Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1938-11-07
Editing: Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent A. Sullivan) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #22 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

The Crimson Avenger / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jim Chambers (signed)
Inks:
Jim Chambers (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:

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.

[no title indexed]
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Fun Comics; Adventure Comics; Action Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[The Return of Fui Onyui]
(Table of Contents: 2)

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:Keep me waiting an hour overtime...
  • Keywords:opium
    • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Fui Onyui (villain, death); Yat Sin (introduction)
Synopsis:
Slam Bradley disguises himself as Chinese in order to infiltrate an opium den, then pretends to smoke opium before making contact with an allied agent.

Indexer Notes

A sign on the wall behind Slam in the splash panel reads:
DR. L. K. SIEGEL - DENTIST

[Mansion of Maniacs]
(Table of Contents: 3)

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)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; crime
Characters:
unnamed deranged maniacs (villains, death)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

[Wanted, Dead or Alive: The Crimson Avenger]
(Table of Contents: 4)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Jim Chambers (credited)
Inks:
Jim Chambers (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yes, Mac, our paper has offered a $5,000 reward...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
MacKenzie; Sgt. Haines (villain, introduction); Mr. Gates (a D.A., introduction)

The Song of Death [Part 3]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Bruce Nelson / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
Inks:
Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; adventure
Characters:
Billie Bryson; Mrs. Warren (villain); Renick

A Sticky Clue
(Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1.5 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:crime
Characters:
Pierre Laverne (thief); Henri Mourette

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

[no title indexed]
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Fencing Swords / advertisement / 0.1 page

[no title indexed]
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Spencer Fireworks / advertisement / 0.07 page

Bob Showed Them How Spies Work!
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Chemcraft Chemistry Sets [Porter] / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page

[Break-In at the Bartilian Embassy]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Spy / comic story / 5 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:
Agent Morgan (intro); Nitchova (intro)

Secret Service
(Table of Contents: 11)

cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction
Characters:
Edward O. Heinrich

Edward O. Heinrich
(Table of Contents: 12)

cartoon / 0.17 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; crime

How to Be Funny
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How To Make People Laugh! Humor Course / advertisement / 0.1 page

[no title indexed]
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Buddha Money Mystery / advertisement / 0.07 page

Electric Unloading
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Lionel Trains / advertisement / 0.16 page

[The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 6]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Sax Rohmer (credited) (original author)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure; crime
  • Feature Logo:Doctor Fu Manchu!
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Doctor Petrie, in an effort to solve the mysterious deaths...
Characters:
Dr. Fu Manchu; Dr. Petrie; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Inspector Ryman
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.

[no title indexed]
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Oscar the Gumshoe / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks:
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Did you call for me, Sarge?
Characters:
Oscar the Gumshoe

[In Vino Philatelus; Monaco's New Set]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page / text article / 0.85 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Page includes a few small ads for stamps dealers.

[no title indexed]
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Capital Stamps; Daub Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps / advertisement / 0.15 page

[Bonelli the Jewel Thief]
(Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sven Elven (credited as Sven Elvén)
Inks:
Sven Elven (credited as Sven Elvén)
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A great crowd is milling about...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Mr. Carriere; Inspector Reilly; Bonelli (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

[The Duchess of Biltshire's Diamonds]
(Table of Contents: 21)

Inspector Kent of Scotland Yard / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
George Newman (credited, signed)
Pencils:
George Newman (credited, signed)
Inks:
George Newman (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime; detective-mystery
Characters:
Inspector Kent; The Colonel; The Raven (villain); Duchess of Biltshire; Sergeant Willy Wiggbert; Captain Martineau; Mrs. Martineau
Synopsis:
The Raven's henchmen gas the guards and help him escape from death row via a gyro-plane. Several weeks later, he attempts to steal the Duchess of Biltshire's diamonds worth $500,000.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance in Detective Comics. The feature makes one more appearance in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #38 (May 1939), where it replaces Cotton Carver for one issue. Story probably inspired by "The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds" (1897) by Guy Booth. Synopsis and some other information by Art Lortie.

Newman signs again on the final page.

The Snow Murder
(Table of Contents: 22)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Rosita Fernandez; Walter Weston; Ordway (intro, villain, death)

Crime-Curiosities
(Table of Contents: 23)

cartoon / 1 page

Script:
George Papp (signed as GEP)
Pencils:
George Papp (signed as GEP)
Inks:
George Papp (signed as GEP)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; crime

Indexer Notes

Six unrelated gag panels

Be a Movie King
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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / 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]
    The Crimson Avenger
  2. ["Buddy can ya' spare a dime?"]
    Fun Comics; Adventure Comics; Action Comics
  3. [The Return of Fui Onyui]
    Slam Bradley
  4. [Mansion of Maniacs]
    Larry Steele
  5. [Wanted, Dead or Alive: The Crimson Avenger]
    The Crimson Avenger
  6. The Song of Death [Part 3]
    Bruce Nelson
  7. A Sticky Clue
  8. [no title indexed]
    Fencing Swords
  9. [no title indexed]
    Spencer Fireworks
  10. Bob Showed Them How Spies Work!
    Chemcraft Chemistry Sets [Porter]
  11. [Break-In at the Bartilian Embassy]
    Spy
  12. Secret Service
  13. Edward O. Heinrich
  14. How to Be Funny
    How To Make People Laugh! Humor Course
  15. [no title indexed]
    Buddha Money Mystery
  16. Electric Unloading
    Lionel Trains
  17. [The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 6]
    Fu Manchu
  18. ["Did you call for me, Sarge?"]
    Oscar the Gumshoe
  19. [In Vino Philatelus; Monaco's New Set]
    Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page
  20. [no title indexed]
    Capital Stamps; Daub Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps
  21. [Bonelli the Jewel Thief]
    Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
  22. [The Duchess of Biltshire's Diamonds]
    Inspector Kent of Scotland Yard
  23. The Snow Murder
    Speed Saunders
  24. Crime-Curiosities
  25. Be a Movie King
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  26. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
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