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Detective Comics #27

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Thanks to resetting the numbering on all of their ongoing titles, DC is about to publish another Detective Comics #27.  The first one was the first appearance of Batman, so this one is a special oversize, overpriced issue with multiple covers to choose from (or buy them all).  One of them is by former Batman legend Frank Miller.

My friend Richard Pace responded with a parody of it:

Inspired, I responded with a couple of my own.

The first is a reaction to the fact that Catwoman has nothing to do with the landmark issue. She wasn’t in it. Batman was. So was Commissioner Gordon:

The second refers to the issue about a year later that introduced Robin. Since DC started over with #1, they have yet to reintroduce Stephanie Brown, a character with a strong fan following, who briefly had the role of Robin, before being killed for cheap shock value. (as happens far too often these days in superhero comics). So I figured they should bring her back in the same issue: