How many Batman: The Dark Knight Detective books are there?

By Alex Wiggan

In 2018, DC Comics began publishing a series of paperback books under the banner heading, ‘Batman: The Dark Knight Detective’. The books reprinted classic stories from the pages of Detective Comics, as well as Detective Comics Annual.

Each volume of Batman: The Dark Knight Detective contained a collection of tales from various creators including Alan Grant, John Wagner, Sam Hamm, Norm Breyfogle, Klaus Janson, and Dennis O’Neil, amongst others. The stories also featured a number of classic Batman villains, including the Clayfaces, the Ratcatcher, and Anarky.

If you are collecting the Batman: The Dark Knight Detective books, or you are considering collecting these books, then you will need a list of all the titles that have been published – and that’s where this post can come in handy. Below is a list of all the graphic novels in DC’s Batman: The Dark Knight Detective collection, to help you track down the books.

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A list of Batman: The Dark Knight Detective graphic novels

To date, DC has published seven volumes in the Batman: The Dark Knight Detective series.

The books include:

Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol 1 – Detective Comics #568 – #574 and #579 – #582
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol 2 – Detective Comics #583 – #591 and Detective Comics Annual #1
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol 3 – Detective Comics #592 – #600
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol 4 – Detective Comics #601 – #611 and Detective Comics Annual #2
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol 5 – Detective Comics Annual #3, and Detective Comics #612 – #614 and #616 – #621
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol 6 – Detective Comics #622 – #633
Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol 7 – Batman #474, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #27, Detective Comics #634-#638, Detective Comics #641, Detective Comics #643, and Detective Comics Annual #4