The Detective Phase - Episode 1: The Case of the Chemical Syndicate

Join Mike Garvey for the very first official episode of The Detective Phase, covering the debut of The Bat-Man in Detective Comics , 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

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The Detective Phase - Episode 1: The Case of the Chemical Syndicate is an episode from Waiting for Doom by Waiting For Doom Podcast.

This episode is 22:38 long.

This episode was published on Jan 18, 2026.

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