Detective Comics featuring Batman #872 — DC Comics Mar 1994, KnightQuest: The Crusade — Dixon, Nolan & Hanna (Single Issue)

This is the AzBats era in full swing. Detective Comics featuring Batman #872 drops right in the middle of KnightQuest: The Crusade — Jean-Paul Valley under the cowl, lightning splitting the cover, a villain in green getting absolutely wrecked. Dixon writing, Nolan and Hanna on art, March 1994. If you were reading Batman titles month-to-month during the Knightfall saga, this is one of those issues you remember exactly where you were when you pulled it from the rack.

What's Included:

• 📚 Detective Comics featuring Batman #872 — DC Comics, March 1994 — Direct Sales Edition
• 🎨 $1.50 US / $2.00 CAN / 70p UK — Comics Code Authority — Direct Sales
• 📌 Back cover: T2: Terminator 2 — "Kick Some Liquid Metal Butt!" — Acclaim, SNES & Genesis — six mission objectives including "Hasta La Vista, Baby!" and "Prevent Judgment Day" — the T-1000 melting into steel while a Batman comic sits in your hands is a very specific 1994 experience

Issue Details:

• ⚡ DC Comics — Detective Comics #872 — March 1994 — $1.50 US — Direct Sales
• 🧟 Story Arc: KnightQuest — The Crusade | Knightfall saga — AzBats (Jean-Paul Valley) as Batman
• 🔥 Single issue — bagged for protection

Why Collectors Love It:

KnightQuest is the most divisive arc in Batman history — half the fandom hated AzBats, the other half couldn't put the issues down — and this is Dixon and Nolan delivering it at full throttle. The interior house ad alone is a collector's bonus: Robin and Huntress teaming up for Benedictions with Phil Jimenez art, promoting a crossover that ran across three titles in a single week. The T2 Acclaim back cover with "Hasta La Vista, Baby!" as an actual mission objective is the kind of thing that makes longbox diving worth it.

Condition Notes:

Normal wear consistent with age and storage — expect minor spine stress and light edge wear as shown in photos. Interior pages bright with solid color retention. Bagged for protection.

Perfect For:

Knightfall and KnightQuest saga completists, AzBats era collectors, Chuck Dixon Detective run hunters, Direct Sales edition enthusiasts, and anyone who wants the T-1000 melting into molten steel staring back at them every time they open their longbox.