Detective Comics #51

(May 1941)

The Case of the Mystery Carnival (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (also backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Colonel Dawes; "Mouse" Docker [villain].

Synopsis:

Bruce and Dick visit an amusement park owned and operated by a friend of theirs, but when the Colonel brushes off his old friends, Batman and Robin smell a rat and discover tha some crooks have taken over the amusement park.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-10-09.

[This is Sabotage] (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; Stevens; Morrow; Barnas.

Synopsis:

The Tonville Dam has been sabotaged.

none (Table of Contents)

Facts / 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:

non-fiction

[The Kidnaping of Wilfred Van Dorn] (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, in costume with cape]; Wilfred Van Dorn; Miss Tilson.

The Adventure of the Sweet Scent (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young (signed)

Inks:

Cliff Young (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Larry Steele; Larry Trent; Treena Blair; James Parillo; Dominick Chalese; Jake Blair.

none (Table of Contents)

True-isms / 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:

non-fiction

[The Phelps Twins] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Winiarski (signed as Win)

Inks:

Ed Winiarski (signed as Win)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Speed Saunders; William Phelps; Joe Phelps.

Racing with Death (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; Buddy Hart; Kay.

Killer's Mistake (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Woodley (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Scene of the Crime (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Clem Gordon (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[Opening Night at the Broadview] (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; Anita Crowe; Marta Cenini; Jack Armor.

[Broadway Opening Night] (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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Lester Pry; Dean Dare; The Great Targetto [villain].