Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1939-03-08
Editing: Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent A. Sullivan) (editor)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
  • Genre:crime
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

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

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page

[Artists of Death]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
Characters:
Pierre D'Orsay (villain, introduction); other artists (introduction)

[The Van Dorn Murder Case]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
? (red tones)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime; detective-mystery
Characters:
Paula (villain, introduction); August Van Dorn (introduction, death); John Van Dorn (introduction); Nancy Lee (introduction)

Indexer Notes

story in red, white, and black

Back from the Dead [Part 3]
(Table of Contents: 4)

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
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You say, Chief, that this old Sheldrake house, is supposedly haunted...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Jeff Virdone (villain); Officer McMillan; Jim Watson; Detective Henderson

Indexer Notes

Not on Bails' list of Fox stories

[The Phony Crimson Avenger]
(Table of Contents: 5)

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:The power is shut off...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Joe Savo (villain, introduction, death); Gip (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)

Disguise
(Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1.7 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Miss Benson; Henry Sumner [aka Kurt Harvey]; Mr. Browne

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustrations.

Amaze!! Mystify!!
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Roma Products Tricks, Jokes and Puzzles / advertisement / 0.04 page

Be an Expert Marxman!
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 0.06 page

Boys! Earn Money and a Bike!
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Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines / advertisement / 0.2 page

[The Taxicab War]
(Table of Contents: 10)

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:crime; detective-mystery
Characters:
Hegan (villain, introduction, death); Benson (villain, introduction); his gang (introduction)

[The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 10]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Sax Rohmer (credited) (original author)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Dr. Fu Manchu; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie; Greba Eltham; Rev. J. D. Eltham
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.

Jamaica's New Issue
(Table of Contents: 12)

Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page / text article / 0.5 page

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

Indexer Notes

Page includes several ads from stamps dealers.

[no title indexed]
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Abell Stamps; Brownie Stamps; Capital Stamps; Crowder Stamps; Daub Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Frasek Stamps; Kent Stamps; Midwood Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Reyco Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Wright Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.05 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 15)

Cleo and Clancy / comic story / 0.7 page

Script:
Bob Kane (credited)
Pencils:
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks:
Bob Kane (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There are the culprits...

Indexer Notes

Blurb announcing the beginning of The Batman feature in the following issue at the top of the page.

[no title indexed]
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Rosati Accordions / comics-form advertising / 0.25 page

[The Fake Shipwreck]
(Table of Contents: 17)

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)
Colors:
? (red tones)
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The freighter 'Coral Sea'...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Dr. Marston (villain, introduction); Raolf Bardou (villain, introduction); Captain Robertson

Indexer Notes

story in red, white, and black

[The Man Who Torpedoed Congress]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; spy; detective-mystery
Characters:
Prof. James Barton (villain, introduction, death); Keller (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

U. S. Congress building is blown up; restored by Superman, maybe?

The Basketball Mystery
(Table of Contents: 19)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
Characters:
Mannix; Faro Fleming (villain, introduction); Smith (villain, introduction); Ralgen; Johnson

[no title indexed]
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Movie Comics; All-American Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[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. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. [Artists of Death]
    Slam Bradley
  4. [The Van Dorn Murder Case]
    Steve Malone
  5. Back from the Dead [Part 3]
    Bruce Nelson
  6. [The Phony Crimson Avenger]
    The Crimson Avenger
  7. Disguise
  8. Amaze!! Mystify!!
    Roma Products Tricks, Jokes and Puzzles
  9. Be an Expert Marxman!
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  10. Boys! Earn Money and a Bike!
    Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines
  11. [The Taxicab War]
    Larry Steele
  12. [The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 10]
    Fu Manchu
  13. Jamaica's New Issue
    Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page
  14. [no title indexed]
    Abell Stamps; Brownie Stamps; Capital Stamps; Crowder Stamps; Daub Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Frasek Stamps; Kent Stamps; Midwood Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Reyco Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Wright Stamps
  15. ["The Batman! This new thrilling adventure strip starts in the May issue of Detective Comics!"]
    Detective Comics
  16. ["There are the culprits..."]
    Cleo and Clancy
  17. [no title indexed]
    Rosati Accordions
  18. [The Fake Shipwreck]
    Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
  19. [The Man Who Torpedoed Congress]
    Spy
  20. The Basketball Mystery
    Speed Saunders
  21. ["At last, something new and different..."]
    Movie Comics; All-American Comics
  22. [no title indexed]
    Remington Typewriters
  23. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
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