{"id":1962,"date":"2025-06-07T19:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T19:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2025-06-07T19:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T19:14:16","slug":"detective-comics-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/detective-comics-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Detective Comics #27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Title<\/td><td>Detective Comics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Issue<\/td><td>#27<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Publisher<\/td><td>Detective Comics Inc.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Flagship Artist<\/td><td>Bob Kane<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Story Rating<\/td><td>\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cover Rating<\/td><td>\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Genre<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/tag\/superhero\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"471\">Superhero<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Links<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comics.org\/issue\/442\/\">The Grand Comics Database<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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 (cover-dated May 1939).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8217;s name, and\u2014along with Action Comics, the series that launched with the debut of Superman\u2014one of the medium&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1073\" height=\"1650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/detectivecomics27.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/detectivecomics27.jpg 1073w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/detectivecomics27-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/detectivecomics27-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/detectivecomics27-768x1181.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/detectivecomics27-999x1536.jpg 999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1073px) 100vw, 1073px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title Detective Comics Issue #27 Publisher Detective Comics Inc. Flagship Artist Bob Kane Story Rating \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50 Cover Rating \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50 Genre Superhero Links The Grand Comics Database Detective Comics (later retitled as Batman Detective Comics) is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. 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