Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1937-12-10
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)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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Colors:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Synopsis:
Man climbing up a rope about to be cut.

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 renewal filing. There is no listing for the original registration.

News!
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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 Anarchist Submarine Plot]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime; detective-mystery
Characters:
a gang of anarchists (introduction, villain, death); Ensign Alsworth
Synopsis:
The fleet is at anchor in New York Harbor. A plot is uncovered to destroy the reef at the harbor entrance, thus stranding the ships. Speed puts on a diving suit and gets dropped from a plane near to the reef. On the sea bottom he finds a submarine and enters through a hatch. He holds the saboteurs at gunpoint, but they overpower him, tie him to a post and escape. With the clock ticking down, the sub begins to surface. With only a minute to go, Speed escapes the sub just before it blows up. No damage has been done.

Indexer Notes

We formerly credited the script of this story to Gardner Fox, but in an interview in Alter Ego #20 (June 2003), he stated that his first comic story, sold in March 1938, appeared in Detective Comics #18.

The Power Behind "Machine Gun" Kelly
(Table of Contents: 4)

The Law at Work / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
?
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; crime

[The Nick Orsatti Case, Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 5)

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:
Nick Orsatti (villain); James Wilkes; Jones
Synopsis:
Leaving James Wilkes safely at his home, Larry and the police set off to the royal Club to arrest Nick Orsatti, who escapes out of a back door. He drives to an apartment building which he owns, and descends into the cellar. Later, Larry goes back to the club, but is captured at gun point by one of Orsatti's henchmen, who drives him to his boss.

[The Phony Murder of Sir Fenton Carsley]
(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:crime; detective-mystery; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How about dinner at the club this evening...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Sir Fenton Carsley (introduction, villain); Inspector Burke; Phyllis Carlin
Synopsis:
Cosmo is in England visiting his old friend Inspector Burke of Scotland Yard. A report of a body dragged from the River Thames comes in, and the pair arrive at the wharf to find a body whose face has been smashed in. His wallet contents reveal that he is Sir Fenton Carsley. Cosmo casts doubts on the identification. Calling on Sir Fenton's niece Phyllis that evening he discovers that on the following day, when she reaches the age of twenty-one, she will inherit all of the estate. Cosmo uncovers a plot by Sir Fenton to cover his bad debts by murdering his niece.

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

Bulls Eye
(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 guess I'll drop in on old Kramer...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Kramer (introduction); a gang of crooks (introduction, villain)
Synopsis:
Bruce goes to the shop of old Kramer to see if his watch is fixed. The man behind the counter tells him Kramer has gone to Buffalo to his daughter's funeral. Bruce knows that Kramer has no daughter and has spotted the old man's glasses on the counter. He leaves, goes round to the back and breaks in. He finds a gang of men forcing Kramer to open his safe. By various devious tricks, including shooting a bottle of acid on an overhead shelf, he incapacitates them, just as the police arrive.

Incident in Algiers
(Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure; drama
Characters:
Sgt. Bill Gaines (introduction)

The Willow Lane Mystery
(Table of Contents: 9)

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:humor

[The Atlantis Aftermath]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Spy / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited as Siegel)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; spy; detective-mystery
Characters:
an anarchist (introduction, villain, death)
Synopsis:
Bart and Sally are met from the boat by the Paris representative of the U.S. Secret Service. Mentioning that they captured an anarchist on board ship and the man draws a gun, telling them he a colleague of the anarchist. Exiting the car they are approached by a gendarme who wants to sell them a lottery ticket. Both the man and Bart buy one, the latter with American currency. In a warehouse Bart and Sally hide behind some crates but the man advances on them with his gun. He is shot by the gendarme who has followed them. Bart explains to Sally that he paid the gendarme with a cigar coupon.

In the Bag
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Buck Marshall / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
  • Genre:western-frontier; adventure
Characters:
Kole (introduction, villain)

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

[The Flying Circus]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Pardon my knuckles...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Baron Von Goetz (introduction, villain); Baroness Von Goetz (introduction, villain)

Indexer Notes

story title from next issue blurb in previous issue

Sir Hubert Wilkens Famous Arctic Explorer
(Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
Inks:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; biography
Characters:
Sir Hubert Wilkens
Synopsis:
One incident in the life of Sir Hubert Wilkens, involving a crash landing over the Arctic, an attempt to walk 97 miles to the nearest land over frozen ice, and a fall into the ice where drowning was narrowly avoided by catching the edge of the ice with his ice pick.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed]
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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]
  2. News!
    More Fun Comics
  3. [no title indexed]
  4. [The Anarchist Submarine Plot]
    Speed Saunders
  5. The Power Behind "Machine Gun" Kelly
    The Law at Work
  6. [The Nick Orsatti Case, Part 2]
    Larry Steele
  7. [The Phony Murder of Sir Fenton Carsley]
    Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
  8. Bulls Eye
    Bruce Nelson
  9. Incident in Algiers
  10. The Willow Lane Mystery
  11. [The Atlantis Aftermath]
    Spy
  12. In the Bag
    Buck Marshall
  13. [The Flying Circus]
    Slam Bradley
  14. Sir Hubert Wilkens Famous Arctic Explorer
  15. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
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