Detective Comics #8

(October 1937)

The River Patrol (Table of Contents)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Fred Dunn (introduction); the Skipper (introduction)

[Mystery of the Wholesale Kidnappings: Part 4] (Table of Contents)

Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Ely

Pencils:

Will Ely

Inks:

Will Ely

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Squinty (villain); Dutch; Dr. Sargoff (introduction); Sonia Sargoff (introduction, his wife)

[The Disappearance of Carl Huntley] (Table of Contents)

Cosmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sven Elven

Inks:

Sven Elven

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Carl Huntley (introduction)

The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 8] (Table of Contents)

Bruce Nelson / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils:

Tom Hickey

Inks:

Tom Hickey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Lu Gong (villain); Chin Lung (villain)

Indexer Notes

conclusion of serial

The Laughing Mummy (Table of Contents)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Bloodhound Brown / filler / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Pencils:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Inks:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[The Phony Pierre Blanc] (Table of Contents)

Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Pierre Blanc (introduction); a killer (introduction, villain)

Lucky Hunch (Table of Contents)

Buck Marshall / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Homer Fleming

Pencils:

Homer Fleming

Inks:

Homer Fleming

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Morgen (introduction, villain)

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

The Hillbillies (Table of Contents)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Zeke (introduction, villain); Lem (introduction, villain); Lucy-Belle Willis (introduction); the Willises (introduction); the Tollivers (introduction)

Indexer Notes

title from last issue blurb