Expert: Mark Harmon - 3/29/2004

Question
hi
i was just doing a little reserch on batman comic books.i was wonderinging if they still made the comic books named detective comics. i know that was the original comic book where batman first came to be and i dont know if they still make that series. if not what  batman series of comics is the oldest that is still around.i get confused with all the new types of batman books and i dont know which ones are the oldest.ive been collecting the comics named Batman but im not sure if there part of detective comics or even if detective comics still exist?


Answer
Hello,

Yes, Detective Comics is still published and still features Batman.  Detective Comics is the longest running comic featuring Batman followed by the Batman series.  Although both stores from each series take place at the same time, stories from the two titles rairly tie together although there are occasional cross-over events between them.

Hope this helps,

Mark