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Leading into Batman’s big 80th celebration next year, DC  announced the World’s Greatest Detective will be honored with two  milestone book releases in March 2019. DETECTIVE COMICS: 80 YEARS OF BATMAN THE DELUXE EDITION will be a spectacular oversize hardcover book, and DETECTIVE COMICS #1000 will  be a collector’s edition of the 1,000th issue of the periodical comic that launched the high-flying adventures of the world’s most popular Super Hero. 

Since his debut in DETECTIVE COMICS #27 in March 1939, Batman has been the most popular DC Super Hero in the world, resulting in repeated waves of pop culture “Bat-mania” for many generations of fans. Whether known as the Dark Knight, the Caped Crusader or simply Batman, his appeal is global, and he has headlined comic books consistently since  1940, representing thousands of comics titles that have regularly been  industry best-sellers no matter the comic book era.

“The enduring popularity of Batman over the past 80 years speaks to  the character’s multi-generational appeal,” said DC Publishers Jim Lee  and Dan DiDio. “We’re proud to celebrate Batman’s cultural impact with these special releases and look forward to a year of commemorating this milestone anniversary with fans across the globe.”

These two special publishing exclusives, available in March  2019, are certain to become collector’s items as part of DC’s yearlong  plans to honor 80 years of Batman storytelling.