Volume: 3
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1939-12-30
Editing: Vin Sullivan (uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #36 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
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Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Bob Kane (signed)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (7)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Volume number and the on sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 440425.

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

Money and Big Prizes
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Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines / advertisement / 1 page

[Professor Hugo Strange]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)
Inks:
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
John Davis (G-Man, death); Henry Jenkins (electrical engineer); Clancy (Policeman); Strange's gang (villains)
Synopsis:
After he witnesses the death of a G-Man and obtaining a clue as to the perpetrator, Hugo Strange, the Batman has to battle a deadly fog created by Strange that he uses to commit crimes.
Reprints (7)

Indexer Notes

Batman fires a gun in the story.

Stamps for Census Taking
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Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page / text article / 0.3 page

Script:
?
Colors:
? (red & black letters)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Page includes many ads from stamps dealers.

[no title indexed]
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Abell Stamps; Arnold Stamps; Belmont Stamps; Brown Stamps; Dominion Stamps; Ensign Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Floral City Stamps; Gray Stamps; Kincey Stamps; Midwood Stamps; Monumental Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Pilgrim Stamps / Pilgrims Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Reyco Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Seminole Stamps; Tatham Stamps and Coins; Wright Stamps / advertisement / 0.7 page

[no title indexed]
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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page

[The Rantor]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Maurice Kashuba (credited)
Inks:
Maurice Kashuba (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; spy; detective-mystery
Characters:
The Hunchback (villain)

Claim of Satan
(Table of Contents: 8)

Buck Marshall / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier; adventure
Characters:

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

At the bottom of the last page of the story is the blurb, "SUPERMAN, the most outstanding comic strip of today, appears ONLY in ACTION COMICS!"

[Rocky Roman]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Don Lynch (credited)
Inks:
Don Lynch (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Hawkey; Rocky Roman

Indexer Notes

At the bottom of the last page of the story is the blurb, "THE SANDMAN, a startling adventure strip, appears each and every month in Adventure Comics!"

The "Spider"
(Table of Contents: 10)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited as Fox)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
The Spider (villain)

Indexer Notes

At the bottom of the last page of the story is the blurb, "SUPERMAN, the most outstanding comic strip of today, appears ONLY in ACTION COMICS!"

[The Purple Mesa]
(Table of Contents: 11)

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:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Ethel Ridgewood; Jim Lawson

Indexer Notes

At the bottom of the last page of the story is the blurb, "THE SANDMAN, a startling adventure strip, appears each and every month in Adventure Comics!"

A Climax in Opera
(Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1.67 pages

Script:
Richard Martin (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

[no title indexed]
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Detective Lessons; Lancaster County Seeds; Metal Arts Rings & Pins; Paradise Seeds / advertisement / 0.2 page

[no title indexed]
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Action Comics; Adventure Comics; Detective Comics; More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.08 page

[no title indexed]
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More Fun Comics; The Spectre / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.05 page

[A Weekend Party at the Mountain Lodge]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Bruce Nelson / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Tom Hickey (credited)
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (credited)
Inks:
Tom Hickey (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; adventure
Characters:
Keith Lord; Ted Grayson

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

At the bottom of the last page of the story is the blurb, "SUPERMAN, the most outstanding comic strip of today, appears ONLY in ACTION COMICS!"

[The Lan Chee Tong]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Mart Bailey (credited)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Ken Fu

Indexer Notes

At the bottom of the last page of the story is the blurb, "THE SANDMAN, a startling adventure strip, appears each and every month in Adventure Comics!"

Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!
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Action Comics; Adventure Comics; All-American Comics; Detective Comics; Flash Comics; More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Boys! I'll Help You Get a Daisy for Your Birthdsy
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

You Can Make Your Own Records If You Sing Or Play An Instrument
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Home Recorder / Recordo / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. Money and Big Prizes
    Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines
  4. [Professor Hugo Strange]
    Batman
  5. Stamps for Census Taking
    Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page
  6. [no title indexed]
    Abell Stamps; Arnold Stamps; Belmont Stamps; Brown Stamps; Dominion Stamps; Ensign Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Floral City Stamps; Gray Stamps; Kincey Stamps; Midwood Stamps; Monumental Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Pilgrim Stamps / Pilgrims Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Reyco Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Seminole Stamps; Tatham Stamps and Coins; Wright Stamps
  7. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  8. [The Rantor]
    Spy
  9. Claim of Satan
    Buck Marshall
  10. [Rocky Roman]
    Steve Malone
  11. The "Spider"
    Speed Saunders
  12. [The Purple Mesa]
    Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
  13. A Climax in Opera
  14. [no title indexed]
    Detective Lessons; Lancaster County Seeds; Metal Arts Rings & Pins; Paradise Seeds
  15. ["Be sure to get your copy, each and every month..."]
    Action Comics; Adventure Comics; Detective Comics; More Fun Comics
  16. ["The Spectre appears in every issue of More Fun Comics!"]
    More Fun Comics; The Spectre
  17. [A Weekend Party at the Mountain Lodge]
    Bruce Nelson
  18. [The Lan Chee Tong]
    Slam Bradley
  19. Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!
    Action Comics; Adventure Comics; All-American Comics; Detective Comics; Flash Comics; More Fun Comics
  20. Boys! I'll Help You Get a Daisy for Your Birthdsy
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  21. You Can Make Your Own Records If You Sing Or Play An Instrument
    Home Recorder / Recordo
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