Question: In what year was the company that owns the publisher of Darkworld Detective formed?

<P0-S0> the first batman story, "the case of the chemical syndicate", was published in detective comics #27 (may 1939). <P0-S1> finger said, "batman was originally written in the style of the pulps", and this influence was evident with batman showing little remorse over killing or maiming criminals. <P0-S2> batman proved a hit character, and he received his own solo title in 1940 while continuing to star in detective comics. <P0-S3> by that time, detective comics was the top-selling and most influential publisher in the industry; batman and the company's other major hero, superman, were the cornerstones of the company's success. <P0-S4> the two characters were featured side-by-side as the stars of world's finest comics, which was originally titled world's best comics when it debuted in fall 1940. creators including jerry robinson and dick sprang also worked on the strips during this period. <SEP> <P1-S0> The linked stories feature protagonist, a detective on the planet Ja-Lur. <P1-S1> Darkworld Detective is a collection of science fantasy stories written by J. Michael Reaves, published as a paperback original by Bantam Books in 1982. <P1-S2> An authorized sequel, "The Black Hole of Carcosa", was written by John Shirley and published by Pocket Books in 1988. <SEP> <P2-S0> It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin, Jr., Sidney B. Kramer, and Ian and Betty Ballantine, with funding from Grosset & Dunlap and Curtis Publishing Company. <P2-S1> Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. <P2-S2> It has since been purchased several times by companies including National General, Carl Lindner's American Financial and, most recently, Bertelsmann; it became part of Random House in 1998, when Bertelsmann purchased it to form Bantam Doubleday Dell. <P2-S3> It began as a mass market publisher, mostly of reprints of hardcover books, with some original paperbacks as well. <P2-S4> It expanded into both trade paperback and hardcover books, including original works, often reprinted in house as mass-market editions. <SEP> <P3-S0> Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial is Random House's Spanish-language division, targeting markets in Spain and South and Central America. <P3-S1> It is headquartered in Barcelona with locations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and the United States. <P3-S2> Upon Bertelsmann's acquisition of Mondadori's stake in the JV, the name was kept temporarily four months. <P3-S3> Some authors published by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial include Dr. César Lozano, Yordi Rosado, Dr. Nancy Alvarez and Alberto Sardiñas. <P3-S4> From 2001 until November 2012, it was a joint venture with Italian publisher Mondadori (Random House Mondadori). <SEP> <P4-S0> the state counsellor (, the 5th grade in the table of ranks of imperial russia) is the sixth novel in the erast fandorin historical detective series by boris akunin. <P4-S1> it is subtitled "political detective mystery" (). <P4-S2> "the state counsellor" was originally published in russia in 2000. the english translation was published in january 2008.