Detective Comics #1
Detective Comics » Detective Comics #1 - The Murders of Cap'n Scum released by DC Comics on March 1937.
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5 (0) 4 (0) 3 (1) 2 (2) 1 (1) 2.1 starsAverage score of 4 user reviews
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An inauspicious start 0
I wouldn't ordinarily suggest judging a book by its cover, but it's clear just from the cover image that the first issue of Detective Comics falls squarely into the Yellow Peril genre. Two of the stories, "The Claws of the Red Dragon" and "Slam Bradley", feature the stereotypical Chinese villains being defeated by heroic Americans. For a change of pace, "Speed Saunders and the River Patrol" has Chinese immigrants as the victims of a crime, rather than the perpetrators.The first issue of Detectiv...
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Not soo good, BUT NOR bad at all 0
I like the idea to combine detective stories with ironic humor and this comic is very good at this. It's not so great because has low quality but don't judge DC cuz it's their first publication. I also read the reprinted version and i need to say that it looks cool for a 1937 detective comic....
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Detective Review #1 0
Issue with multiple stories, most of the plot is what I call "classic 30's" wich means quick and simple, not to much elaborate. Some of them have nice drawing, the others might not age well or might not be appreciate by an adult reader. Their quality is usually ok, but it's mostly average .Can be compare to "les aventures de Tintin" more than often. Still, the comic is nice and easy to read. Contain pretty much every kind of detective case ( murder, robbery, kidnapping and mystery) in the storie...
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An golden issue with flaws because of time 0
As someone who just started reading comics from golden age I can not give a high score of it but also I can not deny the good parts of it and understand some of it flaws I see in it. Definitely this is an important issue that started a legendary series that introduce later on one of the most iconic characters in comics (Batman). But sadly the tropes and stereotypical characters did not age well after 80+ years....
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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