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Detective Comics #1034

DC · Series began 2011 · May 2021

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Dates

Cover date: May 2021
On sale: March 23, 2021
In stores: March 23, 2021
Pages: 44

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Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #1034 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Dan Mora Cover

Barcode 76194134373003411
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Lee Bermejo Cardstock Variant Cover

Barcode 76194134373003421
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2nd printing

Second Printing Bryan Hitch Cover

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 76194134373003412
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Variant CoverMetron
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Story arc: The Neighborhood

This is part 1 of 6. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Also part of: Demon or Detective?

Creators

pencils: Dan Mora, Gleb Melnikov, Riley Rossmoinks: Dan Mora, Gleb Melnikov, Riley Rossmocolors: Dan Mora, Jordie Bellaire, Gleb Melnikov, Riley Rossmoscript: Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson, Stephanie Phillips, Riley Rossmoletters: Aditya Bidikar, Troy Peteriediting: Dave Wielgosz, Paul Kaminski, Ben Abernathy

Stories

The Neighborhood Part 1 · 20 pages
Batman pursues the Party Crashers, a gang leftover from the Joker War using stolen Wayne Enterprises tech to rob a fundraiser for Mayor Nakano. Later, Bruce Wayne gets to meet his new neighbors, and shortly afterward one of them is abducted.
Demon or Detective? Part Two · 10 pages
Talia asks Damian to join her in the League of Assassins, but when a mystery arises, he decides to return to being Robin to investigate.

Publisher’s description

DC Future State may be over-but the present looks tense! With the loss of his fortune and manor, the election of Mayor Nakano, and the growing anti-vigilante sentiment in Gotham, Bruce Wayne must rethink how to be Batman...or risk being left behind by his own city. To make matters worse, a catastrophic crime wave has taken hold of the city, culminating in a murder mystery that hits close to home-the suspects mount, the clues multiply, and the trail of bodies hasn’t ended yet! Eisner Award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki and superstar artist Dan Mora begin an exciting, surprising, and death-defying new chapter of Detective Comics. Plus, in the second and concluding chapter of “Demon or Detective,” Damian Wayne meets a startling new faction from his family’s checkered past...but what is the League of Lazarus?

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanDamian WayneOswald CobblepotPenguinRobinHelena BertinelliThe HuntressTalia al GhulConnor HawkeRose WilsonRavagerChristopher Nakano

Reprinted in

Batman: Detective Comics (2022), Robin (2022), Batman vs. Robin: Road to War (2022), Batman: Detective Comics (2023)