Detective Comics #11

(January 1938)

News! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[The Anarchist Submarine Plot] (Table of Contents: 3)

Speed Saunders of the River Police / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Creig Flessel ?

Pencils

Creig Flessel

Inks

Creig Flessel

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The fleet's in!

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

a gang of anarchists (introduction, villain, death); Speed Saunders; Ensign Alsworth

Synopsis

The fleet is at anchor in New York Harbor. A plot is uncovered to destroy the reef at the harbor entrance, thus stranding the ships. Speed puts on a diving suit and gets dropped from a plane near to the reef. On the sea bottom he finds a submarine and enters through a hatch. He holds the saboteurs at gunpoint, but they overpower him, tie him to a post and escape. With the clock ticking down, the sub begins to surface. With only a minute to go, Speed escapes the sub just before it blows up. No damage has been done.

Indexer Notes

We formerly credited the script of this story to Gardner Fox, but in an interview in Alter Ego #20 (June 2003), he stated that his first comic story, sold in March 1938, appeared in Detective Comics #18.

The Power Behind "Machine Gun" Kelly (Table of Contents: 4)

The Law at Work / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Ely ?

Inks

Bill Ely ?

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

[The Nick Orsatti Case, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

Pencils

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

Inks

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Larry leaves James Wilkes at his home...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Nick Orsatti (villain); Larry Steele; James Wilkes; Jones

Synopsis

Leaving James Wilkes safely at his home, Larry and the police set off to the royal Club to arrest Nick Orsatti, who escapes out of a back door. He drives to an apartment building which he owns, and descends into the cellar. Later, Larry goes back to the club, but is captured at gun point by one of Orsatti's henchmen, who drives him to his boss.

[The Phony Murder of Sir Fenton Carsley] (Table of Contents: 6)

Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Sven Elven (credited)

Inks

Sven Elven (credited)

Letters

Sven Elven

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How about dinner at the club this evening...

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Sir Fenton Carsley (introduction, villain); Cosmo; Inspector Burke; Phyllis Carlin

Synopsis

Cosmo is in England visiting his old friend Inspector Burke of Scotland Yard. A report of a body dragged from the River Thames comes in, and the pair arrive at the wharf to find a body whose face has been smashed in. His wallet contents reveal that he is Sir Fenton Carsley. Cosmo casts doubts on the identification. Calling on Sir Fenton's niece Phyllis that evening he discovers that on the following day, when she reaches the age of twenty-one, she will inherit all of the estate. Cosmo uncovers a plot by Sir Fenton to cover his bad debts by murdering his niece.

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

Bulls Eye (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils

Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)

Inks

Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I guess I'll drop in on old Kramer...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Kramer (introduction); a gang of crooks (introduction, villain); Bruce Nelson

Synopsis

Bruce goes to the shop of old Kramer to see if his watch is fixed. The man behind the counter tells him Kramer has gone to Buffalo to his daughter's funeral. Bruce knows that Kramer has no daughter and has spotted the old man's glasses on the counter. He leaves, goes round to the back and breaks in. He finds a gang of men forcing Kramer to open his safe. By various devious tricks, including shooting a bottle of acid on an overhead shelf, he incapacitates them, just as the police arrive.

Incident in Algiers (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Whitney Ellsworth (credited)

Pencils

Creig Flessel (signed)

Inks

Creig Flessel (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; drama

Characters

Sgt. Bill Gaines (introduction)

The Willow Lane Mystery (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Pencils

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Inks

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

[The Atlantis Aftermath] (Table of Contents: 10)

Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gaily the Atlantis docks at France...

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

an anarchist (introduction, villain, death); Bart Regan; Sally

Synopsis

Bart and Sally are met from the boat by the Paris representative of the U.S. Secret Service. Mentioning that they captured an anarchist on board ship and the man draws a gun, telling them he a colleague of the anarchist. Exiting the car they are approached by a gendarme who wants to sell them a lottery ticket. Both the man and Bart buy one, the latter with American currency. In a warehouse Bart and Sally hide behind some crates but the man advances on them with his gun. He is shot by the gendarme who has followed them. Bart explains to Sally that he paid the gendarme with a cigar coupon.

In the Bag (Table of Contents: 11)

Buck Marshall, Range Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Homer Fleming (credited as H. Fleming)

Pencils

Homer Fleming (credited as H. Fleming)

Inks

Homer Fleming (credited as H. Fleming)

Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Kole (introduction, villain); Buck Marshall

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

[The Flying Circus] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pardon my knuckles...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Baron Von Goetz (introduction, villain); Baroness Von Goetz (introduction, villain); Slam Bradley

Indexer Notes

story title from next issue blurb in previous issue

Sir Hubert Wilkens Famous Arctic Explorer (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Ely ?

Pencils

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

Inks

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; biography

Characters

Sir Hubert Wilkens

Synopsis

One incident in the life of Sir Hubert Wilkens, involving a crash landing over the Arctic, an attempt to walk 97 miles to the nearest land over frozen ice, and a fall into the ice where drowning was narrowly avoided by catching the edge of the ice with his ice pick.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)