Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-06-07
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #41 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Bob Kane (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (5)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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

[The Masked Menace of the Boys' School]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Bob Kane (signed)
Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Ted Spencer (student at a boy's school); Principal Blake (Principal of a boy's school, death); Mr. Greer (former school teacher); Mr. Hodges (History teacher); escaped maniac (villain); Mr. Graves [aka The Masked Man] (villain, Art teacher)
Synopsis:
The kidnapping of a youngster from a fashionable school for boys and the murder of its superintendent, leads the Batman to use Dick Grayson as a "new student" to get a lead in the case.
Reprints (5)

Here It Is!
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Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Attention!
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Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

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:
Norman Novaney (villain)

[Bugsie Goran]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Red Logan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Inks:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Ivan; Bugsie Goran (villain)

[Wanted for Murder]
(Table of Contents: 7)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Pencils:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Inks:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Mac

Start Saving Bags for Popsicle Pete's Free Gifts
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Popsicle Products / advertisement / 2 pages

The Railroad Mystery
(Table of Contents: 9)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:

Theft at the Fair [Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1.08 pages

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

Indexer Notes

Continued from Detective Comics #40.

[no title indexed]
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Baltimore Fireworks; Bicycle Shock Absorber; Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns; Epilepsy Booklet; Fountain Pen Repair Service; G-Boy Repeating Cap Pistol / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 0.25 page

Special! 6 Months for 50¢!
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Model Airplane News / advertisement / 0.33 page

[The Incan Murder]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Don Lynch (credited)
Inks:
Don Lynch (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Atala Desta; Soames

[no title indexed]
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Morrow Coaster Brake / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

Superman Is on the Radio!
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The Adventures of Superman Radio Show / advertisement / 0.5 page

Detective Stamp Page
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Abell Stamps; Arnold Stamps; Aztec Stamps; Beaman Stamps / Beamann Stamps; Belmont Stamps; Brown Stamps; Crowder Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Dominion Stamps; Empire Stamps; Ensign Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Falk Stamps; Frasek Stamps; Garcelon Stamps; Globus Stamps; Kincey Stamps; Monumental Stamps; Pilgrim Stamps / Pilgrims Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Reimers Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Seminole Stamps; Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page; Tatham Stamps and Coins; Williams Stamps; Wright Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Cliff Crosby / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Inspector Doyle; Dr. Ellis

[The Heiress]
(Table of Contents: 19)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Howard Sherman (credited)
Inks:
Howard Sherman (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Danvers; Mr. Clayton

The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!
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Action Comics; Adventure Comics; All-American Comics; Batman; Detective Comics; Flash Comics; More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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

Now! Hear Your Own Voice!
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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 and Robin
  2. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. [The Masked Menace of the Boys' School]
    Batman and Robin
  4. Here It Is!
    Batman
  5. Attention!
    Superman
  6. ["Bart Regan, ace American Secret Service agent..."]
    Spy
  7. [Bugsie Goran]
    Red Logan
  8. [Wanted for Murder]
    The Crimson Avenger
  9. Start Saving Bags for Popsicle Pete's Free Gifts
    Popsicle Products
  10. The Railroad Mystery
    Speed Saunders
  11. Theft at the Fair [Part 2]
  12. [no title indexed]
    Baltimore Fireworks; Bicycle Shock Absorber; Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns; Epilepsy Booklet; Fountain Pen Repair Service; G-Boy Repeating Cap Pistol
  13. ["What is the brightest star?"]
    Baby Ruth
  14. Special! 6 Months for 50¢!
    Model Airplane News
  15. [The Incan Murder]
    Steve Malone
  16. ["Joe and Moe arrange to meet, Ed and Ted on Clancy Street..."]
    Morrow Coaster Brake
  17. Superman Is on the Radio!
    The Adventures of Superman Radio Show
  18. Detective Stamp Page
    Abell Stamps; Arnold Stamps; Aztec Stamps; Beaman Stamps / Beamann Stamps; Belmont Stamps; Brown Stamps; Crowder Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Dominion Stamps; Empire Stamps; Ensign Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Falk Stamps; Frasek Stamps; Garcelon Stamps; Globus Stamps; Kincey Stamps; Monumental Stamps; Pilgrim Stamps / Pilgrims Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Reimers Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Seminole Stamps; Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page; Tatham Stamps and Coins; Williams Stamps; Wright Stamps
  19. ["Returning from his latest expedition..."]
    Cliff Crosby
  20. [The Heiress]
    Slam Bradley
  21. The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!
    Action Comics; Adventure Comics; All-American Comics; Batman; Detective Comics; Flash Comics; More Fun Comics
  22. [no title indexed]
    Remington Typewriters
  23. Now! Hear Your Own Voice!
    Home Recorder / Recordo
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