Detective Comics #12

(February 1938)

[The Indian Oil Well Mystery] (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-mystery

Characters:

I: Objaw-wa Indians

[The Nick Orsatti Case: Part 3] (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-mystery

Characters:

V: Nick Orsatti (D)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Statement of Ownership / statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Publisher: Detective Comics Inc
432 Fourth Ave
New York, NY
Editor Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Business Manager J. S. Liebowitz 114 E 47th St, New York , NY
Owners: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, J.S. Liebowitz

[The Jenks Kidnapping Case: Part 1] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Will Ely

Pencils:

Will Ely

Inks:

Will Ely

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Nancy Jenks (introduction); Mr. Jenks; a gang of kidnappers

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

Murder In the Clouds [Part 1] (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-mystery

Characters:

Harry Ward (introduction, villain); Clifford (introduction, villain)

Counterfeit (Table of Contents)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vincent Sullivan

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

The Adams Case (Table of Contents)

filler / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Pencils:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Inks:

Russell Cole [as Alger]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[Assassins in the Rue Molin] (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:

Rene D'Arnot (introduction, villain, death); Bart Regan; unnamed spies (introduction, villain)

Synopsis:

Rene D'Arnot is killed by Bart Regan.

[The Sabotaged Newspaper] (Table of Contents)

Cosmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sven Elven

Inks:

Sven Elven

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Henry Braddock (introduction, villain); Coronel (introduction); Col. Jefferson Towne (introduction)

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

The Lumberjacks (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-mystery

Characters:

Niles Hogarth (introduction, villain); Pierre (introduction)

Indexer Notes

title from last issue blurb

[Parachute Test] (Table of Contents)

Floyd Stimson / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Ely

Pencils:

Will Ely

Inks:

Will Ely

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

I: Floyd Stimson

Indexer Notes

inside back cover