Detective Comics (1937 series) (DC) #8

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Number	8
Volume
No Volume	No
Display Volume With Number	No
Indicia Publisher
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed
Brand
No Brand	No
Publication Date	October 1937
Key Date	1937-10-10
Year On Sale	None
Month On Sale	None
Day On Sale	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No
Indicia Frequency
No Indicia Frequency	No
Price	0.10
Page Count	68 (note: total sum of story page counts is 64)
Page Count Uncertain	No
Editing	Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Vincent Sullivan (associate), Whitney Ellsworth (Associate)
No Editing
Barcode
No Barcode	Yes
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Sequence 0

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Sequence Number	0
Title
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	cover
Feature	Lu Chung (?; from Bruce Nelson)
Genre
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Creig Flessel
No Pencils
Inks	Creig Flessel
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
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Sequence 1

Field	Added / Next
Sequence Number	1
Title	The River Patrol
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Speed Saunders
Genre	detective
Job Number
Script	Gardner Fox
No Script
Pencils	Creig Flessel
No Pencils
Inks	Creig Flessel
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	6
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	I: Fred Dunn, the Skipper
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Sequence 2

Field	Added / Next
Sequence Number	2
Title	Mystery of the Wholesale Kidnappings: Part 4
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Larry Steele
Genre	detective
Job Number
Script	Will Ely
No Script
Pencils	Will Ely
No Pencils
Inks	Will Ely
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	6
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	V: Squinty, Dutch, Dr. Sargoff (I), Sonia Sargoff (I; his wife)
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Sequence 3

Field	Added / Next
Sequence Number	3
Title	The Disappearance of Carl Huntley
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Cosmo
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	Sven Elven
No Pencils
Inks	Sven Elven
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	6
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	I: Carl Huntley
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Sequence 4

Field	Added / Next
Sequence Number	4
Title	The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 8]
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Bruce Nelson
Genre	detective
Job Number
Script	Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
No Script
Pencils	Tom Hickey
No Pencils
Inks	Tom Hickey
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	12
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	V: Lu Gong, Chin Lung
Synopsis
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Notes	conclusion of serial
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Sequence 5

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Sequence Number	5
Title	The Laughing Mummy
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	text story
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Gardner Fox (Paul Dean)
No Script
Pencils	Creig Flessel
No Pencils
Inks	Creig Flessel
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	6
Page Count Uncertain	No
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Notes
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Sequence 6

Field	Added / Next
Sequence Number	6
Title
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	filler
Feature	Bloodhound Brown
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	Russell Cole (as Alger)
No Script
Pencils	Russell Cole (as Alger)
No Pencils
Inks	Russell Cole (as Alger)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
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Sequence 7

Field	Added / Next
Sequence Number	7
Title	The Phony Pierre Blanc
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Spy
Genre	adventure
Job Number
Script	Jerry Siegel
No Script
Pencils	Joe Shuster
No Pencils
Inks	Joe Shuster
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	I: Pierre Blanc; V: A killer (I)
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Sequence 8

Field	Added / Next
Sequence Number	8
Title	Lucky Hunch
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Buck Marshall
Genre
Job Number
Script	Homer Fleming
No Script
Pencils	Homer Fleming
No Pencils
Inks	Homer Fleming
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	6
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	V: Morgen (I)
Synopsis
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Notes	story in black and white
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Sequence 9

Field	Added / Next
Sequence Number	9
Title	The Hillbillies
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Slam Bradley
Genre	detective
Job Number
Script	Jerry Siegel
No Script
Pencils	Joe Shuster
No Pencils
Inks	Joe Shuster
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	13
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	V: Zeke, Lem, and Lucy-Belle Willis and the Willises, the Tollivers (I for all)
Synopsis
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Notes	title from last issue blurb
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