team-up-again}}</ref> marking the second American comic book in history to reach that milestone after ''[[Action Comics]]'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lawson, Corrina|date=April 25, 2018|url=https://geekmom.com/2019/03/dc-comics-milestone-1000-issues-are-missing-representation/|title=DC Comics Milestone #1000 Issues Are Missing Representation|publisher=Geek Mom|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411152612/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/detective-comics-1000-batman-tmnt-team-up-again}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Pollack, Sarabeth|date=March 2019|url=https://fansided.com/2019/02/24/detective-comics-1000-ultimate-issue-for-batman-fans/|title=Detective Comics #1000 will be ultimate issue for Batman fans|publisher=[[FanSided]]|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411150944/https://geekmom.com/2019/03/dc-comics-milestone-1000-issues-are-missing-representation/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Sava, Oliver|date=April 25, 2018|url=https://www.avclub.com/action-comics-1000-is-a-powerful-tribute-to-superman-s-1825469440|title=''Action Comics'' #1000 is a powerful tribute to Superman's enduring legacy.|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411152612/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/detective-comics-1000-batman-tmnt-team-up-again }}</ref> The issue, which coincided with Batman's 80th anniversary,<ref>{{cite web|author=Spry, Jeff|date=February 19, 2019|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/exclusive-reveal-alex-ross-salutes-batmans-80th-birthday-with-two-detective-comics-1000|title=EXCLUSIVE REVEAL: ALEX ROSS SALUTES BATMAN'S 80TH BIRTHDAY WITH TWO DETECTIVE COMICS #1000 COVERS|publisher=SyFy Wire|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411150936/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/exclusive-reveal-alex-ross-salutes-batmans-80th-birthday-with-two-detective-comics-1000}}</ref> is an anthology featuring several stories from a variety of different creative teams.<ref name="DC1000" />

Writer [[Mariko Tamaki]] began on the series with issue #1034 as part of the [[Infinite Frontier]] line-wide relaunch.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-19 |title=Mariko Tamaki |url=https://www.dc.com/talent/mariko-tamaki |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=DC |language=en}}</ref> In April 2022, it was announced that [[Ram V]] and [[Rafael Albuquerque (artist)|Rafael Albuquerque]] would serve as the new creative team starting with issue #1062.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-13 |title=Ram V and Rafael Albuquerque Take the Stage in Detective Comics |url=https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2022/04/13/ram-v-and-rafael-albuquerque-take-the-stage-in-detective-comics |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=DC |language=en}}</ref>
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==Significant issues==
===First appearances===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Character !! align="center"|Issue !! Publication 
|-
| [[Slam Bradley]] and [[Speed Saunders]]  ||align="center"|  #1 || March 1937
|-
| The [[Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)|Crimson Avenger]] and Wing How ||align="center"|  #20 || October 1938
|-
| [[Batman]] ([[Batman#Bruce Wayne|Bruce Wayne]]) and [[James Gordon (character)|Commissioner Gordon]]  ||align="center"|  #27 || May 1939
|-
| [[Doctor Death (character)|Doctor Death]] ||align="center"| #29 || July 1939
|-
| The [[List of Batman family enemies#Enemies of lesser renown|Monk]], [[Julie Madison]] ||align="center" | #31 || Sept. 1939
|-
| Dala ||align="center" | #32 || Oct. 1939
|-
| [[Joe Chill]], [[Thomas Wayne]], [[Martha Wayne]] ||align="center"|  #33 || Nov. 1939
|-
| [[Hugo Strange|Professor Hugo Strange]] ||align="center"|  #36 || Feb. 1940
|-
| [[Robin (character)|Robin]] ||align="center"|  #38 || April 1940
|-
| [[Clayface#Basil Karlo|Clayface]] I (Basil Karlo) ||align="center"|  #40 || June 1940
|-
| The [[Penguin (character)|Penguin]] ||align="center"|  #58 || December 1941
|-
| Air Wave ||align="center"| #60 || February 1942
|-
| Mister Baffle ||align="center"| #63 || May 1942
|-
| The [[Boy Commandos]] ||align="center"| #64 || June 1942 
|-
| [[Two-Face]] ||align="center"|  #66 || Aug. 1942
|-
| [[Tweedledum and Tweedledee (comics)|Tweedledum and Tweedledee]] ||align="center"|  #74 || April 1943
|-
| The [[Cavalier (character)|Cavalier]] ||align="center"| #81 || Nov. 1943
|-
| The [[Riddler]] ||align="center"|  #140 || October 1948
|-
| [[Pow Wow Smith]] ||align="center"| #151 || Sept. 1949
|-
| [[Roy Raymond (character)|Roy Raymond]] ||align="center"| #153 || Nov. 1949
|-
| The [[Red Hood]] ||align="center"|  #168 || Feb. 1951
|-
| The [[Firefly (DC Comics)|Firefly]] ||align="center"|  #184 || June 1952
|-
| [[List of minor DC Comics characters#Mysto|Mysto]] ||align="center"|  #203 || January 1954
|-
| Mirror Man ||align="center"| #213 || Nov. 1954
|-
| The [[Batmen of All Nations]] ||align="center"|  #215 || Jan. 1955
|-
| The [[Martian Manhunter]] ||align="center"|  #225 || Nov. 1955
|-
| The [[Mad Hatter (DC Comics)#Impostor Mad Hatter|Impostor Mad Hatter]] ||align="center"| #230 || April 1956
|-
| [[Batwoman (Kathy Kane)]] ||align="center"|  #233 || July 1956
|-
| Diane Meade ||align="center"| #246 || Aug. 1957
|-
| The [[Terrible Trio]] ||align="center" | #253 || March 1958
|-
| The [[Calendar Man]] ||align="center"|  #259 || Sept. 1958
|-
| [[Doctor Double X]] ||align="center"| #261 || Nov. 1958
|-
| [[Bat-Mite]] ||align="center"|  #267 || May 1959
|-
| [[Clayface#Matt Hagen|Clayface]] II (Matt Hagen) ||align="center"|  #298 || Dec. 1961
|-
| The [[Catman (DC Comics)|Catman]], [[Zook (character)|Zook]] ||align="center"|  #311 || Jan. 1963
|-
| The Idol Head of Diabolu ||align="center"| #326 || April 1964
|-
| The [[Outsider (comics)|Outsider]] ||align="center"| #334 || Dec. 1964
|-
| The [[Blockbuster (DC Comics)|Blockbuster]] I ||align="center"|  #345 || Nov. 1965
|-
| The [[Cluemaster]] ||align="center"|  #351 || May 1966
|-
| [[Batgirl]] ([[Barbara Gordon]]) ||align="center"|  #359 || Jan. 1967
|-
| [[Jason Bard]] ||align="center"|  #392 || Oct. 1969
|-
| The [[Man-Bat]] ||align="center"|  #400 || June 1970
|-
| [[Talia al Ghul]] ||align="center"|  #411 || May 1971
|-
| [[Harvey Bullock (character)|Harvey Bullock]] ||align="center"|  #441 || July 1974
|-
| [[Leslie Thompkins]] ||align="center"|  #457 || March 1976
|-
| The [[Calculator (character)|Calculator]] ||align="center"|  #463 || Sept. 1976
|-
| [[Doctor Phosphorus]], [[Rupert Thorne|"Boss" Rupert Thorne]] ||align="center"|  #469 || May 1977
|-
| [[Silver St. Cloud]] ||align="center"|  #470 || June 1977
|-
| [[Clayface#Preston Payne|Clayface]] III (Preston Payne) ||align="center"|  #478 || July 1978
|-
| [[Maxie Zeus]] ||align="center"|  #483 || May 1979
|-
| The [[Odd Man (comics)|Odd Man]] ||align="center"| #487 || December 1979
|-
| The Swashbuckler ||align="center"| #493 || March 1980
|-
| [[Killer Croc]] ||align="center"|  #523{{refn|There was a shadowy cameo in ''Detective Comics'' #523 (Feb. 1983)<ref name="Manning-Croc" /> and his first full appearance is credited to ''Batman'' #357 (March 1983)|group=Note|name=note1}}
 || Feb. 1983
|-
| [[List of minor DC Comics characters#Onyx|Onyx]] ||align="center"|  #546 || Jan. 1985
|-
| The [[Ventriloquist (character)#Arnold Wesker|Ventriloquist]] I (Arnold Wesker) ||align="center"|  #583 || Feb. 1988
|-
| The [[Ratcatcher (comics)|Ratcatcher]] ||align="center"|  #585 || April 1988
|-
| [[Anarky#Creation and debut|Anarky]] I (Lonnie Machin) ||align="center"|  #608 || Nov. 1989
|-
| [[Renee Montoya]] ||align="center"|  #642 || March 1992
|-
| [[Stephanie Brown (character)|Stephanie Brown]] ||align="center"|  #647 || Jun. 1992
|-
| [[List of Batman family enemies#Enemies of lesser renown|Cypher]] ||align="center"| #657 || March 1993
|-
| [[Crispus Allen]] ||align="center"|  #742 || March 2000
|-
| [[Sasha Bordeaux]] ||align="center"|  #751 || Dec. 2000
|-
| [[Nyssa Raatko]] ||align="center"|  #783 || Aug. 2003
|-
| The [[Ventriloquist (character)#Peyton Riley|Ventriloquist]] II (Peyton Riley) ||align="center"|  #827 || March 2007
|-
| The [[Dollmaker (character)#Barton Mathis|Dollmaker]] ||align="center"|  (vol. 2) #1 || Sept. 2011
|-
| Dollhouse, Mister Toxic ||align="center"|  (vol. 2) #2 || Oct. 2011
|-
| Eli Strange ||align="center"|  (vol. 2) #5 || March 2012
|-
| Emperor Blackgate ||align="center"| (vol. 2) #13|| Nov. 2012
|-
| The Merrymaker ||align="center"|  (vol. 2) #17 || Feb. 2013
|-
| [[Anarky#The New 52|Anarky]] IV (Sam Young) ||align="center"| (vol. 2) #37|| Feb. 2015
|-
| The [[Astrid Arkham|Arkham Knight]] ||align="center"| #1000 || May 2019
|-
| The Silver Ghost ||align="center"|  #1027 || November 2020
|}

==Notes==
<references group="Note"/>

==Collected editions==
{{See also|List of Batman comics}}

===Volume 1 (1937–2011)===
The ''Detective Comics'' series has been collected into a number of [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]]s and hardback collections.

====Batman Archive editions====
All [[DC Archive Editions]] are hardback only and printed on high quality archival paper.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Material collected !! Publication date !! ISBN
|-
| '''Batman Archives Vol. 1'''
| Stories from ''Detective Comics'' #27–50
| November 1997
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-0930289607}}
|-
| '''Batman Archives Vol. 2'''
| Stories from ''Detective Comics'' #51–70
| November 1997
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-1563890000}}
|-
| '''Batman Archives Vol. 3'''
| Stories from ''Detective Comics'' #71–86
| November 1997
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-1563890994}}
|-
| '''Batman Archives Vol. 4'''
| Stories from ''Detective Comics'' #87–102
| December 1998
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-1563894145}}
|-
| '''Batman Archives Vol. 5'''
| Stories from ''Detective Comics'' #103–119
| April 2001
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-1563897252}}
|-
| '''Batman Archives Vol. 6'''
| Stories from ''Detective Comics'' #120–135
| August 2005
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-1401204099}}
|-
| '''Batman Archives Vol. 7'''
| Stories from ''Detective Comics'' #136–154
| November 2007
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-1401214937}}
|-
| '''Batman Archives Vol. 8'''
| Stories from ''Detective Comics'' #155–170
| July 2012
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-1401233761 }}
|-
| '''Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives Vol. 1'''
| ''Batman'' #164–166; ''Detective Comics'' #327–333
| March 2003
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-1563899324}}
|-
| '''Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives Vol. 2'''
| ''Batman'' #168–171; ''Detective Comics'' #334–339
| June 2006
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-1401207724}}
|}

====Batman Chronicles====
''[[The Batman Chronicles (trade paperback)|The Batman Chronicles]]'' series plans to reprint every Batman adventure in color, in chronological order, in affordable trade paperbacks. It is not to be confused with the now-finished [[The Batman Chronicles|series of the same name]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Material collected !! Publication date !! ISBN
|-
| '''Batman Chronicles Vol. 1'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #27–38; ''Batman'' #1
| April 2005
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401204457}}
|-
| '''Batman Chronicles Vol. 2'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #39–45; ''Batman'' #2–3; ''New York World's Fair Comics'' #2
| September 2006
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401207908}}
|-
| '''Batman Chronicles Vol. 3'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #46–50; ''Batman'' #4–5; ''World's Best Comics'' #1
| May 2007
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401213473}}
|-
| '''Batman Chronicles Vol. 4'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #51–56; ''World's Finest Comics'' #2–3; ''Batman'' #6–7
| October 2007
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401214623}}
|-
| '''Batman Chronicles Vol. 5'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #57–61; ''World's Finest Comics'' #4; ''Batman'' #8–9
| April 2008
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401216825}}
|-
| '''Batman Chronicles Vol. 6'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #62–66; ''World's Finest Comics'' #5–6; ''Batman'' #10–11
| October 2008
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401219611}}
|-
| '''Batman Chronicles Vol. 7'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #67–70; ''World's Finest Comics'' #7; ''Batman'' #12–13
| March 2009
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401221348}}
|-
| '''Batman Chronicles Vol. 8'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #71–74; ''World's Finest Comics'' #8–9; ''Batman'' #14–15
| October 2009
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401224844}}
|-
| '''Batman Chronicles Vol. 9'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #75–77; ''World's Finest Comics'' #10; ''Batman'' #16–17
| March 2010
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401226459}}
|-
| '''Batman Chronicles Vol. 10'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #78–81; ''World's Finest Comics'' #11; ''Batman'' #18–19
| December 2010
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401228958}}
|-
| '''Batman Chronicles Vol. 11'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #82–85; ''World's Finest Comics'' #12; ''Batman'' #20–21
| January 2013
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401237394}}
|}

====Showcase Presents====
All ''[[Showcase Presents]]'' collections are large (over 500 pages), softcover, black and white only reprints.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Material collected !! Publication date !! ISBN
|-
| '''Showcase Presents: Batman Vol. 1'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #327–342; ''Batman'' #164–174
| August 2006
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401210861}}
|-
| '''Showcase Presents: Batman Vol. 2'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #343–358; ''Batman'' #175, #177–181, #183–184, #188
| June 2007
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401213626}}
|-
| '''Showcase Presents: Batman Vol. 3'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #359–375; ''Batman'' #189–192, #194–197, #199–201
| July 2008
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401217198}}
|-
| '''Showcase Presents: Batman Vol. 4'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #376–390; ''Batman'' #202–215
| July 2009
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401223144}}
|-
| '''Showcase Presents: Batman Vol. 5'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #391–404; ''Batman'' #216–228
| December 2011
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1401232368}}
|-
| '''Showcase Presents: Batman Vol. 6'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #408–426; ''Batman'' #229–244
| January 2016
| SC: 978-1401251536
|-
| '''Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter Vol. 1'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #225–304
| July 2007
| SC: 978-1401213688
|-
| '''Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter Vol. 2'''
| ''Detective Comics'' #305–326
| May 2009
| SC: 978-1401222567 
|-
| '''Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder Vol. 1'''
| Robin stories from ''Detective Comics'' #386, 390, 394–395, 398–403, 445, 447, 450–451
| January 2008
| SC: 978-1401216764
|-
| '''Showcase Presents: Batgirl Vol. 1'''
| Batgirl stories from ''Detective Comics'' #359, 363, 369, 371, 384–385, 388–389, 392–393, 396–397, 400–401, 404–424
| July 2007
| SC: 978-1401213671 
|-
| '''Showcase Presents: Enemy Ace Vol. 1'''
| includes Enemy Ace story from ''Detective Comics'' #404
| February 2008
| SC: 978-1401217211
|}

====Celebration hardcovers====
Starting in 2014, DC began releasing character retrospective anthologies, several of which feature issues of ''Detective Comics''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title
! Material collected
! Publication date
! ISBN
|-
|''Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years''
|''Detective Comics'' #27, 83, 211, 216, 327, 359, 395, 442, 474, 574, 633, 711, 757, 821; <br /> ''Batman'' #1, 49, 181, 497 ''Batman'' (vol. 2) #2, ''World's Finest Comics'' #94, ''DC Special Series'' #21, ''Batman Special'' #1
|July 2014
|978-1401247584
|-
|''Robin the Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years''
|''Detective Comics'' #38, 342; ''Batman'' #20, 107, 156, 408, 428, 442, 657;  ''Star-Spangled Comics'' #82, 86, 103; <br />''Batman Family'' #1; ''Nightwing'' #25, 101; ''Superman/Batman'' #7, 77; ''Robin'' (vol. 4) #46, 126; ''Batman & Robin Annual'' #1; ''Justice League of America'' #55; ''DC One Million 80-Page Giant'' #1,000,000
|May 2015
|978-1401255367
|-
|''The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years''
|''Batman'' #1, 5, 25, 32, 85, 163, 251, 427, ''Batman'' (vol. 2) #15, ''Detective Comics'' #64, 168, 180, 475, 476, 726, 741, 826, <br />''Detective Comics'' (vol. 2) #1, ''World's Finest Comics'' #61, ''Superman'' (vol. 2) #9, ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #66
|July 2014
|978-1401247591
|-
|''Two-Face: A Celebration of 75 Years''
|''Detective Comics'' #66, 68, 80, 739; ''Batman'' #50, 81, 234, 410–411, 572, ''Annual'' #14; ''The Brave and the Bold'' #106; ''The Joker'' #1; ''Secret Origins'' #1; ''Batman: Black and White'' #1; ''Gotham Central'' #10; ''Joker's Asylum: Two-Face'' #1; ''Batman and Robin'' #23
|November 2017
|978-1-4012-7438-2
|-
|''Green Arrow: A Celebration of 75 Years''
|''More Fun Comics'' #73, 89; ''Leading Comics'' #1; ''Adventure Comics'' #256; ''Justice League of America'' #4; ''The Brave and the Bold'' #85;<br /> ''Green Lantern/Green Arrow'' #85, 86, 90; ''Detective Comics'' #549–550; 559; ''Green Arrow'' (vol. 2) #24, 100–101; ''Green Arrow'' (vol. 3) #4, 18; ''Green Arrow Year One'' #2;<br /> ''Green Arrow and Black Canary Wedding Special'' #1; ''Justice League'' #8; ''Green Arrow'' (vol. 4) #24 
|July 2016
|978-1401263867
|-
|}

====Tales of The Batman/Legends of the Dark Knight====
These hardcover books reprint issues by particular creators and contain many issues of ''Detective Comics'', as well as other Batman titles.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title
! Material collected
! Publication date
! ISBN
|-
|''Tales of the Batman: [[Carmine Infantino]]''
|''Detective Comics'' #327–347, 349, 351–371, 500, ''Batman'' #166–175, 181, 183–184, 188–192, 194–199, ''The Brave and the Bold'' #172, 183, 190, 194, ''DC Comics Presents: Batman'' #1.
|June 2014
|9781401247553
|-
|''Tales of the Batman: [[Len Wein]]''
|''Detective Comics'' #408, 444–448, 466, 478–479, 500, 514, ''Batman'' #307–310, 312–319, 321–324, 326–327, <br />''World's Finest Comics'' #207, ''DC Retroactive Batman – The 70s'', ''Untold Legends of the Batman'' #1–3, ''Batman Black and White'' #5
|December 2014
|978-1401251543
|-
|''Tales of the Batman: [[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]]'' 
|Batman stories from ''Detective Comics'' #437–438 and #440–442, the Manhunter stories from #437–442, <br />and the Batman/Manhunter team-up from #443; ''Detective Comics Annual'' #3; ''[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase '95]]'' #11; ''[[Batman Black and White]]'' #1 and 4; <br /> ''[[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight]]'' #132–136; the ''Batman: Night Cries'' graphic novel
|July 2013
|978-1401238292
|-
|''Legends of the Dark Knight: [[Jim Aparo]] Volume 3''
|''Detective Comics'' #444–446, ''Batman Family'' #17, ''The Brave and the Bold'' #152, 154, 155, 157–162, 168–170, 173–178, 180–182, <br />''The Untold Legend of the Batman'' #1–3
|September 2017
|978-1401271619
|-
|''Legends of the Dark Knight: [[Michael Golden (comics)|Michael Golden]]''
|''Batman Family'' #15–20, ''Batman'' #295, 303, ''DC Special Series'' #15, ''Detective Comics'' #482, ''Batman Special'' #1, ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' #22<br/> Covers from ''Detective Comics'' #625–626, 628–631, 633, 644–646, ''Batman'' #484–485, ''Showcase '93'',<br/> ''Nightwing'' #66–77 & #129–130 and the [[Man-Bat]] entry from ''Who's Who in the DC Universe'' #12
|June 2019
|978-1401289614
|-
|''Legends of the Dark Knight: [[Marshall Rogers]]''
|''Detective Comics'' #468, 471–476, 478–479, 481; ''DC Special Series'' #15; ''Secret Origins'' #6; <br />''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #132–136; ''Batman: Dark Detective'' #1–6
|November 2011
|978-1401232276
|-
|''Tales of the Batman: [[Don Newton]]''
|''Detective Comics'' #480, 483–497; ''Batman'' #305–306, 328; ''The Brave and the Bold'' #153, 156 and 165
|December 2011
|978-1401232948
|-
|''Tales of the Batman: [[Alan Brennert]]''
|''The Brave and the Bold'' #178, 181, 182 and 197, ''Detective Comics'' #500, ''Batman: Holy Terror''
|July 2016
|978-1401263492
|-
|''Tales of the Batman: [[Gerry Conway]] Volume 1''
|''Detective Comics'' #463, 464, 497–499, 501–504, ''The Brave And The Bold'' #158, 161, 171–174, ''Batman'' #295, 305, 306, <br />''Batman Family'' #17, ''Man-Bat'' #1, ''World's Finest Comics'' #250, #269
|July 2017
|978-1401272555
|-
|''Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Volume 2''
|''Detective Comics'' #505–513, ''Batman'' #337–346, 348; ''World's Finest Comics'' #270
|August 2018
|978-1401281632
|-
|''Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Volume 3''
|''Detective Comics'' #515–526, ''Batman'' #349–359
|September 2019
|978-1401292737
|-
|''Tales of the Batman: [[Gene Colan]] Volume One''
|''Detective Comics'' #517, 520, 523, 528–529 and ''Batman'' #340, 343–345, 348–351
|August 2011
|978-1401231019
|-
|''Tales of the Batman: [[Gene Colan]] Volume Two''
|''Batman'' #373, ''Detective Comics'' #530–538 and #540–544, ''World's Finest Comics'' #297 and #299
|March 2018
|978-1401277697
|-
|''Legends of the Dark Knight: [[Alan Davis]]''
|''Detective Comics'' #569–575, ''Batman: Full Circle'', ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' #25
|February 2013
|978-1401236816
|-
|''Legends of the Dark Knight: [[Norm Breyfogle]] Volume One''
|''Detective Comics'' #579, 582–594, 601–607, stories from ''Batman Annual'' #11–12
|July 2015
|978-1401258986
|-
|''Legends of the Dark Knight: [[Norm Breyfogle]] Volume Two''
|''Detective Comics'' #608–621 and ''Batman'' #455–459
|November 2018
|978-1401285128
|-
|''Tales of the Batman: J.H. Williams''
|''Batman'' #526,550, 667–669, ''Batman Annual'' #21, ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #86–88, 192–196, ''Chase'' #7–8, ''Detective Comics'' #821
|July 2014
|978-1401247621
|-
|''Batman by Brian K. Vaughn''
|''Batman'' #588-590, ''Detective Comics'' #787, ''Wonder Woman'' #160-161, and ''Batman: Gotham City Secret Files'' #1
|December 2016
|978-1401265373
|-
|''Legends of the Dark Knight: [[Matt Wagner]]''
|''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #28–30; ''Batman: Riddler—the Riddle Factory''; ''Batman Black and White #3'';<br> ''Batman: the Monster Men'' #1–6; Batman: The Mad Monk #1–6; ''Batman'' #54, ''Robin II'' #1, ''Robin III'' #5, ''Detective Comics'' #647–649, ''Batman'' #626–641
|June 2020
|978-1779502599
|}

====Other editions====
Many of these other editions are anthologies containing comics from titles other than ''Detective Comics''.  Titles here are presented as close to chronologically as possible.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title
! Material collected
! Publication date
! ISBN
|-
|''Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus Volume 1''
|''Detective Comics'' #359, 363, 369, 371, 384–386, 388–389, 392–393, 396–397, 400–401, 404–424, 481–499, 501–502, 505–506, 508–510, 512–519,<br /> ''Batman'' #197 and ''Batman Family'' #1, 3–7 and 9–20.
|December 2017
|978-1401276409
|-
|''[[Manhunter (comics)|Manhunter]]: The Special Edition''
|Manhunter backup stories from #437–442 and the Batman/Manhunter crossover in #443,<br /> ''Manhunter'' #1, and ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #100
|June 1999
|978-1-56389-374-2
|-
|''Batman: Strange Apparitions''
|''Detective Comics'' #469–476, #478–479
|December 1999
|978-1-56389-500-5
|-
|''[[DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore]]''
|Includes ''Night Olympics'' featuring the [[Green Arrow]] and the [[Black Canary]] from ''Detective Comics'' #549–550
|January 2006
|978-1-4012-0927-8
|-
|''[[Batman: Year Two]]''
|''Detective Comics'' #575–578<br />(later printing includes ''Batman: Full Circle'')
|January 1990<br />December 2002
|978-0-930289-49-2<br />978-1563899676
|-
|''[[Batman: Year Two]] 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition''
|''Detective Comics'' #575–578; ''Batman: Full Circle'' 
|November 2017
|978-1401274566
|-
|''Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Volume 1''
|''Detective Comics'' #568–574; 579–582
|April 2018
|978-1401271084
|-
|''Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Volume 2''
|''Detective Comics'' #583–591, ''Annual'' #1
|October 2018
|978-1401284688
|-
|''Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Volume 3''
|''Detective Comics'' #592–600
|February 2020
|978-1779501011
|-
|''Batman: Blind Justice''
|''Detective Comics'' #598–600
|May 2005
|978-1-56389-047-5
|-
|''[[Batman: Anarky]]''
|''Detective Comics'' #608–609, ''Batman Chronicles'' #1, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #40–41, and ''Anarky'' #1–4
|February 1999
|978-1-56389-437-4
|-
|''Batman: Knightfall Volume 1''
|''Batman: Vengeance of Bane'' #1, ''Batman'' #491–500, ''Detective Comics'' #659–666, <br />''Showcase '93'' #7–8 ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #16–18
|May 2012
|978-1401233792
|-
|''Batman: Knightfall Volume 2: Knightquest''
|''Detective Comics'' #667–675, ''Shadow of the Bat'' #19–20, 24–28, ''Batman'' #501–508, ''Catwoman'' #6–7 ''Robin'' #7
|May 2012
|978-1401235369
|-
|''Batman: Knightfall Volume 3: KnightsEnd''
|''Batman #509–510, 512–514'', ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #29–30, 32–34, ''Detective Comics'' #676–677, 679–681, <br />''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #62–63, ''Robin'' #8–9, 11–13, ''Catwoman'' #12–13
|September 2012
|978-1401237219
|-
|''Batman: Prelude to Knightfall''
|''Batman: Vengeance of Bane'' #1, ''Batman'' #484–491, ''Detective Comics'' #654–658
|September 2018
|978-1401284220
|-
|''Batman: Knightfall Vol. 1''
|''Batman'' #492–497, ''Detective Comics'' #659–663
|September 2018
|978-1401284299
|-
|''Batman: Knightfall Vol. 2''
|''Batman'' #498–500, ''Detective Comics'' #664–666, ''Showcase '93'' #7–8, ''Shadow of the Bat'' #16–18
|September 2018
|978-1401284398
|-
|''Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade Vol. 1''
|''Detective Comics'' #667–670, ''Robin'' #1–2, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #19–20, ''Batman'' #501–504, ''Catwoman'' #6–7
|October 2018
|978-1401284503
|-
|''Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade Vol. 2''
|''Detective Comics'' #671–675, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #24–28, ''Batman'' #505–508, ''Showcase '94'' #7
|October 2018
|978-1401284589
|-
|''Batman: KnightsEnd''
|''Batman'' #509–510, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #29–30, ''Detective Comics'' #676–677, ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #62–63, ''Robin'' #8–9, ''Catwoman'' #12–13, ''Showcase '94'' #10
|December 2018
|978-1401285180
|-
|''Batman: [[Zero Hour: Crisis in Time|Zero Hour]]''
| ''Batman'' #0, #511; ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #0, 31; ''Detective Comics'' #0, 678; ''Catwoman'' #0, 14; <br />''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #0; ''Robin'' #0, 10.
|June 2017
|978-1401272586
|-
|''Batman: Prodigal''
|''Batman'' #512–514, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #32–34, ''Detective Comics'' #679–681 and ''Robin'' #0 and #11–13
|January 2019
|978-1401285609
|-
|''Batman: Troika''
| ''Batman'' #515, ''Batman: Shadow of The Bat'' #35, ''Detective Comics'' #682, ''Robin'' #14, ''Nightwing: Alfred Returns'' and ''Batman: Vengeance of Bane II''
|February 2019
|978-1401285876
|-
|''Robin Vol. 5: War of the Dragons''
|''Robin'' #14–22, ''Robin Annual'' #3 and ''Detective Comics'' #685–686
|January 2018
|978-1401275129
|-
|''Batman: Contagion''
|Collects ''Azrael'' #15–16, ''Batman'' #529, ''Batman Chronicles'' #4, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #48–49,<br /> ''Catwoman'' #31–35, ''Detective Comics'' #695–696, ''Robin'' #27–30
|March 2016
|978-1401260682
|-
|''Batman: Legacy Volume 1''
|''Batman'' #533, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #53, ''Catwoman'' #33–35, ''Detective Comics'' #697–700 and ''Robin'' #31.
|April 2017
|978-1401272029
|-
|''Batman: Legacy Volume 2''
|''Batman'' #534, ''Batman: Bane'' #1, ''Batman: Bane of the Demon'' #1–4, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #54,<br /> ''Detective Comics'' #701–702, ''Robin'' #32–33
|February 2018
|978-1401277611
|-
|''Batman: Cataclysm''
|''Batman'' #553–554, ''Detective Comics'' #719–721, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #73–74, ''Nightwing'' #19–20,<br /> ''Catwoman'' #56–57, ''Robin'' #52–53, ''Azrael'' #40, ''Batman Chronicles'' #12, ''Batman: Blackgate'' #1, <br />''Batman: Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma'' #1, and ''Batman: Arkham Asylum – Tales of Madness'' #1
|June 2015
|978-1401255152
|-
|''Batman: Road to No Man's Land Volume 1''
|''Detective Comics'' #722, 724–726, ''Batman'' #555–559, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #75–79, ''Robin'' #54, and ''Batman Chronicles'' #14
|October 2015
|978-1401258276
|-
|''Batman: Road to No Man's Land Volume 2''
|''Detective Comics'' #727–729, ''Batman'' #560–562, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #80–82,<br /> ''Batman Chronicles'' #15, ''Azrael'' #47–50, and ''Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files & Origins'' #1
|July 2016
|978-1401260637
|-
|''Batman: No Man's Land Volume 1''
|''Batman: No Man's Land'' #1, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #83–86, ''Batman'' #563–566, ''Detective Comics'' #730–733,<br /> ''Azrael: Agent of the Bat'' #51–55, ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #117–118, ''Batman Chronicles'' #16
|December 2011
|978-1401232283
|-
|''Batman: No Man's Land Volume 2''
|''Batman'' #567–568, ''Detective Comics'' #734–735, ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #119–121,<br /> ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #87–88, ''Batman Chronicles'' #17, ''Robin'' #67, ''Nightwing'' #35–37, ''Catwoman'' #72–74, <br />''Azrael: Agent of the Bat'' #56–57, ''Young Justice: No Man's Land'' #1
|April 2012
|978-1401233808
|-
|''Batman: No Man's Land Volume 3''
|''Batman'' #569-71, ''Detective Comics'' #736–738, ''Azrael: Agent of the Bat'' #58, ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #122–124,<br /> ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #89–92, ''Robin'' #68–72, and ''Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files and Origins'' #1
|August 2012
|978-1401234560
|-
|''Batman: No Man's Land Volume 4''
|''Batman Chronicles'' #18, ''Batman'' #572–574, ''Detective Comics'' #739–741, ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #125–126,<br /> ''Robin'' #73, ''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #93–94, ''Azrael: Agent of the Bat'' #59–61, ''Catwoman'' #75–77, ''Nightwing'' #38–39 and ''Batman: No Man's Land'' #0
|December 2012
|978-1401235642
|-
|''Batman: Evolution''
|''Detective Comics'' #743–750
|August 2001
|978-1-56389-726-9
|-
|''Batman: New Gotham Volume 1''
|''Detective Comics'' #742–753
|May 2017
|978-1401263676
|-
|''Batman: Officer Down''
|''Batman'' #587, ''Robin'' #86, ''Birds of Prey'' #27, ''Catwoman'' #90, ''Nightwing'' #53, ''Detective Comics'' #754, ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' #13
|August 2001
|978-1-56389-787-0
|-
|''Batman: New Gotham Volume 2''
|''Detective Comics'' #755–765
|March 2018
|978-1401277949
|-
|''Batman: Bruce Wayne – Murderer?''
|''Batgirl'' #24, 27, ''Batman'' #599–602, ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' #25–28, ''Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure'' #1,<br /> ''Birds Of Prey'' #39–41, 43, ''Detective Comics'' #766–767, ''Nightwing'' #65–66, 68–69 and ''Robin'' #98–99
|March 2014
|978-1401246839
|-
|''Batman: Bruce Wayne – Fugitive''
|''Batman'' #603–607, ''Detective Comics'' #768–775, ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' #29–32 and ''Batgirl'' #29, 33
|July 2014
|978-1401246822
|-
|''[[Batman: The Man Who Laughs]]''
|''Detective Comics'' #784–786 and ''Batman: The Man Who Laughs''
|January 2008 (hardcover)<br /> February 2009(softcover)
|978-1-4012-1622-1 <br /> 978-1-4012-1626-9
|-
|''Batman: False Faces''
|''Batman'' #588-590, ''Detective Comics'' #787, ''Wonder Woman'' #160-161, and ''Batman: Gotham City Secret Files'' #1
|February 2008
|978-1-4012-1640-5
|-
|''Batman: War Drums''
|''Detective Comics'' #790–796 and ''Robin'' (vol. 2) #126–128
|October 2004
|978-1-4012-0341-2
|-
|''Batman: War Games Act One – Outbreak''
|''Batman: The 12-Cent Adventure'', ''Detective Comics'' #797, ''Batman'' #631, ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #182, <br />''Nightwing'' #96, ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' #56, ''Robin'' #129, ''Batgirl'' #55, ''Catwoman'' #34
|February 2006
|978-1401204297
|-
|''Batman: War Games Act Two – Tides''
|''Detective Comics'' #798, ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #183, ''Nightwing'' #97,<br /> ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' #57, ''Robin'' #130, ''Batgirl'' #56, ''Catwoman'' #35, ''Batman'' #632
|June 2005
|978-1401204303
|-
|''Batman: War Games Act Three – Endgame''
|''Batgirl'' #57, ''Batman'' #633, ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' #58, ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #184, <br />''Catwoman'' #36, ''Detective Comics'' #799, ''Nightwing'' #98, ''Robin'' 131
|October 2005
|978-1401204310
|-
|''[[Batman: City of Crime]]''
|''Detective Comics'' #800–808, 811–814
|July 2006
|978-1-4012-0897-4
|-
|''Batman: War Crimes''
|''Batman'' #643–644, ''Detective Comics'' #809–810
|February 2006
|978-1-4012-0903-2
|-
|''Batman Arkham: Victor Zsasz''
|''Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #1–4, a story from ''Batman Chronicles'' #3, ''Batman: Batgirl'' (1998) #1, ''Detective Comics'' #815–816,<br/> ''Batman: Streets of Gotham'' #10–11; a story from ''Detective Comics'' v2 #18 <br/>and the never-before-published story "Draining," originally intended for ''Gotham Knights'' #12.
|February 2020
|978-1401298975
|-
|''[[Batman: Face the Face]]''
|''Detective Comics'' #817–820, ''Batman'' #651–654
|September 2006
|978-1-4012-0910-0
|-
|''Batman: Detective''
|''Detective Comics'' #821–826
|April 2007
|978-1-4012-1239-1
|-
|''Batman: Death and the City''
|''Detective Comics'' #827–834
|November 2007
|978-1-4012-1575-0
|-
|''Batman: Harley Quinn''
|''Batman: Harley Quinn'', ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' # 14, 30, ''Detective Comics'' #831, 837. ''Joker's Asylum: Harley Quinn'' #1, ''Batman Black and White'' #1, 3, ''Legends of the Dark Knight 100-Page Super Spectacular'' #1, ''Detective Comics'' (2011) #23.2
|July 2015
|978-1401255176
|-
|''Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul''
|''Batman'' #670–671, ''Robin'' #168–169, ''Detective Comics'' #838–839, ''Nightwing'' #138–139, ''Batman Annual'' #26 and ''Robin Annual'' #7
|May 2009
|978-1401220327
|-
|''Batman: Private Casebook''
|''Detective Comics'' #840–845 and ''DC Infinite Halloween Special''
|December 2008 (hardcover)<br />November 2009 (softcover)
|978-1-4012-2009-9<br />978-1-4012-2015-0
|-
|''Batman: Heart of Hush''
|''Detective Comics'' #846–850
|April 2009 (hardcover)<br />March 2010 (softcover)
|978-1-4012-2123-2<br />978-1-4012-2124-9
|-
|''Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?''
|''Batman'' #686, ''Detective Comics'' #853, ''Batman Black and White'' #2, ''Secret Origins'' (Volume 2) #36, ''Secret Origins Special'' (Volume 2) #1
|July 2009
|978-1-4012-2303-8
|-
|''[[Batwoman: Elegy]]''
|''Detective Comics'' #854–860
|July 2010 (hardcover)<br />June 2011 (softcover)
|978-1-4012-2692-3<br />978-1-4012-3146-0
|-
|''Batwoman by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III''
|''Detective Comics'' #854–863
|June 2017
|978-1401274139
|-
|''Batman: Arkham Reborn''
|''Battle for the Cowl: Arkham Asylum'' #1, ''Arkham Reborn'' #1–3, ''Detective Comics'' 864–865
|August 2010
|978-1401227081
|-
|''Batman: Impostors''
|''Detective Comics'' #867–870
|August 2011
|978-1-4012-3144-6
|-
|''Batman: The Black Mirror''
|''Detective Comics'' #871–881
|November 2011
|978-1-4012-3206-1
|-
|}

===''[[The New 52]]''===

[[The New 52]] saw every DC Comics series collected in its entirety in trade paperback form. Notably, collected volumes of ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 were published in hardcover editions first, with paperback editions being delayed until the release of the next hardcover volume.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!#
! style="vertical-align:bottom; class="unsortable"| Title
! style="vertical-align:bottom; class="unsortable"| Material Collected
! style="vertical-align:bottom; | Publication date
! style="vertical-align:bottom; class="unsortable"| ISBN
|-
|1
|'''''Faces of Death'''''
| ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #1–7
| '''HC:''' June 2012<br>'''SC:''' April 2013
| '''HC:''' 978-1401234669<br>'''SC:''' 978-1401234676
|-
|2
|'''''Scare Tactics'''''
| ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #8–12, #0, ''Detective Comics Annual'' vol. 2 #1 
| '''HC:''' April 2013<br>'''SC:''' November 2013
| '''HC:''' 978-1401238408<br>'''SC:''' 978-1401242657
|-
|3
|'''''Emperor Penguin'''''
| ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #13–18 
| '''HC:''' November 2013<br>'''SC:''' July 2014
| '''HC:''' 978-1401242664<br>'''SC:''' 978-1401246346
|-
|4
|'''''The Wrath'''''
| ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #19–24, ''Detective Comics Annual'' vol. 2 #2
| '''HC:''' July 2014<br>'''SC:''' November 2014
| '''HC:''' 978-1401246334<br>'''SC:''' 978-1401249977 
|-
|5
|'''''Gothtopia'''''
| ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #25–29
| '''HC:''' November 2014<br>'''SC:''' May 2015
| '''HC:''' 978-1401249984<br>'''SC:''' 978-1401254667
|-
|6
|'''''Icarus'''''
| ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #30–34, ''Detective Comics Annual'' vol. 2 #3
| '''HC:''' May 2015<br>'''SC:''' January 2016
| '''HC:''' 978-1401254421<br>'''SC:''' 978-1401258023
|-
|7
|'''''Anarky'''''
|''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #35–40, ''Detective Comics: Endgame'' #1, ''Detective Comics: Futures End'' #1
| '''HC:''' January 2016<br>'''SC:''' August 2016
| '''HC:''' 978-1401257491<br>'''SC:''' 978-1401263546
|-
|8
|'''''Blood of Heroes'''''
|''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #41–46
| '''HC:''' August 2016<br>'''SC:''' December 2016
| '''HC:''' 978-1401263553<br>'''SC:''' 978-1401269241
|-
|9
|'''''Gordon at War'''''
|''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #47–52
| '''HC:''' December 2016<br>'''SC:''' June 2017
| '''HC:''' 978-1401269234<br>'''SC:''' 978-1401274115
|-
|}

Material from ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 was also included in several collections of crossover events, each printed in both hardcover and softcover. In each case, the material consisted of tie-ins to the main event.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="vertical-align:bottom; class="unsortable"| Title
! style="vertical-align:bottom; class="unsortable"| Material Collected
! style="vertical-align:bottom; | Publication date
! style="vertical-align:bottom; class="unsortable"| ISBN
|-
| '''''Batman: [[Night of the Owls]]'''''
| ''All-Star Western'' vol. 3 #9; ''Batman'' vol. 2 #8–9; ''Batman Annual'' vol. 2 #1; ''Batman: The Dark Knight'' vol. 2 #9; ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #9; ''Batgirl'' vol. 4 #9; ''Batwing'' #9; ''Birds of Prey'' vol. 3 #9; ''Nightwing'' vol. 3 #8–9; ''Batman and Robin'' vol. 2 #9; ''Catwoman'' vol. 4 #9; ''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' #9
| '''HC:''' February 2013<br>'''SC:''' November 2013
| '''HC:''' {{ISBNT|978-1401237738}}<br>'''SC:''' {{ISBNT|978-1401242527}}
|-
| '''''The Joker: [[Batman: Death of the Family|Death of the Family]]'''''
| ''Catwoman'' vol. 4 #13–14; ''Batgirl'' vol. 4 #13–16; ''Suicide Squad'' vol. 4 #14–15; ''Batman and Robin'' vol. 2 #15–16; ''Nightwing'' vol. 3 #15–16; ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #15–16; ''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' #15–16; ''Teen Titans'' vol. 4 #15–16
| '''HC:''' October 2013<br>'''SC:''' April 2014
| '''HC:''' {{ISBNT|978-1401242343}}<br>'''SC:''' {{ISBNT|978-1401246464}}
|-
| '''''DC Comics: [[Batman: Zero Year|Zero Year]]'''''
| ''Action Comics'' vol. 2 #25; ''Batgirl'' vol. 4 #25; ''Batman'' vol. 2 #24–25; ''Batwing'' #25; ''Batwoman'' #25; ''Birds of Prey'' vol. 3 #25; ''Catwoman'' vol. 4 #25; ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #25; ''Green Arrow'' vol. 6 #25; ''Green Lantern Corps'' vol. 3 #25; ''Nightwing'' vol. 3 #25; ''Red Hood and The Outlaws'' #25; ''The Flash'' vol. 4 #25
| '''HC:''' November 2014<br>'''SC:''' April 2015
| '''HC:''' {{ISBNT|978-1401249373}}<br>'''SC:''' {{ISBNT|978-1401253370}}
|-
| '''''The Joker: [[Batman: Endgame|Endgame]]'''''
| ''Batman'' vol. 2 #35–40; ''Batman Annual'' vol. 2 #3; ''Gotham Academy: Endgame'' #1; ''Batgirl: Endgame'' #1; ''Detective Comics: Endgame'' #1; ''Arkham Manor: Endgame'' #1
| '''HC:''' September 2015<br>'''SC:''' May 2016
| '''HC:''' {{ISBNT|978-1401258771}}<br>'''SC:''' {{ISBNT|978-1401261658}}
|-
|}

===''[[DC Rebirth]]'' to present===

Volumes 1–5 were published with DC Rebirth trade dress on the cover. This was dropped from volume 6 onwards, coinciding with the end of "DC Rebirth" branding on the series from issue #970 onwards.

Numbering on the collected editions was restarted from volume 1 with the start of Peter Tomasi's run as writer in issue #994. The first three volumes were published in hardcover editions first, before being reprinted in paperback.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!class="unsortable"| #
! class="unsortable"| Title
! class="unsortable"| Material collected
! class="unsortable"| Pages
! class="unsortable"| Cover
! Date Published
! class="unsortable"| ISBN
|-
! colspan="7" |Original printings
|-
|1
|'''''Rise of the Batmen'''''
|''Detective Comics'' #934–940
|176
| rowspan="10" |[[Trade paperback (comics)|TPB]]
|{{dts|2017-2-1}}
| {{nowrap|{{ISBNT|978-1401267995}}}}
|-
| colspan="2" |'''''Batman: Night of the Monster Men'''''
|''Batman'' vol. 3 #7–8; ''Detective Comics'' #941–942; ''Nightwing'' vol. 4 #5–6
|144
|{{dts|2017-2-22}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401270674}}
|-
|2
|'''''The Victim Syndicate'''''
|''Detective Comics'' #943–949
|168
|{{dts|2017-5-10}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401268916}}
|-
|3
|'''''League of Shadows'''''
|''Detective Comics'' #950–956
|184
|{{dts|2017-10-4}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401276096}}
|-
|4
|'''''Deus Ex Machina'''''
|''Detective Comics'' #957–962
| rowspan="2" |144
|{{dts|2017-12-13}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401274979}}
|-
|5
|'''''A Lonely Place of Living'''''
|''Detective Comics'' #963–968
|{{dts|2018-4-4}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401278229}}
|-
|6
|'''''Fall of the Batmen'''''
|''Detective Comics'' #969–974 and ''Annual'' #1
|184
|{{dts|2018-6-20}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401281458}}
|-
|7
|'''''Batmen Eternal'''''
|''Detective Comics'' #975–981
|176
|{{dts|2018-9-5}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401284213}}
|-
|8
|'''''On The Outside'''''
|''Detective Comics'' #982–987
|144
|{{dts|2018-12-5}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401285289}}
|-
|9
|{{nowrap|'''''Deface The Face'''''}}
|''Detective Comics'' #988–993
|168
|{{dts|2019-4-3}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401290641}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |'''''Mythology'''''
| rowspan="2" |''Detective Comics'' #994–999
| rowspan="2" |144
| HC
|{{dts|2019-9-10}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779501622}}
|-
| TPB
|{{dts|2020-2-20}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779501721}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2
| rowspan="2" |'''''Arkham Knight'''''
| rowspan="2" |''Detective Comics'' #1001–1005
| rowspan="2" |144
| HC
|{{dts|2019-12-17}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779501646}}
|-
| TPB
|{{dts|2020-9-8}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779502513}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |3
| rowspan="2" |'''''Greetings From Gotham'''''
| rowspan="2" |''Detective Comics'' #1006–1011
| rowspan="2" |144
| HC
|{{dts|2020-4-8}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401288617}}
|-
| TPB
|{{dts|2020-9-29}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779505545}}
|-
|4
|'''''Cold Vengeance'''''
|''Detective Comics'' #1012–1019
|192
|TPB
|{{dts|2020-12-29}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779504555}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |5
| rowspan="2" |'''''The [[Joker War]]'''''
| rowspan="2" |''Detective Comics'' #1020–1027 and ''Annual'' #3; ''Batman: Pennyworth R.I.P''
| rowspan="2" |256
|HC
|{{dts|2021-03-23}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779509222}}
|-
|TPB
|{{dts|2023-08-22}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779521125}}
|-
|6
|'''''The Road to Ruin'''''
|''Detective Comics'' #1028–1033
|144
|HC
|{{dts|2021-10-5}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779512703}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |'''''The Neighborhood'''''
| rowspan="2" |''Detective Comics'' #1034–1039
| rowspan="2" |203
|HC
|{{dts|2022-02-08}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779514226}}
|-
|TPB
|{{dts|2023-02-21}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779519863}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2
| rowspan="2" |'''''[[Fear State]]'''''
| rowspan="2" |''Detective Comics'' #1040–1045, backup stories from #1040–1043 and ''Batman Secret Files: Huntress'' #1
| rowspan="2" |240
|HC
|{{dts|2022-07-05}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779515551}}
|-
|TPB
|{{dts|2023-06-27}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779520180}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |3
| rowspan="2" |'''''Arkham Rising'''''
| rowspan="2" |''Detective Comics'' #1046, backup stories from #1044–1046 and ''Annual'' 2021
| rowspan="2" |128
|HC
|{{dts|2022-09-13}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779518057}}
|-
|TPB
|{{dts|2024-01-23}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779520012}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |—
| rowspan="2" |'''''[[Shadows of the Bat (event)|Shadows of the Bat]]: House of Gotham'''''
| rowspan="2" |''Detective Comics'' backup stories from #1047–1058
| rowspan="2" |144
|HC
|{{dts|2022-12-22}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779517012}}
|-
|TPB
|{{dts|2024-01-09}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779520821}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |—
| rowspan="2" |'''''[[Shadows of the Bat (event)|Shadows of the Bat]]: The Tower'''''
| rowspan="2" |''Detective Comics'' #1047–1058
| rowspan="2" |296
|HC
|{{dts|2022-12-27}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779517005}}
|-
|TPB
|{{dts|2024-01-09}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779520838}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |4
| rowspan="2" |'''''Riddle Me This'''''
| rowspan="2" |''Detective Comics'' #1059–1061
| rowspan="2" |112
|HC
|{{dts|2023-04-11}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779520678}}
|-
|TPB
|{{dts|2024-04-09}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779524867}}
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1
|rowspan="2" | '''''Gotham Nocturne: Overture'''''
|rowspan="2" | ''Detective Comics'' #1062–1065
|rowspan="2" | 152
| HC
|{{dts|2023-08-15}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779520944}}
|-
|TPB
|{{dts|2024-07-30}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779525567 }}
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2
|rowspan="2" | '''''Gotham Nocturne: Act I'''''
|rowspan="2" | ''Detective Comics'' #1066–1070 and ''Annual'' 2022
|rowspan="2" | 232
| HC
|{{dts|2024-02-13}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779524621}}
|-
|TPB
|{{dts|2024-08-13}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779529381 }}
|-
|rowspan="2" | 3
|rowspan="2" | '''''Gotham Nocturne: Act II'''''
|rowspan="2" | ''Detective Comics'' #1071–1075
|rowspan="2" | 184
| HC
|rowspan="2" |{{dts|2024-09-17}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779527424}}
|-
| TPB
|{{ISBNT|978-1779529428}}
|-
|rowspan="2" | 4
|rowspan="2" | '''''Gotham Nocturne Intermezzo: Batman, Outlaw'''''
|rowspan="2" | ''Detective Comics'' #1076–1080
|rowspan="2" | 232
|HC
|rowspan="2" |{{dts|2024-12-31}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1779528568}}
|-
| TPB
|{{ISBNT|978-1779529459}}
|-
! colspan="7" | Deluxe hardcovers
|-
| colspan="2" |Book 1
|''Detective Comics'' #934–949
|388
| rowspan="5" |OHC
|{{dts|2017-11-7}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401276089}}
|-
| colspan="2" |Book 2
|''Detective Comics'' #950–962
|320
|{{dts|2018-5-15}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401278571}}
|-
| colspan="2" |Book 3
|''Detective Comics'' #963–973 and ''Annual'' #1
|320
|{{dts|2018-10-30}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401284817}}
|-
| colspan="2" |Book 4
|''Detective Comics'' #974–982
|296
|{{dts|2019-4-23}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401289102}}
|-
| colspan="2" |Issue #1000
|''Detective Comics'' #1000
|160
|{{dts|2019-6-18}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1401294199}}
|-
|}

===''Millennium Editions''===
In 2000 and 2001, DC reprinted several of its most notable issues in the ''[[Millennium Edition (DC Comics)|Millennium Edition]]'' series.  Seven issues of ''Detective Comics'' were reprinted in this format.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/series/name/Millennium%20Edition%3A%20Detective%20Comics/sort/alpha/ ''Millennium Edition: Detective Comics''] at the Grand Comics Database</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{Cite book|last= Jones|first= Gerard|author-link= Gerard Jones|title= Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book|publisher= [[Basic Books]]|date= 2004|location= New York, New York|isbn= 0-465-03657-0|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/menoftomorrowgee0000jone}}

==External links==
*[http://www.dccomics.com/comics?type=comic&seriesid=394526#browse ''Detective Comics''] at DC Comics official site
*[http://www.comics.org/series/87/ ''Detective Comics''] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]
*{{comicbookdb|type=title|id=55|title=Detective Comics}}
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