DETECTIVE COMICS

The Golden Years

Complete Reading Order

Action Comics #1 – June, 1938

Action Comics #2 – July, 1938

Detective Comics #27 – May, 1939

Superman #1 – June 1939

Action Comics #14 – July 1939

Adventure Comics #40 – July 1939

Detective Comic #33 – November 1939

Flash Comics #1 – January 1940

More Fun Comics #52 – February, 1940

Adventure Comics #48 – March, 1940

Action Comics #23 – April, 1940

Detective Comics #38 – April, 1940

More Fun Comics #55 – May, 1940

Batman #1 – June, 1940

All Star Comics #1 – June 1940

All American Comics #16 – July 1940

All Star Comics #2 – September 1940

All American Comics #19 – October, 1940

DC Special #29 – November, 1940 (actual publication date: 1977)

All Star Comics #3 – December, 1940

Detective Comics #49 – March, 1941

All Star Comics #4 – April 1941

All American Comics #25 – April 1941

Adventure Comics #61 – April 1941

All Star Comics #6 – August 1941

All Star Comics #7 – October 1941

Batman #7 – November, 1941

All Star Comics #8 – December, 1941

All Star Comics #9 – March 1941

Wonder Woman #1 – June 1942

Wonder Woman #2 – September 1942

All Star Comics #11 – 1942 (actual publication date: June 1942)

All Star Comics #12 – August 1942

Batman #15 – February, 1943

All Star Comics #16 – April, 1943

Superman #23 – July, 1943

Wonder Woman #6 – September 1943

Action Comics #64 – September, 1943

Detective Comics #80 – October, 1943

Batman #20 – December, 1943

Wonder Woman #10 – September, 1944

Superman #30 – September, 1944

All American Comics #61 – October, 1944

All Star Comics #23 – December 1944

Batman #31 – October, 1945

All Star Comics #27 – December 1946

Action Comics #93 – Feb, 1946

Superman #40 – May, 1946

Batman: Half Man Half Monster (newspaper) – June/August, 1946

All Star Comics #32 – December 1946

Real Fact Comics #5 – January, 1947

All Star Comics #33 – Feb, 1947

Action Comics #107 – April, 1947

Star Spangled Comics #70 – July, 1947

All Star Comics #36 – August 1947

Flash Comics #86 – August 1947 (read Black Canary Story)

World’s Finest #30 – September, 1947

All Star Comics #37 – November 1947

All Star Comics #38 – January 1948

Wonder Woman #28 – April 1948

Batman #47- June, 1948

All Star Comics #41 – July 1948

Superman #53 – August, 1948

Batman #48 – August, 1948

World’s Finest Comics #37 – November, 1948

Batman #49 – October, 1948

Superman #58 – May, 1949

All Star Comics #49 – October 1949

Superman #61 – November, 1949

Superboy #5 – November, 1949

Detective Comics #156 – Feb, 1950

Superman #65 – July, 1950

Batman #62 – Dec, 1950

Action Comics #151 – December, 1950

All Star Comics #56 – December 1950

Detective Comics #168 – Feb, 1951

Adventure Comics #466 – 1951 (actual publication date: 1979. Only read Huntress story!!)

Superman #76 – May, 1952

The Golden Age – 1950’s (actual publication date: 1993)

Detective Comics #185 – July, 1952

Wonder Woman #53 – July 1952

Superman #79 – November, 1952

Superman #80 – January 1953

Wonder Woman #60 – July 1953

World’s Finest #68 – January 1954

Superman #90 – July, 1954

Batman #81 – Feb, 1954

Detective Comics #216 – Feb, 1955

Adventure Comics #210 – March, 1955

Superman #96 – March, 1955

World’s Finest #75 – March 1955

Superman #97 – May, 1955

Batman #92 – June, 1955

Adventure Comics #214 – July, 1955

World’s Finest #81 – March, 1956

Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #13 – June, 1956

Detective Comics #233 – July, 1956

Detective Comics #235, September, 1956

DC: The New Frontier – 1950’s (actual publication date: 2004)