Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1937-07-10
Editing: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (credited) (editor and publisher); Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent A. Sullivan) (associate editor); Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. Whitney Ellsworth) (associate editor)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Speed Saunders / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Printer: [none printed]

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

News!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 0.33 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Mystery of the Lost Ape
(Table of Contents: 3)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed as Fless)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed as Fless)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Summer --- even the sordid waterfront...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
a talking ape (villain, introduction, death); Roskoffin (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

Gardner Fox does not begin writing until issue 18.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

The Law at Work / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Special camera with chair for photographing prisoners

[Mystery of the Wholesale Kidnappings, Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Georgi)
Pencils:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Georgi)
Inks:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Georgi)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; crime
Characters:
Dutch (villain, introduction); Squinty (villain, introduction)

[The Disappearing Diamonds]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Sven Elven (credited as Sven Elvén) (illustrated by)
Inks:
Sven Elven (credited as Sven Elvén) (illustrated by)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; adventure
Characters:
Jaeger (villain, introduction); Lunt (villain, introduction); Bruce

The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 6]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Bruce Nelson / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
Inks:
Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I really do appreciate...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Stucchi (villain); Chin Lung (villain, introduction?); Sigrid Von Holtzendorff

Tropical Trouble
(Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 6 pages

Script:
Vin Sullivan (credited as Paul Dean)
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Russ Brent; George Donavan; Mr. Johnson; Pedro; Manuel

[A Bum Disguise]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Gumshoe Gus / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Bill Patrick (signed)
Pencils:
Bill Patrick (signed)
Inks:
Bill Patrick (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; humor
Characters:

[The Investigation of Captain Hanley]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Spy / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; drama; detective-mystery; spy
Characters:
Captain Hanley; a spy

The Mad Scientist
(Table of Contents: 11)

Mr. Chang / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Inks:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; crime; detective-mystery
Characters:
Dr. Hugo Von Gratz (villain, introduction, death); Egor (villain, introduction); Daniels
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[In Mexico]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Since you're too old to be spanked...
  • Keywords:Mexico
    • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Don Carlos; Pedro; their gang
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

story title from next issue blurb in previous issue

A Landslide!
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New Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Speed Saunders
  2. News!
    More Fun Comics
  3. [no title indexed]
  4. The Mystery of the Lost Ape
    Speed Saunders
  5. ["Special camera with chair for photographing prisoners"]
    The Law at Work
  6. [Mystery of the Wholesale Kidnappings, Part 2]
    Larry Steele
  7. [The Disappearing Diamonds]
    Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
  8. The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 6]
    Bruce Nelson
  9. Tropical Trouble
  10. [A Bum Disguise]
    Gumshoe Gus
  11. [The Investigation of Captain Hanley]
    Spy
  12. The Mad Scientist
    Mr. Chang
  13. [In Mexico]
    Slam Bradley
  14. A Landslide!
    New Adventure Comics
  15. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
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