DC The Golden Years

 

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 Augu st 1947 (read Black Canary Story) World’s Finest #30 – September, 1947 19 47 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)