Gotham Academy Detective Club Reading Order

This reading order is designed to give an outline of major storylines featuring the Gotham Academy Detective Club throughout DC Comics. It may not encompass every one of the club’s appearances but is an outline of the major ones and the stories that affect them.

The continuity details relating to each specific storyline are explained in the “Review” of each storyline. Every “Review” link will provide a detailed continuity breakdown of that story and will explain any reference the story makes to other aspects of the DC Universe. All of this can be found under the “Continuity” section of each link.

Jump to: New 52 – Rebirth

New 52

Near the end of the New 52 era, the Gotham Academy series began and, with it, came a host of new characters. These new characters go on to form an unofficial Detective Club that ends up going on a number of adventures.

The Gotham Academy Detective Club is the primary focus of the Gotham Academy series. A few of its members also make small appearances in Batgirl and the entire club appears in the Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy crossover series. Most of the club’s activities are tied to the exploits of Olive Silverlock (Reading Order) and Maps Mizoguchi (Reading Order).

Batgirl issues are from the Vol. 4 series.

Notes

1. These issues have Olive and Maps meet Batgirl and have the group briefly team-up. The members of the Detective Club mostly serve as supporting characters during this story arc.
2. This issue is a tie-in to the Robin War (Reading Order) event.
3. Though this issue stars a few members of the Detective Club, it places most of its focus on scary stories about the Joker (Reading Order). It can easily be skipped if necessary.
4. The Detective Club shares the spotlight with the Lumberjanes throughout this crossover. It is not integral to the larger narrative surrounding the Gotham Academy series. 

Rebirth

The transition from New 52 to Rebirth contains no continuity changes for Gotham Academy's Detective Club. In fact, the main plot point from the conclusion of Gotham Academy: Calamity (Review), once again, becomes a central plot point for the series.

Gotham Academy's Detective Club's adventures here are completely contained within the Gotham Academy: Second Semester series. This new series is a direct sequel to the Gotham Academy series.

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