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[ticktockheartstop]

In the comics, Crystal has her near death experience at this art show of her parents’. In the show, this is where they are when she calls them

[captnbas]

got hooked on dbd didn’t i

[crypitick]

Welcome.

To The Dead Boy Detective Agency.

Edwin, Charles, Monty, Crystal, and Niko | Dead Boy Detectives

[goodieprocter]

This was literally all I could think during that scene.

[hannaloony]

Actually my plan was just to draw Crystal and Edwin (referring to their magical abilities), BUT as you see…

Magic is so much more and everyone has their own unique 💜🥹

@that-one-greml1n tag you, ‘cause YEAH They need powerful magic of Niko 💜

[fried-piranha]

girls

[the--last-great-american-dynasty]

the funniest part of the dbd fandom is that when niko first appeared on screen, none of us actually thought anything was wrong with her. we were just like “oh that’s just the Power of Lesbianism™” and moved on

[guardianspirits13]

dank boy detectives,,,

anyways.

[painlandpalace]

dead boy detectives reading list

with the show finally out i figured it was a great time to share my reading list again! check it out below the cut 👻☠️🔎

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⏳ the sandman #25 (1991)

this is their first appearance!

🐇 the children's crusade (1993)/free country: a tale of the children's crusade (2015)

1. the children's crusade #1

(2. black orchid annual #1

3. animal man annual #1

4. swamp thing annual #7

5. doom patrol annual #2

6. arcana annual #1)

7. the children's crusade #2

alternatively you can just read free country. whether or not you read the annuals i recommend reading free country's middle chapter

!!! in place of the annuals there is an additional middle chapter that was created for the book "free country: a tale of the children's crusade" where it is placed between the two children's crusade issues. the boys don't actually appear in most of the annuals (they are in two panels of swamp thing and appear in doom patrol) and reading them isn't necessary but i figured i would include them as they are part of the story.

❄️ winter's edge #3 (2000)

this is an anthology. their part is the 'books of magic: waiting for good dough' story starting on page 19

🐦‍⬛ the sandman presents: the dead boy detectives (2001, 4 issues)

i believe the tv show's esther finch was partially based on this run's villain.

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(they do have a part in 'death: at death's door' from 2003. it's short and really just a retelling of events from sandman #25 with some minor changes. the entirety of their appearance in death: at death's door is included at the end of the next comic im listing so i am not really adding the death: at death's door book to the list)

☠️ the dead boy detectives (2005, one-shot)

this book was made by jill thompson in a very cute manga-esque style

👻 ghosts (2012), time warp (2013), the witching hour (2013)

these three are anthologies. the story 'the dead boy detectives in: run ragged' runs through all of them. 'run ragged' kicks off the next run.

🔮 from the pages of the sandman: dead boy detectives (2013, 12 issues)

this is the comic where crystal is introduced! a book collecting all 12 issues titled 'dead boy detectives by toby litt & mark buckingham' was released in 2023

🔎the sandman universe: dead boy detectives (2022, 6 issues)

the most recent run, centered around some really interesting thai mythology and featuring multiple edwin moments that i am sure you will love

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and that's everything! i also recommend buying the omnibus if you can. it includes everything minus the 2022 run plus some additional bonus content!

i hope this is helpful! feel free to ask me any questions you may have about the comics. dead boy detectives is my number one interest so i should be able to answer

have fun reading! 👻

[ask-geralt]

Genuinely, hand over heart I don't know how I missed this, but on my most recent rewatch of season 1 I realized that, in episode 5, when Crystal says "I guess all three of us lost our lives to boys who went too far," she is NOT REFERRING TO HER, CHARLES, AND EDWIN. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT HER, MAREN, AND SHELBY. BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF HOW EDWIN AND CHARLES DIED. I feel so dumb like I was always a bit confused about it before now like "That's nice, real raw line, I do like it, but wtf does that have to do with what you guys were just talking about??" Now I want to write a lil one-shot where Edwin and/or Charles are just like "That makes five of us, actually," for some sweet shared trauma bonding lol

[bryverros]

pls notice that i made her eyes purple i just think its kind of neat

[crypitick]

DEAD BOYS TAROT PART 1

Charles Rowland, Edwin Payne, Crystal Palace, and Niko Sasaki | Dead Boy Detectives

[leahaart]

How Charles comes into the office after this 👼

[hannaloony]

Types of Magic

[fried-piranha]

画了一些٩(๑>◡<๑)۶

[niko-sasaki-dbd]

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