There is a legend among DC Comics fans, one that is based on factual events. It’s simply this — “apes sell comics”. Say this ...

Batman is a narratively versatile character within DC Comics' pantheon. However, the brooding hero's pulpier storylines tend ...

Batman and the Bat-Family race to stop a mysterious killer stalking Gotham's young men in Detective Comics #1095, hitting ...

First of the Detective Matthew Venn books, by Ann Cleeves ... This series is Scandinavian Noir with some added comic relief and has been well received: Adler-Olsen’s Nordic crime-writing ...

We only catch a glimpse of a man dragging a body through the bowels of the New York City subway, but his mask is the giveaway ...

The sales of comic books increased markedly during World War ... Horror and crime were popular, notably The Spirit, a masked detective who captured villains and dispensed justice.

Thermopolis turns up in odd places. In a 1982 film, Daffy Duck fought Bugs Bunny for the right to sell books there and in ...