Detective Comics is the title used for two
American comic book series published by
DC Comics. The first, published from 1937 to 2011, was best known for introducing the
superhero Batman in
Detective Comics #27 (
cover dated May 1939). A second series of the same title was launched in the fall of 2011. The original series 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. The original series published 881 issues between 1937 and 2011 and was the longest continuously published comic book in the United States.