Detective Comics #46

(December 1940)

[Professor Strange's Fear Dust] (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson; George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Hugo Strange (villain); Carstairs (villain).

Synopsis:

The Batman has to stop Professor Hugo Stange's evil plan to spray his "fear dust" all over America so that men in public office will be afraid of him, and that he can become Dictator of America!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 ([June] 1990)

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-25-09.

[Goldfish] (Table of Contents)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel?

Pencils:

Ed Moore (signed)

Inks:

Ed Moore (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Bart Regan

The Case of the Circus Killer (Table of Contents)

Larry Steele, Private Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen

Inks:

Irwin Hasen

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Larry Steele

[The Ghost Plane] (Table of Contents)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Lehti (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Lehti (signed)

Inks:

Jack Lehti (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (in costume with cape)

[Joe Dekker and Hal Jensen] (Table of Contents)

Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Winiarski (signed as Fran Miller)

Inks:

Ed Winiarski (signed as Fran Miller)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Speed Saunders

Indexer Notes

Fran Miller clarification made by Craig Delich 2-25-09.

Not So Dummy (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dale Conroy (signed)

Pencils:

Fred Ray

Inks:

Fred Ray

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Bargain Deaths (Table of Contents)

Steve Malone, District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Lynch (signed)

Inks:

Don Lynch (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Steve Malone

none (Table of Contents)

Silly Stuff / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[The Wrecked Boat] (Table of Contents)

Cliff Crosby / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Chad Grothkopf

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

Chad Grothkopf

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Cliff Crosby

[Death and the Hockey Game] (Table of Contents)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Howard Sherman (signed)

Inks:

Howard Sherman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Sherman

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.