(August 1937)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1937-07-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (credited) (editor and publisher); Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent A. Sullivan) (associate editor); Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. Whitney Ellsworth) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
[no title indexed]
Speed Saunders / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Speed Saunders
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols
in 
The Mystery of the Lost Ape
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Creig Flessel ?
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel (signed as Fless)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel (signed as Fless)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Summer --- even the sordid waterfront...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Speed Saunders; a talking ape (villain, introduction, death); Roskoffin (villain, introduction, death)
Indexer Notes
Gardner Fox does not begin writing until issue 18.
[Mystery of the Wholesale Kidnappings, Part 2]
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Ely (credited as Will Georgi)
- Pencils
- Bill Ely (credited as Will Georgi)
- Inks
- Bill Ely (credited as Will Georgi)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If anybody calls, Marie...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dutch (villain, introduction); Squinty (villain, introduction); Larry Steele
[The Disappearing Diamonds]
Cosmo / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?
- Pencils
- Sven Elven (credited)
- Inks
- Sven Elven (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cosmo mounts the steps...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jaeger (villain, introduction); Lunt (villain, introduction); Cosmo; Bruce
The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 6]
Bruce Nelson / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I really do appreciate...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Stucchi (villain); Chun Lung (villain, introduction?); Bruce Nelson; Sigrid
Tropical Trouble
text story / 6 pages
- Script
- Vin Sullivan (credited as Paul Dean)
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Russ Brent; George Donavan; Mr. Johnson; Pedro; Manuel
[A Bum Disguise]
Gumshoe Gus / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bill Patrick (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Patrick (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Patrick (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I getcha, chief!
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Gumshoe Gus
[The Investigation of Captain Hanley]
Spy / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Registered at the Hotel Royale...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Hanley; a spy; Bart Regan; Sally
The Mad Scientist
Mr. Chang / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Winiarski ?
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, Jean...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dr. Hugo Von Gratz (villain, introduction, death); Egor (villain, introduction); Mr. Chang; Daniels
- Reprints
-
in Mirim (Grande Consórcio Suplementos Nacionais, 1937 series) #257 (1 de dezembro de 1939)
-
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[In Mexico]
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Since you're too old to be spanked...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Don Carlos; Pedro; their gang; Slam Bradley; Shorty
- Reprints
- in Mirim (Grande Consórcio Suplementos Nacionais, 1937 series) #260 (8 de dezembro de 1939)
-
Indexer Notes
story title from next issue blurb in previous issue
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Speed Saunders -
1.
News!
More Fun Comics -
2.
[no title indexed]
-
3.
The Mystery of the Lost Ape
Speed Saunders -
4.
The Law at Work
-
5.
[Mystery of the Wholesale Kidnappings, Part 2]
Larry Steele -
6.
[The Disappearing Diamonds]
Cosmo -
7.
The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 6]
Bruce Nelson -
8.
Tropical Trouble
-
9.
[A Bum Disguise]
Gumshoe Gus -
10.
[The Investigation of Captain Hanley]
Spy -
11.
The Mad Scientist
Mr. Chang -
12.
[In Mexico]
Slam Bradley -
13.
A Landslide!
New Adventure Comics -
14.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Keith Chandler
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- R. S. Martin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Matthew Peets
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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