Celebrate 80 Years of Batman with the Detective Comics Deluxe Edition!

William D. Jarrett IV.: This was a very kool comic book, it was different than I thought it would be. It’s kind of a history book of Batman and other hero’s that helped pave the way to entertain comic book readers. Thank you to the contributors to batman, past and present, because Batman’s the main man.

United States on Jun 21, 2023

AUTOPOIESIS: Eine schöne Sammlung, quer durch 80 Jahre Batman. Ermöglicht ein nettes Schmökern durch die Entwicklung der Batman Detective Comics. Kann aufgrund des begrenzten Formats selbstverständlich nur einen kleinen Ausschnitt aus dem beeindruckenden DC Vermächtnis präsentieren. Trotzdem nett und sowohl für interessierte Einsteiger als auch erfahrenere Leser, die bisher keine allumfassende Sammlung besitzen, geeignet.

Germany on May 25, 2022

Aaron Ramirez: Cumple con lo descrito en la descripción. Rápida y confiable entrega

Mexico on Jan 06, 2022

Kalyan Singai: The origin of the batman and his journey. This should be in your collection if you are a comic book collector.

India on Mar 05, 2021

Fernando Sánchez Díaz: Es un excelente libro de celebración a Batman y el título Detective Comics. Un breve viaje sobre la historia del título, sus inicios y la posterior entrada de Batman a ese cómic del cuál el resto es historia y se convirtió en su propiedad.

Trae varios ensayos muy interesantes sobre Batman y su influencia en la industria del entretenimiento que complementan a la perfección cada cómic seleccionado que incluye desde los años 30 hasta 2010.

Una compra obligada para los y las grandes fans.

Mexico on May 15, 2020

IMHO Tep: Brilliantly curated selection of stories from the pages of Detective Comics. Understand that is what you are getting. This isn’t 80 years of Batman, so there are great never reprinted stories featuring The Crimson Avenger, Slam Bradley and many others who made their first appearances here in these pages.

One review noted the absence of The Joker from this tome, but if you look at the history of the villain you’d see the vast majority of his important stories occur in the pages of BATMAN not DETECTIVE Comics.

The articles written by several notables in pop culture and Batman history add nothing to the volume with the exception of Paul Levitz’s piece which explains how National Comics would come to be known as DC Comics— and the DC does not stand for what you think it does.

The selections of stories include several Batman ones that have been reprinted elsewhere but it was nice to see such an emphasis on non-Batman and early Batman stories rather than the pablum DC Comics puts out today. I guess that owes some small part to the fact that they don’t do simple stories any longer and everything has to be a six page epic.

This is a handsome and well...

United States on Mar 24, 2019

S. PierangeloS. Pierangelo: Le mille uscite di "Detective Comics" (il primo numero è datato Marzo 1937) coincidono con gli ottanta anni di Batman che salì a bordo della storica rivista nel numero 27 datato Maggio 1939.
In questo volume sono raccolte le storie di Batman più significative apparse su questa collana ma anche quelle di altri personaggi che fecero da comprimari nella testata come i Boy Commandos, Pow-Wow Smith e Martian Manhunter.
Al collezionista batmaniano esperto non offre molto di nuovo però considerazioni e redazionali di vari autori e critici del settore, sparsi qua e la tra le pagine del volume, danno un valore aggiunto a questa raccolta.
Molto ben fatto, ben stampato e con una rilegatura robusta è decisamente un ottimo prodotto consigliato a tutti gli amanti non solo del personaggio ma dei comics in generale.
Nelle immagini la copertina del volume senza la sovracoperta.

Italy on Mar 23, 2019

Lisa B. Molina: This is an incredibly good collection that not only houses some of the best Batman stories and the ones that introduce bat-family members, but also long forgotten Detective comics characters such as Slam Bradley and Pow-Wow Smith. However, what I’ve always thought is one of Batman’s greatest assets is his villains. While some of his most well known rogues have their first appearance in this collection(Two-Face, Man-Bat, Riddler), one is noticeably absent. Unfortunately that one is the greatest comics villain of all time, The Joker. There are only references to him, such as that is of the unnamed burglar climbing out of the vat of acid is the 2014 remake of Detective comics 27, or the murder of Commissioner Gordon’s wife, but he never appears as the Joker in panel. While I know Batman collections such as this are over saturated with the Joker, and am glad other villains got their spotlight this time around, It the Joker is the batman’s Greatest villain, and not seeing him in any of the stories is a disservice.

United States on Mar 18, 2019

Brett L.: This nice hardbound edition offers a wide variety of stories from detective comics over the last 80 years. While the majority of the stories are Batman stories, some are about other characters who have been featured in Detective, like the Manhunter from Mars and Pow-Pow Smith, which I had never read before. his volume offers a wide variety of Batman through the years. I do wish that one day they would reprint the stories done by Neal Adams in their original form, not the re-colorized (or inked, I guess) versions that he did a few years back. I read the essays just for the sake of completeness but they added nothing, although one was quite, unintentionally, laughable. Great collection for old fogeys like me or for newer readers wanting a little Bat-history. They really did this one right.

United States on Mar 15, 2019

Jmroark80Jmroark80: After DC's 80 Years Of Superman Celebration last year, Action Comics #1000 and all the awesomeness that came with it, I was very excited for this year with DC's 80 Year's celebration of Batman. This deluxe edition is a wonderful addition to my collection and I'm very glad I purchased it. While it is not as great (in my opinion) as the Superman book from last year, it's still a worthy tribute to The Dark Knight and I highly recommend it to the collector's out there! Thanks DC!

United States on Mar 13, 2019