Detective Comics 1000 Will Be Here Soon

Quite a bit of history led up to Detective Comics #1000.

Batman wasn't the star to start the book, but took over soon after, starting with #27 by Bob Kane with Bill Finger, back in May, 1939, and took over completely by adding Robin to the book with #38, with his Secret Origin.

It even went through 9 previous centennial issues (though, to be fair....one of them wasn't....900 was only 19!).

#100 #200  #300 #400  #500  #600 #700  #800

Brian Bolland variant

As well as so many issues in between....


So many villains started here, like Penguin and Riddler, Two-Face, Clayface, the Calculator....and even some of these short-lived villains like Zebra Man and Zodiac Master, though they weren't as much a pest as Bat-Mite!



There were also other heroes in Detective Comics who were detectives, times when Batman's dad was the hero, or maybe a Mystery Man, as well as times Batman was more stylish than others.


Heck, Batman must be starting to feel a little old, as Batman's own title is 79 (with Batman approaching 80 years!).

Dan Jurgens/Kevin Nowlan variant

 
Sadly, Detective Comics was outpaced by Action Comics, who got to 1000 first.


What will happen in the next 1000 issues?

Action Comics 1000 Will Be Here Soon

Quite a bit of history led up to Action Comics #1000.

It started with a #1, by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, back in June, 1938, who even got to be special stars of issue #554.

It went through 9 previous centennial special anniversary issues, all of which featured a Superman with red trunks!

#100  #200  #300 #400  #500  #600 #700  #800 #900

As well as so many issues in between....

It premiered villains like the Parasite and Faora Hu-Ul of the Phantom Zone, as well as Superman's cousin, Supergirl, who had 4 Giants in Action Comics devoted to her!

Outpaced Detective Comics, to take the lead of DC Comics' issues.

What will happen in the next 1000 issues?