Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1938-10-03
Editing: Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent A. Sullivan) (editor)
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[no title indexed]
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cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:crime
Synopsis:
A policeman is shot.

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.

Anchors Aweigh
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Anchors Aweigh; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Glass of Poison
(Table of Contents: 2)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Phillippa Rowen (introduction, death); Betty Palmer (introduction); Big Shot Bettini (villain)

Indexer Notes

Speed is shown reading DETECTIVE COMICS!

[A Comparison Microscope]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Crime Never Pays / cartoon / 0.75 page

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

Boys Earn This Bicycle
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Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines / advertisement / 0.25 page

[The Accident Racket]
(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:
Tom Hayworth (introduction, villain); Dr. Avery (introduction, villain); Colby (introduction, villain)

Bullet Trap
(Table of Contents: 6)

Buck Marshall / comic story / 6 pages

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

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

[The Affair of Baron Von Muldorf]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Spy / comic story / 8 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:
Baron Von Mundorf (introduction, villain); Lorenzo Rica (introduction, villain)

[The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 5]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Sax Rohmer (credited) (original author)
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
  • Feature Logo:Doctor Fu Manchu!
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Nayland Smith, British Government official...
Characters:
Dr. Fu Manchu; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie
Reprints (0)
  • from Dr. Fu Manchu daily (Bell Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer.

The strip appeared in newspapers in 1930 and 1931.

The Crime in Stone
(Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1.7 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:crime
Characters:
Captain Burey; Detective Charlie Fox; Mr. Spado (villain)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustrations.

[no title indexed]
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Chemcraft Chemistry Sets [Porter] / advertisement / 0.1 page

Electric Car Loading
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Lionel Trains / advertisement / 0.2 page

The Song of Death [Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Bruce Nelson / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (credited)
Inks:
Tom Hickey (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; adventure
  • Job Number:SET 6 #N-13
Characters:
Billie Bryson; Opal Jackson (maid); Renick; Mrs. Warren (villain)

[Mystery at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery]
(Table of Contents: 13)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Jim Chambers (credited)
Inks:
Jim Chambers (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Say, Boss, this grave robbing situation...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Miss Stevens; Miller; Miller's gang

[The Pigeon Smugglers]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Jeannie; Jim; The Ferrini Gang (villains, introduction)

[Seth and the Slave Ring]
(Table of Contents: 15)

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:Within his penthouse suite...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
The Hotel Manager; Seth (introduction, villain, death); Lord Atherton (introduction); a girl (introduction, death)
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
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Remington Typewriters / advertisement / 1 page

[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. Anchors Aweigh
    Anchors Aweigh; Adventure Comics
  3. The Glass of Poison
    Speed Saunders
  4. [A Comparison Microscope]
    Crime Never Pays
  5. Boys Earn This Bicycle
    Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines
  6. [The Accident Racket]
    Larry Steele
  7. Bullet Trap
    Buck Marshall
  8. [The Affair of Baron Von Muldorf]
    Spy
  9. [The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 5]
    Fu Manchu
  10. The Crime in Stone
  11. [no title indexed]
    Chemcraft Chemistry Sets [Porter]
  12. Electric Car Loading
    Lionel Trains
  13. The Song of Death [Part 2]
    Bruce Nelson
  14. [Mystery at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery]
    The Crimson Avenger
  15. [The Pigeon Smugglers]
    Steve Malone
  16. [Seth and the Slave Ring]
    Slam Bradley
  17. [no title indexed]
    Remington Typewriters
  18. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
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