Join Mike Garvey for a new episode of The Detective Phase, this time looking at Detective Comics #489, released January 1980!

Intro and Background: 3:20 - 7:55

Story Synopsis: 7:56 - 10:36

Analysis: 12:20 - 27:33

Mailbag and Sign-off: 27:45 - 30:18

Sources:

Information sourced from Mike’s Amazing World of Comics on this issue can be found here .

Information sourced from Grand Comics Database on this issue can be found here

Join Mike Garvey for a new episode of The Detective Phase, this time covering the debut of Man-Bat in Detective Comics #400, released January 1970!

Intro and Background: 3:10 - 6:05

Story Synopsis: 6:06- 11:40

Analysis: 13:05 - 24:11

Mailbag and Sign-off: 24:19 - 32:15

Sources:

Information sourced from Mike’s Amazing World of Comics on this issue can be found here .

Information sourced from Grand Comics Database on this issue can be found here

Join Mike Garvey for a new episode of The Detective Phase, this time covering Batman and Robin in SPAAAACE thanks to Detective Comics #299, released November 1961!

Intro and Background: 2:45 - 7:32

Story Synopsis: 7:33- 12:51

Analysis: 14:11 - 25:51

Mailbag and Sign-off: 26:03 - 27:54

Sources:

Information sourced from Mike’s Amazing World of Comics on this issue can be found here .

Information sourced from Grand Comics Database on this issue can be found here

Join Mike Garvey for a new episode of The Detective Phase, this time covering the uncelebrated 250th issue of Detective Comics, released October 1957!

Intro and Background: 3:29 - 7:14

Story Synopsis: 7:15 - 13:51

Analysis: 15:24 - 28:00

Mailbag and Sign-off: 28:11 - 29:55 Sources: Information sourced from Mike’s Amazing World of Comics on this issue can be found here Information sourced from Grand Comics Database on this issue can be found here Information sourced from Wikipedia on Sheldon Moldoff can be found here

Join Mike Garvey for a new episode of The Detective Phase, this time covering the debut of The Riddler in Detective Comics #140, released August 1948!

Intro and Background: 2:16 - 4:22

Story Synopsis: 4:23 - 12:43

Analysis: 13:38 - 26:46

Mailbag and Sign-off: 26:57 - 28:45 Sources: * Information sourced from Mike’s Amazing World of Comics on this issue can be found here.

* Information sourced from Grand Comics Database on this issue can be found here.

Join Mike Garvey for the very first official episode of The Detective Phase, covering the debut of The Bat-Man in Detective Comics #27, released March 1939!

Intro and Background: 2:24 - 5:12

Story Synopsis: 5:13 - 9:10

Analysis: 11:04 - 20:23

Mailbag and Sign-off: 20:32 - 22:37

Sources:

* U.S. Library of Congress Publication details for Detective Comics 27 can be found here

* Discussion on CGC Comics Boards regarding connections between Batman and The Shadow can be found here

New year, new show!

Join Mike for the zero episode of his new show - The Detective Phase - as he explains what it's all about (there's a good chance you'll have already guessed...!).

The first proper episode will be dropping in January 2026, so stay tuned for more!

DCOCD is the DC Comics events podcast, where we look at every DC event in chronological order from Crisis on Infinite Earths to... we're not quite sure yet.

But we are sure now, because this is the final ever episode of DCOCD and we are going all out by covering 4 events in one epic finale. Mike and Paul have some very special guests along for one last ride…

Lazarus Planet - 00:00

We welcome first-time guest Mike Atchison from Mike’s Comic Shop Roadshow is our guest to discuss this story that literally spills out of the pages of Batman/Superman: World’s Finest and Robin’s Lazarus Island Tournament.

Knight Terrors - 38:57

Doctor Anj from Supergirl Comic box Commentary blog returns to help us investigate the sleep-depriving attack on the DC Universe by the unblinking fiend Insomnia.

Titans: Beast World - 01:10:33

Fire & Water Podcast Network founder The Irredeemable Shag returns one more time to go wild on our coverage of this Titans-centric crisis.

Absolute Power - 1:59:15

And last but not least we sit down with Dr Jennifer Schwartz-Levine to discuss the hero-shattering events of Amanda Waller’s ruthless powerplay to replace the Justice League.

Farewells and thank yous 2:29:00

If you have any farewell thoughts, opinions, encouragement or issues, please feel free to contact us via the comments section at WaitingforDoom.com on this post or via DCOCDCast@gmail.com

Check out the Superman statue appeal that Dr Jenny recommended at SupermanStatueCleveland

KEEP ON EVENTING (without us)!

Featured music:

After The Rain - The Angels

Dreams - The Cranberries

The Animal Song - Savage Garden

Great Wall - Boom Crash Opera

Gloriana - Steve Kilbey