A key issue noted for First appearance of Crispus Allen. Detective Comics #742 was published by DC Comics on March 1, 2000, as part of a series that began in 1937. Greg Rucka and Wan Chang O'Shaugnessy write, and art comes from Brian Stelfreeze, Shawn Martinbrough and Steve Mitchell. This 44-page issue features Batman, James Gordon, Harvey Bullock, Batman Who Laughs and Renee Montoya, among 11 characters cataloged on VerseDB.