1000 Words on Detective Comics #1000: A Recap and Reflection

Writer: Warren Ellis, Paul Dini, Tom King, Brian Michael Bendis, Peter J. Tomasi, Various, James T Tynion IV, Scott Snyder, Kevin Smith, Christopher Priest, Dennis O’Neil, Geoff Johns / Artist: Alvaro Martinez, Joëlle Jones, Dustin Nguyen, Alex Maleev, Jim Lee, Kelley Jones, Steve Epting, Tony S. Daniel, Greg Capullo, Neal Adams, Doug Mahnke / DC Comics Batman is the second of the World’s Finest to reach his #1000 issue milestone, and it comes at such a poetic time. Batman turns 80 this year, almost to the day and the character has become so incredibly engrained within mainstream media. At any given time, there are at least half a dozen Batman-centric stories. It is very possible that Batman may very well be the most celebrated character of fanfiction. The byproduct of Bob Kane and Bill Finger has had countless movies, animated series and anime, live action series, comics, video games (beat em up and visual novels), and action figures. You name it, Batman has probably been preserved in that media in some way shape or form. Which is why the 96-page giant that is Detective Comics #1000 is so special, because we get to experience a veritable gauntlet of the different aspects of the Batman. Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo open the anthology with “Batman’s Longest Case,” a brilliant showcase of the more pensive side of the character, a heavy emphasis on the “detective.” Snyder, being one of the best Batman writers pound for pound (according to one Uber driver), continues to bring hi…