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Private Eyes from the Marvel Universe

Marvel Comics, which started in 1938 as Timely Comics and by the early fifties was known as Atlas Publications, became the Marvel Comics we all know and love in 1961, the year that Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others unleashed what we now think of as the Marvel Universe, with the creation of The Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Spider-Man et al.

From the beginning, Marvel has never really had a lot of private eyes bouncing around their universe the way their crosstown rivals DC has (not surprising, I guess -- DC stands for "Detective Comics"), but that's changed in recent years, as P.I. fan outliers like Ed Brubaker and Brian Michael Bendis have given new life to old characters.

Who knows? We might yet see the return of The Ferret!

• LESLIE LENROW (aka "The Ferret")
  First appearance: Marvel Mystery Comics #4, February 1940
  
  
• SKIP McCOY
  First appearance: Captain America Comics #66, April 1948
  
  
• CASEY -- CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER
  First appearance (in comics): Casey-- Crime Photographer #1, August 1949
  
  
• ROCKY JORDEN
  First appearance: Crime Cases Private Eye #1, January 1951
  
  
• LUKE CAGE
  First Appearance: Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1, June 1972
  
  
• JESSICA DREW
  First appearance: Marvel Spotlight, February 1977
  
  
• DAKOTA NORTH
  First appearance: Dakota North #1, June 1986
  
  
• JESSICA JONES
  First appearance: Alias #1, November 2001
  
  HAWKEYE (aka KATE BISHOP)
  First appearance: Young Avengers #1, April, 2005; Hawkeye #1,

Respectfully compiled by Kevin Burton Smith. Any additions would be greatly appreciated.

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