#detective comis

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Detective Comics #73  || Scanned at 300dpi

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Batman #408 (June '87) is where Jason gets his street-rat backstory, so that's what I'm considering the official start of post-crisis continuity.

However, in 'Tec #574 (May '87), something really neat happens that ushers us into the post-crisis story. Robin is inadvertently shot by the Mad Hatter, and Batman has to carry his bleeding body to the clinic of one Dr. Leslie Thompkins, which happens to be located in Crime Alley.

This is a location that precrisis!Jason has no connection to, but it is the place where he has come to be reborn. Dr. Thompkins' clinic was his first Lazarus pit. When he wakes up from surgery, he wakes up to a new backstory, and place of origin, and that all begins in Crime Alley.

I just think it's really neat.

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There’s a special sort of joy a good detective comic can bring you that other types of comics can’t. Whether it’s the riveting suspense that comes with the unknown, the tension as the main character hunts for clues while avoiding enemies, or that feeling of satisfaction when the truth comes to light, a good detective comic is a gift to the world. Pick up one of the ones in this list (if you haven’t read them all already) and prepare to get your mind blown.