detectives and and smoke go together like hats and trenchcoats...
from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. VII (September 1985)
First appeared in Star Spangled Comics #122 (November 1951)
I'm currently re-reading Gotham Central, and enjoying it a lot!
Don't know if it'd qualify here, but it strikes me as a possibility. Anyway, it's a good series, deserving some new recognition, say I.
Age/Bronze, Age/Reptiles, Alex&Ada, Anne Bonnie, Astro City, Bone, Briggs Land, Cerebus, Criminal, Courtney Crumrin, Eleanor & the Egret, Fables, Fatale, Fell, Grass Kings, Green Valley, Goon, Gotham Midnight, Groo, Hellboy, Hillbilly, Incognegro, Jack Staff, JL8, Jonah Hex, Kane, Lazarus, Little Nemo, Lone Wolf, Next Wave, Popeye, Powers, Princess Ugg, Resident Alien, SiP, Squirrel Girl, Stray Bullets, 10G, Thief of Thieves, Tuki, Uncle Scrooge, Usagi, Velvet
DC recently had a new release of the Gotham Central Omnibus in April.
There's a thread for the series over in the Batman section that once in a blue moon gets a new post:
Thanks, Major. Joined up on the conversation there.
Age/Bronze, Age/Reptiles, Alex&Ada, Anne Bonnie, Astro City, Bone, Briggs Land, Cerebus, Criminal, Courtney Crumrin, Eleanor & the Egret, Fables, Fatale, Fell, Grass Kings, Green Valley, Goon, Gotham Midnight, Groo, Hellboy, Hillbilly, Incognegro, Jack Staff, JL8, Jonah Hex, Kane, Lazarus, Little Nemo, Lone Wolf, Next Wave, Popeye, Powers, Princess Ugg, Resident Alien, SiP, Squirrel Girl, Stray Bullets, 10G, Thief of Thieves, Tuki, Uncle Scrooge, Usagi, Velvet
from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. XI (January 1986)
Previous appreciation thread (thread closed):
Larry Steele had a feature in Detective Comics that started in issue Detective Comics #5 (July 1937)
and last appeared in issue #63 (May 1942)