The Detective Phase - Episode 12: Elegy 3 - Affettuoso

Waiting for Doom · Oct 18, 2026 · 44m

Join Mike Garvey for an all new episode of The Detective Phase, covering the penultimate chapter of the Batwoman ‘Elegy’ story in Detective Comics #856, released August 2009!

Historical Background: 0:00 - 2:32

Intro and Background: 3:25 - 8:56

Synopsis: 8:57 - 17:44

Promo Break: Magazines and Monsters

Analysis: 19:31 - 32:09

What Else Was In the Book: 32:20 - 38:25

Mailbag and Sign-off: 38:37 - 44:52

Related story links from DCOCD: 52

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Information sourced from Grand Comics Database on this issue…