Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1937-11-10
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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Speed Saunders / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
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Indexer Notes

Three men in a car.

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.

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

[no title indexed]
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credits, title page / 0.33 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[Mystery at Oak Gables]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (credited)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Mrs. Saunders (introduction, Speed's mother); Madge Allen; Sak-Ri-Ko; Arthur Harde (introduction, villain); Monroe (introduction, villain)
Synopsis:
Speed helps Madge Allen thwart a plot to cheat her out of her inheritance.

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The Law Wins / cartoon / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction; crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Most American cities today are policed by radio-cars...

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Spencer Fireworks / advertisement / 0.05 page

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.1 page

Free Mail Coupon for Big Train Book in Full Colors
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American Flyer Trains / advertisement / 0.18 page

[The Nick Orsatti Case, Part 1]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
Pencils:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
Inks:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; crime
Characters:
Laura Wilkes (introduction); James Wilkes (introduction); Nick Orsatti (introduction, villain)

[Curse of the Indian Mummy]
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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:adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Cosmo accompanies his friend...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Prof. Dean (introduction); a Hindu priest (introduction, villain, death)

Indexer Notes

In a long and exhaustive article on Elvin (real name Herbert Swen Frederick Frykholm) published in Alter Ego #162 (January 2020), Michael D. Fraley states that Elvin lettered all the work he did for National.

The Blood of the Lotus [Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Bruce Nelson / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
Inks:
Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
Characters:
Dr. Hong (introduction, villain, death); Slug Cully; the Lotus; Philip Pomeroy

Green Death
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text story / 6 pages

Script:
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Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Sir Burton Roberts; Jenkins (butler); Inspector King

Handcuff Hawkins
(Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
Pencils:
Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
Inks:
Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Handcuff Hawkins

[To Sink the Atlantis]
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Spy / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; spy; detective-mystery
Characters:
an anarchist (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Bart and Sally are assigned to protect the steamship Atlantis. Sally pretends to be an anarchist in order to smoke the terrorist into the open.

Trail of Yellow
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Buck Marshall / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:adventure; western-frontier
Characters:
The Sheriff; Cross (introduction, villain)
Synopsis:
Buck Marshall, Range Detective

[In the Ring]
(Table of Contents: 15)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 12.78 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Say! You can sure toss a neat right!
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Snoop; Danny Blake (introduction, death); Nick Cardoni (introduction, villain); Manny O'Day (introduction, villain)
Synopsis:
Slam's new friend Danny dies in a boxing ring. Slam investigates Nick Cardoni for murder.

Indexer Notes

story title from next issue blurb in previous issue

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Lionel Trains / advertisement / 0.22 page

[George Barrett, Kentucky Killer]
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The Law at Work / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
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  • Genre:non-fiction; crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Barrett was born and brought up in the hills of Kentucky...
Characters:
George Barrett

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

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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. ["All your friends in More Fun Comics, Adventure Comics, Detective Comics wish you a very merry Xmas"]
    More Fun Comics; Adventure Comics; Detective Comics
  3. [no title indexed]
  4. [Mystery at Oak Gables]
    Speed Saunders
  5. ["Most American cities today are policed by radio-cars..."]
    The Law Wins
  6. [no title indexed]
    Spencer Fireworks
  7. ["Our advertisers offer dandy free books"]
  8. Free Mail Coupon for Big Train Book in Full Colors
    American Flyer Trains
  9. [The Nick Orsatti Case, Part 1]
    Larry Steele
  10. [Curse of the Indian Mummy]
    Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
  11. The Blood of the Lotus [Part 2]
    Bruce Nelson
  12. Green Death
  13. Handcuff Hawkins
  14. [To Sink the Atlantis]
    Spy
  15. Trail of Yellow
    Buck Marshall
  16. [In the Ring]
    Slam Bradley
  17. [no title indexed]
    Lionel Trains
  18. [George Barrett, Kentucky Killer]
    The Law at Work
  19. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
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