Detective Comics is the title used for two American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1937 to 2011, which was best known for introducing the superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27, and a second series of the same title that launched in the fall of 2011. It is the source of its publishing company's name and with Action Comics, the comic book launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series. Its original series published 881 issues between 1937 and 2011, and was the longest continuously published comic book in the United States. ... more on Wikipedia