Episode 108 – Andy and Mike Talk About Detective Comics #1027

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight, the show where Andrew Leyland and Michael Bailey shine a light on Batman stories people tend to…overlook.

It’s right there in the name.

This time out Andy and Mike dive into Detective Comics #1027, the celebration of Batman’s first appearance in Detective Comics #27. Andy felt that this issue had mostly left the Bat conversation and was therefore ripe for discussion on this show. After a short conversation about anniversary issues in general, the guys go rapid fire through each of the stories. From a tale going through Batman’s bad guys to the Bat family getting together to solve the murder of GCPD police officer to Bruce Wayne playing a game of golf to the vigilante that guarded Gotham before Batman to a story about the Wayne family to how a young GCPD officer navigates the corruption inherent in the system, this special, oversized, variant cover fueled issue has a wide variety of stories, most of which are a lot of fun.

One is just an advertisement for another series, but that was DC during the era this book was published.

Below is a smattering of the variant covers and pin-ups that appeared in the various editions of this comic.

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Next Time: Andy and Mike talk about the stories in Detective Comics #1000!