The Detective comic books issue 1

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"The Punch". Story and art by Goff. Minimal color, 32 pages, slick paper stock. Reprints: Detective Chronicles Of Max Faccioni (1998 Caliber) #1. Cover price $2.95.

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1st Edition - 1st printing. Written by Scott Snyder, Kevin Smith, Paul Dini, Warren Ellis, Denny O'Neil, Christopher Priest, Brian Micheal Bendis, Geoff Johns, James Tynion IV, Tom King, Peter J. Tomasi, Robert Venditti, and Alan Grant. Art by Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Dustin Nguyen, Derek Fridolfs, Becky Cloonan, Steven Epting, Neil Adams, Alex Maleev, Kelly Jones, Alvaro Martinez-Bueno, Raul Fernandez, Tony S. Daniel, Joelle Jones, Mikel Janin, Jason Fabok, Amanda Conner, Doug Mahnke, Jaime Mendoza, Steven Segovia, Scott McDaniel, and Rob Hunter. Cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams. Back Cover by Bernie Wrightson. The amazing 1000th issue of DETECTIVE COMICS is collected in this new Deluxe Edition hardcover, including a new story written by Robert Venditti with art by Steven Segovia! This amazing collection is stacked with an unbelievable lineup of talent that will take you on a journey through Batman's past, present and future...plus a sensational epilogue that features the first-ever DC Universe appearance of the deadly Arkham Knight! But who is under the mask? And why do they want Batman dead? The incredible future of Batman adventures begins here! Hardcover, 176 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Jon Dexter. Art and cover by Alfredo Retamar. Donald Mackinder is a detective short on friends and time as he investigates a serial killer somehow connected to the return of an evil entity that ripped his family apart forty years ago, one that has been trapped in a hidden cave in the Appalachian Mountains for centuries... until now. In a city where the criminals wear badges and city hall is run like the mafia, Detective Donald Mackinder must uncover a underground sex cult run by the rich and powerful of Georgia. DIME-STORE DETECTIVE is a whodunit southern thriller for fans of supernatural stories and crime mysteries. Written and created by Jon Dexter, illustrated by Alfredo Retamar, colored by Lucas Urrutia, and lettered by Lucas Urrutia. Softcover, pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing.

Cover by Andy Kubert.

Celebrate one thousand issues since the Worlds Greatest Detectives debut in this hardcover deluxe edition of oversized anniversary issue Detective Comics #1027!

An all-star lineup of creators pay tribute to the many facets of Batmans crime-fighting legacy, including Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez reuniting for a Bat-Family mystery, Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso visiting Gotham Central, the Eisner Award-winning duo of Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky providing their take on Batman versus The Joker, the Batman, Incorporated team of Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham back together for an all-new story examining the urban legend of the Dark Knight, and much more!

Includes Pin-Up Pages by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopexz, Jamal Campbell, Jim Cheung, and Lee Bermejo.

Hardcover, 176 pages, full color.

Credits:

Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Greg Rucka, Matt Fraction, Peter J. Tomasi, James Tynion Iv, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Marv Wolfman, Grant Morrison, Tom King, Scott Snyder, Dan Jurgens, and Mariko Tamaki.

Art by David Marquez, Jamal Campbell, Eduardo Risso, Chip Zdarsky, Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, Riley Rossmo, John Romita Jr., Klaus Janson, Emanuela Lupacchino, Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Burnham, Walter Simonson, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Dan Jurgens, Kevin Nowelan, and Dan Mora.

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Cover by Dan Zolnerowich. Stories and art by Paul Parker, George Tuska, E. J. Smalle, Al McWilliams and Bernie Krigstein. Tales of crime and mobsters, both true and fictional, a prime example of the genre that thrived in the years before the Comics Code. Mamie figures out how to use two-way radios so that she only bets on winning horses. French forger Jean hatches a scheme to swindle his way across 1890s Africa. A New York con man plays an elaborate scam on a San Franciscan tourist, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Walkie-Talkie Mamie; African Penman; A Package from Paris; Two Men from Oregon; Ship-Lifter; The Royal Can Opener; The Helping Hand; Cooked in Oil. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

2nd Edition - 1st printing. "A Remembrance of Threatening Green!" Written by Don McGregor. Art by Marshal Rogers. When Detectives Inc. came out almost two decades ago, it was hailed by Mystery Magazine as a hard-hitting story told in brutally realistic terms. A drama that's tense, powerful, and magnetic. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature Reders. Cover price $6.95.

Vol. 1, No. 1 - February 1949. 7" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

"A Coffin a Day" a novel by John D. MacDonald.

Vol. 1, No. 2 - April 1949. 7" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - June, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 1, No. 4 - August 1949. 7" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Rat Catcher and the Sunken Dead!" Collects Joe Golem: Occult Detective (2015) #1-5.

Written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. Art by Patric Reynolds. Cover by David Palumbo.

Forty years after disaster left Lower Manhattan submerged in thirty feet of water, the Drowning City has taken a turn for the weird, and Joe Golem is there to investigate. A mysterious and terrifying creature has been snatching children and pulling them into the depths of the canals, and those that drowned in the floods are coming back to the surface-alive.

Hardcover, 136 pages, full color.

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Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.

Men's interest magazine focusing on true crime, and police cases. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 76 pages, text, with B&W images Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 1, No. 5 - January 1954. 5" x 7", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 1, No. 1 - March 1951. 7" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Written by Fabian Nicieza. Art and Cover by Patrick Zircher. Reprinting CABLE & DEADPOOL #13. "A MURDER IN PARADISE" Part 1 (of 2) The book that refuses to be cancelled begins a new story arc! With Cable recuperating on his island haven of Providence, who else can investigate when there is "A Murder In Paradise"--? You know who. Say it. Go ahead. Picture it. Deadpool as a detective. Interrogating the most brilliant pacifists on Earth. Monk and Columbo have nothing to fear... 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $1.00.

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2nd Printing. Written by Fabian Nicieza. Art and Cover by Patrick Zircher. Reprinting CABLE & DEADPOOL #13. "A MURDER IN PARADISE" Part 1 (of 2) The book that refuses to be cancelled begins a new story arc! With Cable recuperating on his island haven of Providence, who else can investigate when there is "A Murder In Paradise"--? You know who. Say it. Go ahead. Picture it. Deadpool as a detective. Interrogating the most brilliant pacifists on Earth. Monk and Columbo have nothing to fear... 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $1.00.

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Add to cart VF 8.0 $47.49 View scans Signed by Will Eisner (first page). No autograph certification is included. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Stories, Art and Cover by Will Eisner. Colors by Klaus Janson. Pre-Spirit stories of John Law by Will Eisner. Featuring: The early life of John Law and his enemy/lover Sand Saref in "Meet John Law"; Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy story "The Strange, Ghastly Affair of the Half Dead Mr. Lox"; and John Law in "Ratt Gutt"! Plus: 2-page article "The Coach's Bench"; unfinished cover to the unpublished "Adventures of Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy"; unpublished splash page for Sunday Comics; unpublished cover for "John Law Detective"; and four Spirit splash pages that adapted the unpublished John Law stories. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - January, 1938. "Bulldog of Justice" (novel) by Ralph Powers - When a clever criminal lawyer's trick allowed a convicted man to walk free from the courtroom, fighting District Attorney Jack Webster had to buck both the law and gangdom. Also: "Murder on the Cuff" by Eric Lennox - A sensational columnist had to turn detective for ten seconds; "The Masked Alibi" by John Gregory - State Trooper Hal Robberts played a long hunch on charred evidence; "Satan's Showdown" by Paul Adams - Belden's death scheme of freedom from his wife looked clever and simple enough to be faultless; "Second-Hand Suicide" (novelette) by Harry Widmer - The kid wanted bright lights and the glamour girls...he was ripe to be plucked by a vicious dealer in destinies; "Cocktails for the Corpse" by Ronald Flagg - Duke Morgan, city gunman, took a whirl at mixing murder and superstition; "Big-House Bait" by William A. Langford - A year on Straight Street had made a new man of young Joe...but his former pals had plans of big-house bait in a corpse trap; "A Date with Doom" by Chester Brant - It was Rookie Kirk's first night on the beat alone...and stark tragedy dogged his every footstep; "Death's Signature" by Cliff Howe - A killer tried to write off his crime; and "Trigger Tribunal" by Leon Dupont - Tom Fargo, parole officer, found himself to be a murderer's perfect alibi. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - July, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Digest-sized, 5.5" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W Cover price $0.35.

June 1940 Volume 1, No. 1. Photo cover. Timely Detective Magazine published by Martin Goodman. True crime articles, stories and photos. Slaying of Gorgeous Rose Garcia, The Brooklyn Butcher. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 66 p, B&W Cover price $0.15.