Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-08-02
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
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Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Bob Kane (signed)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (5)
This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Announcing the Sensational New Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Carbine
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

The Case of the City of Terror
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Bob Kane (signed)
Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)
George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Ryder; Carter; Mayor Harliss Greer (villain, former City Council President); "Bugs" Norton (villain); Norton's gang [Blackie; others un-named] (villains)
Synopsis:
Bruce and Dick head out on a cross-country vacation to get away from crime, but when they arrive in a small town, they discover that a new Mayor has ties to organized crime, and has established gambling dens and other rackets in town, all protected by Police officer's on the take.
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Kane fails to draw the bat symbol on Batman's chest in some panels.

The First Issue Was a Sellout!
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Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Silly Situations / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Darling, do you find it necessary to yell...

Indexer Notes

4 separate gags.

A MacBeagle Can Smell a Bargain!
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Morrow Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; spy; detective-mystery
Characters:
Hlak Sisto (villain)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Red Logan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Inks:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Synopsis:
Red quits his job and goes undercover.

Indexer Notes

Red Logan, Ace Reporter

Theft in the Abbey
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text story / 1.5 pages

Script:
Frank Cooper (credited)
Pencils:
Kenney (signed) (house name)
Inks:
Kenney (signed) (house name)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:crime

Superman Is on the Radio!
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The Adventures of Superman Radio Show / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Pencils:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Inks:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It is midnight on the waterfront...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Hop Yin (villain)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ken Ernst (credited)
Inks:
Ken Ernst (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; crime
Characters:
Dr. Evans; Jonas Henkel (villain)

Indexer Notes

Larry Steele, Private Detective

For Swell Vacation Reading, Don't Miss These Two!
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Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff; All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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New York World's Fair Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Detective Stamp Page
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Abell Stamps; Arnold Stamps; Beaman Stamps / Beamann Stamps; Brown Stamps; Bruce's Stamps; Cochecos Stamps; Crowder Stamps; Dominion Stamps; Empire Stamps; Ensign Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Globus Stamps; John J. Gunther Stamps; Lake Stamps; Monumental Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Pilgrim Stamps / Pilgrims Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Seminole Stamps; Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page; Tatham Stamps and Coins; Williams Stamps; Wright Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Cliff Crosby / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Chad Grothkopf (credited as Chad-)
Pencils:
Chad Grothkopf (credited as Chad-)
Inks:
Chad Grothkopf (credited as Chad-)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Chad Grothkopf (credited as Chad-)
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
The Skull (villain)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Howard Sherman (credited)
Inks:
Howard Sherman (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Slam Bradley and his partner-pal, Shorty Morgan, are trying out Slam's new sailboat...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Jessica Mason; Gerard Winters; Gregor Winters

The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!
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Action Comics; Adventure Comics; All-American Comics; Detective Comics; Flash Comics; More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page

[no title indexed]
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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 0.25 page

[no title indexed]
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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page

Gator Toughness - Cat Grip!
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U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. Announcing the Sensational New Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Carbine
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  3. The Case of the City of Terror
    Batman and Robin
  4. The First Issue Was a Sellout!
    Batman
  5. ["Darling, do you find it necessary to yell..."]
    Silly Situations
  6. A MacBeagle Can Smell a Bargain!
    Morrow Coaster Brake
  7. ["What's up, Bart?" "Got an assignment in New York..."]
    Spy
  8. ["The Christopher Archer kidnapping case has not yet been solved..."]
    Red Logan
  9. Theft in the Abbey
  10. Superman Is on the Radio!
    The Adventures of Superman Radio Show
  11. ["It is midnight on the waterfront..."]
    The Crimson Avenger
  12. ["In the 'big house' up the river, two men who look much alike..."]
    Speed Saunders
  13. ["Even a busy private detective gets an evening to himself..."]
    Larry Steele
  14. For Swell Vacation Reading, Don't Miss These Two!
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff; All-Star Comics
  15. ["On Sale Aug. 2nd"]
    New York World's Fair Comics
  16. Detective Stamp Page
    Abell Stamps; Arnold Stamps; Beaman Stamps / Beamann Stamps; Brown Stamps; Bruce's Stamps; Cochecos Stamps; Crowder Stamps; Dominion Stamps; Empire Stamps; Ensign Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Globus Stamps; John J. Gunther Stamps; Lake Stamps; Monumental Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Pilgrim Stamps / Pilgrims Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Seminole Stamps; Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page; Tatham Stamps and Coins; Williams Stamps; Wright Stamps
  17. ["What's cooking, Chief?" "Look at this report, Cliff!"]
    Cliff Crosby
  18. ["Slam Bradley and his partner-pal, Shorty Morgan, are trying out Slam's new sailboat..."]
    Slam Bradley
  19. The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!
    Action Comics; Adventure Comics; All-American Comics; Detective Comics; Flash Comics; More Fun Comics
  20. ["What is the oldest science known to man?"]
    Baby Ruth
  21. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  22. Gator Toughness - Cat Grip!
    U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal]
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