Detective Comics #48

(February 1941)

The Secret Cavern (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (also backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Lewis; Henry Lewis; Renaldo [villain]; Nick [villain]; Blackie [villain].

Synopsis:

A man accidently discovers a huge cave under the gold vaults of Fort Knox, and a group of crooks put that knowledge to use when they convince the man's daughter that she has killed a man, hoping to get him to reveal the cave's location.

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 2-27-09.

[Alien Smugglers] (Table of Contents)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Moore (signed)

Inks:

Ed Moore (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Bart Regan; Gary; Rodriguez.

The Case of the Fugitive Killer (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Brodie?, Ken Ernst

Inks:

Ken Ernst

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Larry Steele

[Tightfist Baker] (Table of Contents)

Cliff Crosby / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Chad Grothkopf

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers; Blackbeard; Tightfist Baker [villain].

Synopsis:

Cliff solves his father's murder, inherits a newspaper and becomes a crusading publisher.

[Featherton Appleby] (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

[Athualpa's Treasure] (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

Synopsis:

Steve hunts for Incan treasure--in Maine.

G-Man's Revenge (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tim Standish (signed)

Pencils:

Fred Ray (signed as Ray)

Inks:

Fred Ray (signed as Ray)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[A Man Named Twist] (Table of Contents)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Lehti (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Lehti (signed)

Inks:

Charles Paris?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Charles Paris?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Twist.

[The Narwak Mines] (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; W. T. Ward.