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Dead Boy Detectives 1

Cover to Dead Boy Detectives #1

Dead Boy Detectives is published by DC Comics under the Black Label imprint. Current price per issue is $3.99.

Publication Dates[]

Last Issue[]

The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #5: 25 Apr 2023

Current Issue[]

The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #6: 23 May 2023

Next Issue[]

none

Status[]

A new six-issue Sandman Universe series started December 2022.

Characters[]

Main Characters[]

  • Edwin Paine
  • Charles Rowland

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Minor Characters[]

Other Characters/Places/Things[]

Recent Storylines[]

The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #6[]

The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #5[]

The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #4[]

The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #3[]

The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #2[]

The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #1[]

Dead Boy Detectives #12[]

Dead Boy Detectives #11[]

Past Storylines[]

The Dead Boy Detectives[]

The Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives[]

Issues #1-4.

Collections[]

Trade Paperbacks[]

  • Dead Boy Detectives, vol. 1: Schoolboy Terrors - Collects vol. 2 #1-6. "Charles and Edwin begin to unravel the mysteries of their own demise while trying to protect tech-savvy sleuth Crystal from a similar fate." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401248896
  • Dead Boy Detectives, vol. 2: Ghost Snow - Collects vol. 2 #7-12. "Charles and Crystal set out to prove that Charles’s father did not murder his mother, and to find out whether Crystal really can bring her friend back from the grave." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401250866
  • The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives - Collects vol. 3 #1-6. "Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have been detectives for decades—and best friends even longer. But their investigation into a Thai American girl’s disappearance from her Los Angeles home puts them on a collision course with new and terrifying Thai ghosts that could give even a dead boy nightmares! Even scarier than the ghosts? Though neither wants to admit it, the boys might be growing apart. And perilously close to the boys’ adventure, Thessaly the witch finds herself held hostage by dangerous magics—both a threat to her life and an insult to her ego that will simply not go unanswered…" - WorldCat - ISBN 9781779523297


  • Dead Boy Detectives by Toby Litt & Mark Buckingham - Collects vol. 2 #1-12, plus stories from Ghosts #1, Time Warp #1, & The Witching Hour #1. - WorldCat - ISBN 9781779524515

Hardcovers[]

  • The Dead Boy Detectives Omnibus - Collects vol. 1 #1-4, vol. 2 #1-12 & the Dead Boy Detectives OGN, plus The Sandman #25, The Children's Crusade #1-2, and stories from Free Country: A Tale of the Children's Crusade, Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3, Ghosts #1, Time Warp #1, & The Witching Hour #1. - WorldCat - ISBN 9781779524522

History[]

Leftover Useful Information[]

Creative Team[]

Based on characters created by Neil Gaiman.

Volume 2[]

Writer: Toby Litt. Artist: Gary Erskine. Writer/Artist/Covers: Mark Buckingham.

Volume 3: The Sandman Universe[]

Writer: Pornsak Pichetshote. Artist: Jeff Stokely. Covers: Nimit Malavia.

Publishing History[]

  • Volume 1: #1-4, 2001 (The Sandman Presents)
  • Volume 2: #1-12, 2014-2015
  • Volume 3: #1-6, 2022-2023 (The Sandman Universe)

Future Publication Dates[]

Dates subject to change at the whims of the publisher or distributor. Please see the Diamond Shipping Lists for current information.


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