Grade: CGC 5.0 Conserved Conserved. Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 45 CGC 5.0 Conserved. 1st Joker appearance in Detective Comics in the Batman and Robin story, "The Case of the Laughing Death!". Also in this issue: Spy (by Jerry Siegel and Ed Moore); Larry Steele, Detective; The Crimson Avenger (by Jack Lehti); Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator; Steve Malone, District Attorney; Cliff Crosby in "Murder at the Polo Games"; and Slam Bradley (by Siegel and Howard Sherman). !