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Detective Comics #1000: Is the sum of its parts greater than the whole?

Art by Jim Lee and Alex Sinclair Coinciding with Batman's 80th anniversary, March 2019 gave us one of the biggest milestones in comics history: the 1000th issue of Detective Comics , the namesake of DC Entertainment. At nearly 100 pages long, this blockbuster prestige-format comic features 11 short stories from an all-star cast of creators - but do they add up to be the tribute that the Dark Knight deserves? Detective Comics #1000 opens with Batman's Longest Case by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, the creative team behind the widely praised New 52 series and Dark Knights: Metal . This is the intriguing story of Bruce Wayne finally solving a mystery that he has been following since the beginning of his career, and concludes with the introduction of an awesome new concept to the DC Universe that honours Detective Comics ' legacy. Snyder's writing and Capullo's art are just as fantastic as fans have come to expect, making this a perfect first chapter for this ...