Batman: Impostors, a storyline that ran through Detective Comics #867-870, was inspired by Gotham City Impostors.
In that year, Alan Grant, a regular author of Detective Comics for DC Comics, made reference to Universe within the comic book.
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Given the success of the JSA, National decided to develop a team title of its own -- this became Leading Comics, #1 (Winter 1941-1942) of which debuted the Seven Soldiers of Victory, a team made up exclusively of characters from National's anthology publications: More Fun Comics, Adventure Comics, Action Comics, Detective Comics, and Star-Spangled Comics.
McCarthy later was responsible for a reinvention of the Riddler character in the five-part Riddle Me That beginning in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #185 (2005) and followed it up with Victims in Detective Comics #816 (2006), pitting Batman against Zsasz.
An earlier version of Batman Junior made one appearance in Detective Comics #231 (May 1956), in a story written by Edmond Hamilton, with art by Sheldon Moldoff.
Nevertheless, she is predominantly known for her work on the Batman books: Batman, Detective Comics, Batman: Shadow of the Bat, Batman: Gotham Knights, and Robin.
) and Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Publications which became Harry Donenfeld's Detective Comics (Batman, Superman, et al.) - as well as Silver and Bronze Age comic book series such as Legion of Super-Heroes, Challengers of the Unknown, Doom Patrol, Metal Men, Aquaman, Justice League of America, et al.
The corporation was originally two companies: National Allied Publications (founded by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson in 1934 to publish the first American comic book with all-original material rather than comic strip reprints) and Detective Comics.