Detective Comics #52

(June 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Secret of the Jade Box (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Achmed; Mr. Potter (death); Thomas (Potter's butler); Achmed (curio shop owner); Thomas; Loo Chung (villain, unofficial Mayor of the Oriental Quarter); Chung's gang (villains); Ghengis Khan (villain, flashback)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin must solve the mystery of the "Khan" ring, a ring that once belonged to Ghengis Khan, and whose relative now wears it, and has started a protection racket.

Reprints

• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 ([July] 1991)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([December] 2007)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #1 (2015 [January 2016])
• in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([April] 2017)

Keywords

Khan Ring

Indexer Notes

Artist Kane forgot to put in the chest bat on Batman in many panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Just for You! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Winning Team! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Secret Flame] (Table of Contents: 6)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Ed Moore (signed)

Inks

Ed Moore (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

Bart Regan

Energy in the Pinches (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Deanna the Bareback Rider] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Jack Lehti (signed)

Pencils

Jack Lehti (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Charles Paris

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Deanna

Indexer Notes

The Avenger appears in costume with a cape.

Inker and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Morrow Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Facts / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The menu was reputedly invented...

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Detective Stamp Page / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Case of the Cunning Crooks (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Cliff Young (signed)

Inks

Cliff Young (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Larry Steele

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Stan Asch (signed)

Inks

Stan Asch (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Financial Advice

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Model Airplane News / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Hidden Treasure (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Winiarski (signed)

Inks

Ed Winiarski (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Speed Saunders

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)

Pencils

Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)

Inks

Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)

Colors

?

Letters

Chad Grothkopf

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Through the dark night Cliff and Kay Nevers race...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers

Proof of a Champion (Table of Contents: 18)

text story / 1.25 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Stone (credited)

Pencils

Stan Kaye (signed)

Inks

Stan Kaye (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Hear Superman on the Radio! (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Don Lynch (signed)

Inks

Don Lynch (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A storm lashes a few scattered yachts...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Steve Malone

[Lucky Arthur] (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Howard Sherman (signed)

Inks

Howard Sherman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan

At the Top of the Field! (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

Home Recording Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

Spencer Fireworks Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)